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Adolf Herskovic

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Adolf Allan Herskovic
Personal information
Nationality Yugoslavia
 Italy
 United States
Born(1916-04-30)30 April 1916
Zagreb
Died26 February 2011(2011-02-26) (aged 94)
California
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Table Tennis Championships
Silver medal – second place 1939 team

Adolf Herskovic (later Allan Herskovic; 1916–2011) was a male Yugoslav international table tennis player.[1]

Table tennis career

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He won a silver medal at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Žarko Dolinar, Ladislav Hexner, Tibor Harangozo and Max Marinko for Yugoslavia.[2][3]

He represented Italy from 1948 until 1950 before he changed his name to Allan from Adolf and emigrated to the United States where he captained the US team in 1974.[4]

Personal life

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He was of Jewish descent and lost his parents and a sister in concentration camps during the war. He took refuge in Italy with some brothers but was arrested and interned in a camp in Cosenza where he was freed by the allies in 1943. In the United States he was a member of the Jewish Athletic Club and played soccer and gymnastics.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. ^ "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  4. ^ "History of USA Table Tennis". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017.