David Jacobs (table tennis)
Dian David Michael Jacobs , commonly referred to as David Jacobs, is an Indonesian athlete who competes in table tennis, currently Classpara table tennis. Born in Ujung Pandang, he took up table tennis at the age of ten and rose quickly through national tournaments. He was training to play internationally by 2000, and in 2001 he won his first gold medal, at the SEATTA Games in Singapore. Since 2010 he has competed in para table tennis, having spent most of his career competing against athletes with full functionality. He competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, winning a bronze medal.
Jacobs was born in Ujung Pandang onJune 1977. He is of Ambonese descent. He began playing table tennis at age ten, with the support of his parents Jan and Nell, as well as his brothers Rano, Piere, and Joe as of 2012 his three brothers also play table tennis. In 1989 his parents registered him with the PTP Club in Semarang in his two years with the club he became a national champion at the elementaryschool level.
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