Sebastian Jacoby
{{Short description|German quiz player and curler}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Sebastian Jacoby.jpg
| caption = Jacoby in 2019
| birth_name = Sebastian Peter Heinz Alexander Jacoby
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|8}}
| birth_place = Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany
| alma_mater = University of Duisburg-Essen
| occupation = {{hlist|Quizzer|television personality|curler}}
| other_names = Der Quizgott (The Quizzing God)
| known_for = Gefragt – Gejagt
| children = 1
}}
Sebastian Peter Heinz Alexander Jacoby (born 8 April 1978) is a German quiz player, television personality and former curler. He won gold in the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship. Since 2013 he has appeared as one of the "chasers" on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German adaptation of The Chase.
Early and personal life
A native of Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Jacoby graduated from school with the Abitur in 1997 and spent his mandatory military service at a Bundeswehr sports group in Sonthofen. After an apprenticeship at ThyssenKrupp in Duisburg from 1998 to 2001, he studied economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen and Arkansas State University. Since 2008 he has worked as a controller at ThyssenKrupp.{{sfn|Jacoby|2020|p=36–37}}
Jacoby lives in Duisburg. He is married and has a son.{{cite web|url=https://www.sebastianjacoby.de/ueber-mich/|title=Alles, was Sie über mich wissen müssen|publisher=Sebastian Jacoby official website|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}}
Curling
Jacoby competed for Germany in three World Junior Curling Championships on a team led by Sebastian Stock, winning bronze at the 1996 championships in Red Deer, Alberta.{{World Curling | id=2611}}
From 2007 to 2009, he represented Germany in three European Mixed Curling Championships, where he played as a second. Led by Rainer Schöpp, the team won bronze at the 2007 championship in Madrid and gold at the 2008 championship in Kitzbühel. He appeared a fourth time at the 2014 championship.
Quizzing and television career
Jacoby started his quizzing career at a pub quiz in an Irish pub, which opened in his home town, Oberstdorf, in 1996. Later he created and presented several pub quizzes in the Duisburg area.{{sfn|Jacoby|2020|p=37–39}}
In 2011 he was a founding member of the {{ill|Deutscher Quiz-Verein|de}} (German Quizzing Association).{{sfn|Jacoby|2020|p=29}} He continues to be one of the leading quiz championship players in Germany, having won the individual competition at the German Quizzing Championships at their inaugural edition in 2012,{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2012/einzel-2012|title=Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2012|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}} in 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2014/einzel-2014|title=Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2014|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}} and in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2024/einzel-2024|title=Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2024|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}} He also has represented Germany as part of their national team at several European Quizzing Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2024/einzel-2024|title=Nationalmannschaft|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}}
In April 2012 he won the first edition of the ZDF TV show Der Super-Champion (now {{ill|Der Quiz-Champion|de}}), winning €500,000.{{cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duisburg/super-champion-2012-kommt-aus-duisburg_aid-14357765|title="Super Champion 2012" kommt aus Duisburg|publisher=Rheinische Post|date=2012-04-23|access-date=2024-05-28}}
Since 2013 he has appeared as one of the "chasers" (Jäger) on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German adaptation of the British game show, The Chase, where he is known as Der Quizgott (The Quizzing God).{{cite web|url=https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/quiz-show/gefragt-gejagt/jaeger/sebastian-jacoby-108.html|title=Sebastian Jacoby|publisher=Das Erste|access-date=2024-05-28}}
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book |last=Jacoby |first=Sebastian |title=So werden Sie zum Quizgott. Sebastian Jacoby zeigt wie‘s geht! |date=2020 |location=Königswinter |publisher=Plaza |language=de | isbn=978-3966641326}}
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External links
{{Commonscat}}
- [http://www.sebastianjacoby.de Official website] (in German)
- {{IMDb name|id=5752085}}
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Category:Quiz championship players
Category:German television personalities