Jeff Ingber (17 September 1935 – 7 July 2019) was an English international
table tennis
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player.
Table tennis career
He first played in the Junior singles at the 1947 English Open.
He competed at the
World Table Tennis Championships
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, in the Swaythling Cup during 1959 and 1961 for England.
He won several
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
s at the
Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; he, משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sp ...
, and at the
1969 Maccabiah Games
At the 8th Maccabiah Games from July 29 to August 7, 1969, 1,450 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports in Israel. The final gold medal count was the United States in first place (64), Israel second (48; though it won the greatest numbe ...
won a silver medal in men's singles and a gold medal in mixed doubles with
Irene Ogus.
[ He reached the 1961 ]English Open
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final of the mixed doubles.[
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Personal life
He was born in Manchester and was Jewish.[
He died on 7 July 2019.]
See also
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References
English male table tennis players
1935 births
2019 deaths
English people of Jewish descent
Sportspeople from Manchester
Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games
Maccabiah Games gold medalists
Maccabiah Games silver medalists
Maccabiah Games medalists in table tennis
Jewish table tennis players
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