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Born | Zagreb | 30 April 1916|||||||||||
Died | 26 February 2011 California | (aged 94)|||||||||||
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Adolf Herskovic (later Allan Herskovic; 1916–2011) was a male Yugoslav international table tennis player. [1]
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]
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.
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
Born | Zagreb | 30 April 1916|||||||||||
Died | 26 February 2011 California | (aged 94)|||||||||||
Medal record
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Adolf Herskovic (later Allan Herskovic; 1916–2011) was a male Yugoslav international table tennis player. [1]
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]
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.