About Shimcha Finkelstein
Lived 1917 – 1987 (aged 69–70). Shimcha Finkelstein was an Israeli and Polish athlete and table tennis player.
Shimcha Finkelstein (; 1917–1987), was a male Polish and Israeli international table tennis player.
Table tennis career He won a bronze medal at the 1936 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Alojzy Ehrlich and Samuel Schieff for Poland.
He was Polish team champion for Hasmonea Warsaw and singles champion in 1937. He was of Jewish origin and before the war switched allegiance to Israel and won the first ever Israeli championship beating Mordecai Finberg in the final.
Personal life He left Poland in May 1937 via Romania to Israel. He retired in 1967, had three children and died in 1987.
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Who was Shimcha Finkelstein?
Polish-Israeli table tennis player
When was Shimcha Finkelstein born?
Shimcha Finkelstein was born in 1917 in Warsaw.
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Shimcha Finkelstein died in 1987 in Israel.
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Shimcha Finkelstein was an athlete and table tennis player.
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Shimcha Finkelstein was Israeli and Polish.
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