Jeff Ingber
{{Short description|English table tennis player (1935–2019)}}
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Jeff Ingber (17 September 1935 – 7 July 2019) was an English international table tennis player.
Table tennis career
He first played in the Junior singles at the 1947 English Open.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/blog/jr-outloud-jeff-ingber/|title=Jeff Ingber interview|publisher=jewishrenaissance}}
He competed at the World Table Tennis Championships, in the Swaythling Cup during 1959 and 1961 for England.{{cite web|url=http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|title=Swaythling Cup results|publisher=tischtennis-infos.de|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1958-59/tt_issue142.pdf|title=1959 Swaythling Cup results|publisher=Table Tennis England|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926114147/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1958-59/tt_issue142.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1960-61/tt_issue159.pdf|title=1961 Swaythling Cup results|publisher=Table Tennis England|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512135339/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1960-61/tt_issue159.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He won several gold medals at the Maccabiah Games, and at the 1969 Maccabiah Games won a silver medal in men's singles and a gold medal in mixed doubles with Irene Ogus.{{Cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/08/03/89361149.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|title=FOX GAINS FINAL AT TEL AVIV NET; Pam Richmond Also Victor in Maccabiah Games|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com}} He reached the 1961 English Open final of the mixed doubles.
Personal life
He was born in Manchester and was Jewish.
He died on 7 July 2019.{{cite web|title=Jeff Ingber, one the earliest junior internationals passes away|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/07/15/jeff-inger-one-earliest-junior-internationals-passes-away/|website=ITTF|date=16 July 2019}}
See also
References
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Category:English male table tennis players
Category:English people of Jewish descent
Category:Sportspeople from Manchester
Category:Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists
Category:Maccabiah Games silver medalists
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in table tennis
Category:Jewish English sportspeople
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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