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David Jacobs (table tennis)

Dian David Mickael Jacobs (21 June 1977 – 28 April 2023)[1] was an Indonesian athlete who competed in table tennis, primarily Class 10 para 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 Championships in Singapore. After 2010 he competed in para table tennis, having spent most of his career competing against athletes with full functionality. Having lost control in his right hand,[2] he decided to compete in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, winning a bronze medal.

David Jacobs
Full nameDian David Mickael Jacobs
ResidenceJakarta, Indonesia
Born(1977-06-21)21 June 1977
Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
Died28 April 2023(2023-04-28) (aged 45)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Medal record
Men's para table tennis
Representing  Indonesia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Individual (class 10)
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual (class 10)
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Granada Individual (class 10)
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Beijing Team (class 9-10)
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Granada Mixed doubles (class 20)
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Individual (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Individual (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Doubles (class 10)
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team (class 9-10)
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Individual (class 10)
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Amman Individual (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Taichung Team (class 10)
Silver medal – second place 2013 Beijing Individual (class 10)
Silver medal – second place 2013 Beijing Team (class 10)
Silver medal – second place 2015 Amman Team (class 10)
Silver medal – second place 2019 Taichung Individual (class 10)
ASEAN Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Surakarta Individual (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2011 Surakarta Doubles (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Individual (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Individual (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore doubles (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore team (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur team (class 10)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Surakarta Doubles (class 10)
Men's table tennis
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Manila Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vientiane Men's team

Early life edit

Jacobs was born in Ujung Pandang (now Makassar) on 21 June 1977. He was 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 elementary-school level.[3]

When Jacobs was ready to begin his junior high school, the family moved to Jakarta. Jacobs was signed with UMS 80 Club. He continued to improve and joined the provincial team. In 1997 he was sent to Beijing to train at the Shi Cha Hai Sports School.[3] By 2000 Jacobs was already being prepared to compete at the international level by the Indonesian Table Tennis Association.[4] As of January 2012 Jacobs was married to Jeanny Palar, with whom he has one child.[3]

Table tennis career edit

While earning a degree in management from the Perbanas School of Economics, Jacobs continued training. He participated in his first Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in 2001.[3] Together with Yon Mardiono, in 2001 Jacobs won Indonesia's only gold medal at the SEATTA table tennis championship in Singapore. In the men's doubles competition, they defeated the Thai duo Phucong Sanguansin and Phakphoom Sanguansin in three matches, scoring 11–4, 11–4, and 11–6. Paired with Mardiono for the first time for this tournament, Jacobs told The Jakarta Post that they "were determined not to let ourselves be dominated".[5]

Jacobs continued to play at the SEA Games, competing in Vietnam (2003), the Philippines (2005), and Thailand (2007).[3] He won the 2004 Pekan Olahraga Nasional competition for table tennis, which led to him receiving an honorary position at the Department of Sport; he became a full-time employee there in 2008.[3] In 2008, Jacobs served as a coach for the Indonesian men's table tennis team,[6] and in 2009 he competed at the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.[3]

Para table tennis career edit

Jacobs began playing in para table tennis tournaments later that year, becoming a member of the National Paralympic Committee in 2010.[3] He competed in Class 10, which is the highest level of functionality in the system.[7] He usually trained with opponents who maintained full functionality.[3] Jacobs himself had a problem with one of his hands.[7]

At the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China, Jacobs won a bronze medal. Before the competition, he had only a month to train.[8] He competed in several international tournaments, winning a gold in Thailand, silver in Beijing, bronze in the Czech Republic, silver in the United Kingdom, and gold in Taiwan.[3] At the 2011 ASEAN Para Games in Surakarta, Jacobs won seven gold medals: men's singles (open), men's doubles (open), mixed doubles (open), men's doubles, mixed doubles, team, and single.[7][9] In January of the following year, Jacobs took on Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a three-game series. Although the president won one game with a score of 13–11, Jacobs took the series, winning two games with the scores of 11–7 and 11–9. After the competition, Yudhoyono gave a speech on the need to support Indonesia's disabled athletes.[10]

In March 2012, Jacobs won two gold medals at the Protour Paratable Tennis Lignano Open in Italy. In the men's singles, he defeated Ivan Karabec of the Czech Republic with a score of 11–9, 11–7, and 11–8, while in the men's team play, he was paired with Komet Akbar and defeated teams from the Netherlands and Czech Republic.[11] In June he won the Slovakian Table Tennis Tournament, ranking him among the top three in the world.[9]

Jacobs was one of several athletes who represented Indonesia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, with Ni Nengah Widiasih (powerlifting), the swimmer Agus Ngaimin, and an athletics competitor, Setyo Budi Hartanto.[12] Jacobs won the bronze medal in the Table Tennis Men's Individual C10 classification. It was the nation's first Paralympic medal in over twenty years.[13]

Death edit

On the night of 27 April 2023, Jacobs was found unconscious near Juanda-Gambir railway in Gambir, Central Jakarta.[1] He was rushed to Husada Hospital, and died there on 28 April 2023, at the age of 45.

Awards and nominations edit

Award Year Category Result Ref.
AORI 2012 Special Award Placed [14]
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2019 Favorite Male Para Athlete Nominated [15]
2021 Best Male Para Athlete Nominated [16]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Male Para Athlete Individual Nominated [17]
Favorite Male Para Athlete Pairs with Komet Akbar Won
ITTF Star Awards 2015 Para Male Star Won [18]
KONI Award 2013 Best Athlete Won [19]

Achievements edit

Paralympic Games edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2012 ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London, Great Britain   José Manuel Ruiz Reyes 11–9, 7–11, 11–5, 11–6   Bronze [20]
2020 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan   Matéo Bohéas 9–11, 8–11, 11–3, 11–5, 8–11   Bronze [21]

World Championships edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Palacio Municipal de Deportes, Granada, Spain   Patryk Chojnowski 9–11, 9–11, 7–11   Silver [22]

Men's team

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Beijing, China   Komet Akbar   Patryk Chojnowski
  Sebastian Powrozniak
  Igor Misztal 		2–3   Bronze [23]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Palacio Municipal de Deportes,
Granada, Spain 		  Hana Resti   Patryk Chojnowski
  Natalia Partyka 		7–11, 12–10, 9–11, 7–11   Bronze [24]

Asian Para Games edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2010 Asian Games Town Gymnasium,
Guangzhou, China 		  Mohamad Azwar Bakar 14–12, 11–4, 11–4   Bronze [25]
2014 Songdo Global University Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea 		  Dinesh Deshappriya Pitiyage Don Silva 11–6, 11–5, 7–11, 11–9   Gold [26]
2018 Ecovention, Jakarta, Indonesia   Lian Hao 11–4, 7–11, 11–6, 17–15   Gold [27]

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Ecovention, Jakarta, Indonesia   Komet Akbar   Shin Seung-weon
  Jung Suk-youn 		11–5, 11–7   Gold [28]

Men's team

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Songdo Global University Gymnasium,
Incheon, South Korea 		  Komet Akbar   Ge Yang
  Ma Lin
  Lian Hao
  Zhao Yi Qing 		0–3   Silver [29]

Asian Championships edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 Beijing, China   Ge Yang 8–11, 11–7, 8–11, 11–6, 5–11   Silver [30]
2015 Amman, Jordan   Ge Yang 11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 13–11   Gold [31]
2019 John Paul II Stadium, Taichung, Taiwan   Komet Akbar 4–11, 11–13, 11–4, 9–11   Silver [32]

Men's team

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2013 Beijing, China   Komet Akbar   Ge Yang
  Kong Weijie 		1–3   Silver [33]
2015 Amman, Jordan   Komet Akbar   Ge Yang
  Lian Hao 		1–2   Silver [34]
2019 John Paul II Stadium, Taichung, Taiwan   Komet Akbar   Lian Hao
  Mao Shubo 		2–1   Gold [35]

SEA Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2005 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines   Yon Mardiyono   Cai Xiaoli
  Yang Zi 		  Silver [36]
2007 Klang Plaza, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand   Yon Mardiyono   Gao Ning
  Yang Zi 		10–12, 11–7, 7–11, 11–7, 10–12   Bronze [37]

Men's team

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2009 Convention Hall, Laos National University,
Vientiane, Laos 		  Yon Mardiyono
  Muhammad Hussein 		  Phuchong Sanguansin
  Phakphoom Sanguansin
  Chaisit Chaitat 		1–3   Bronze [38]

ASEAN Para Games edit

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Diamond Convention Center, Surakarta, Indonesia   Gold
2015 OCBC Arena, Singapore   Bui Quy Thu 11–7, 11–2, 11–2   Gold [39]
2017 Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Centre,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 		  Komet Akbar   Gold [40]
2022 Solo Techno Park, Surakarta, Indonesia   Komet Akbar   Gold [41]

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Diamond Convention Center, Surakarta, Indonesia   Komet Akbar   Wawan Widiyantoro
  Supriyatna Gumilang 		  Gold
2015 OCBC Arena, Singapore   Komet Akbar   Mohamad Azwar Bakar
  Chee Chaoming 		11–5, 11–3, 11–3   Gold [42]

Men's team

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 OCBC Arena, Singapore   Komet Akbar
  Bangun Sugito
  Suwarno 		  Mohamad Azwar Bakar
  Chee Chaoming
  Ahmad Syahrir Bin Mohamad
  Kamal Saupi 		  Gold
2017 Malaysian International Trade and Exhibition Centre,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 		  Komet Akbar
  Bangun Sugito
  Suwarno 		  Bunpot Sillapakong
  Sukij Samee 		  Gold

SEATTA Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2001 Singapore   Yon Mardiyono   Phuchong Sanguansin
  Phakphoom Sanguansin 		11–4, 11–4, 11–6   Gold [43]

ITTF Para Table Tennis Tour edit

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2011 Thailand Open   Jan Brinkmann 11–7, 11–1, 11–4   Gold
2011 China Open   Ge Yang   Silver
2011 Taichung TT Open   Karim Boumedouha   Gold
2012 Lignano Master Open   Ivan Karabec 11–9, 11–7, 11–8   Gold
2012 Slovakia Open   Lian Hao   Gold
2013 Korea Open   Ge Yang   Gold
2014 Al Watani Championships   Saber Balah   Gold
2014 Romania Open   Denislav Stefanov Kodjabashev   Gold
2015 Slovenian Open   Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes   Silver
2015 Thailand Open   Ivan Karabec   Gold
2016 Indonesia Open   Mohamad Azwar Bakar 11–5, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7   Gold
2017 Open Ciutat del Prat   Jorge Cardona   Gold
2017 Spanish Open   Igor Misztal   Gold
2017 US Open   Kim Daybell 11-9, 9–1, 14-12, 5-11, 14-12   Gold
2018 Indonesia Open   Bunpot Sillapakong   Gold
2018 Spanish Open   Krisztian Gardos   Gold
2018 Copa Tango XVI   Carlos Alberto Carbinatti Junior 11–5, 11–8, 7–11, 11–2   Gold
2019 Egypt Open   Komet Akbar   Gold
2019 Czech Open   Igor Misztal   Gold
2019 Finland Open   Filip Radovic   Gold
2019 Dutch Open   Patryk Chojnowski   Silver
2022 Greek Open   Komet Akbar   Gold

Men's team edit

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2011 Thailand Open   Mohamad Azwar Bakar   Ju Ren-der
  Lu Wei-chen 		3–1   Gold [44]
2011 China Open   Mohamad Azwar Bakar   Ge Yang
  Lian Hao 		2–3   Silver [45]
2011 Czech Open   Ivan Karabec   Iurii Nozdrunov
  Pavel Lukyanov 		3–0   Gold
2011 British Open   Iurii Nozdrunov   José Manuel Ruiz Reyes
  Jorge Cardona
  Álvaro Valera 		2–1   Gold
2011 Taichung TT Open   Mohamad Azwar Bakar   Ju Ren-der
  Hsu Chih-shan 		3–0   Gold
2012 Lignano Master Open   Komet Akbar   Ivan Karabec
  Bas Hergelink 		3–1   Gold
2013 Bayreuth Open   Komet Akbar   Matéo Bohéas
  Frederic Bellais 		3–1   Gold
2013 Korea Open   Naoya Nagashita   Ge Yang
  Kong Weijie 		1–3   Silver
2014 Al Watani Championships   Ali Alsanea
  Vladislav Balobanov 		  Ronald Vijverberg
  Andrianus Johannes Van Amerongen 		  Silver
2014 Romania Open   Komet Akbar   Denislav Stefanov Kodjabashev
  Esa Miettinen 		3–1   Gold
2015 Slovenian Open   Komet Akbar   José Manuel Ruiz Reyes
  Juan Bautista Perez Gonzalez 		3–1   Gold [46]
2015 Thailand Open   Komet Akbar   Mohamad Azwar Bakar
  Dinesh Deshappriya Pitiyage Don Silva 		  Gold
2017 US Open   Komet Akbar   Kim Daybell
  Stacey Joshua 		2–1   Gold [47]
2018 Copa Tango XVI   Komet Akbar
  Kusnanto 		  Manuel Felipe Echaveguren Farias
  Alvaro Hernan Vega Gutierrez 		  Gold
2019 Finland Open   Komet Akbar   Matéo Bohéas
  Gilles de la Bourdonnaye 		  Gold
2019 Dutch Open   Kusnanto   Iurii Nozdrunov
  Pavel Lukyanov 		  Gold

References edit

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b Muliawati, Anggi. "Pria Tergeletak di Pinggir Rel Gambir Atlet David Jacobs, Meninggal di RS". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ https://voi.id/en/sports/276004/prestasi-david-jacobs-di-tingkat-nasional-hingga-internasional
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Santi 2012, David M. Jacobs.
  4. ^ The Jakarta Post 2000, KONI accepts.
  5. ^ Musthofid 2001, RI secures one gold.
  6. ^ Kompas 2008, Menang Lagi.
  7. ^ a b c Kompas 2011, David Fokus ke London.
  8. ^ Kompas 2010, Indonesia Raih 1 Emas.
  9. ^ a b Widakdo 2012, David Jacobs Juara di Slowakia.
  10. ^ Trinugroho 2012, Presiden SBY Dikalahkan.
  11. ^ Widakdo 2012, David Jacobs Juara di Italia.
  12. ^ Kompas 2012, Hanya Tiga Atlet.
  13. ^ The Jakarta Post 2012, Indonesia gets bronze.
  14. ^ Administrator. "Bulutangkis Dominasi AORI 2012 - Pikiran-Rakyat.com". www.pikiran-rakyat.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  15. ^ Media, Kompas Cyber (5 February 2019). "Nomine Penerima Penghargaan Golden Award SIWO PWI Pusat 2019 Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  16. ^ antaranews.com (13 December 2021). "Siwo PWI beri penghargaan pelaku olahraga pada Golden Award IV". Antara News. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Daftar Lengkap Nominasi dan Pemenang Indonesian Sport Awards 2018". Tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Jacobs, Peric-Rankovic receive ITTF awards". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  19. ^ "KONI beri penghargaan pelaku olahraga berprestasi". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Men Single event class 10 : KO for 8 Entries". ipttc. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  21. ^ Yustiawan, Achmad Yani (28 August 2021). "Paralimpiade Tokyo 2020 : David Jacobs Harus Puas Raih Perunggu" (in Indonesian). Liputan6. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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  27. ^ Saleh, Nurdin. "Asian Para Games: David Jacobs Juara, Emas Ke-7 bagi Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Tempo. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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  36. ^ "2005 SEA Games". 2005 SEA Games. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  37. ^ "Table Tennis Medals by Events". 2007seagames.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  38. ^ "Table tennis results". laoseagames2009.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  39. ^ "2015 ASEAN Para Games - Results". 2015 ASEAN Para Games. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  40. ^ "David Jacobs, Sang Peraih 2 Emas ASEAN Para Games IX" (in Indonesian). Medcom. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  41. ^ Badai, Thoudy. "Petenis Meja David Jacobs Maju ke Babak Final" (in Indonesian). Republika. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  42. ^ "2015 ASEAN Para Games - Results". 2015 ASEAN Para Games. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  43. ^ Majid, Abdul (19 September 2018). "David Jacobs Yang Sempat dipandang Sebelah Mata" (in Indonesian). Tribunnews. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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  45. ^ "Team Men Class 10 Event : Detail Score". ipttc. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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  47. ^ "Team Men Class 9-10 Event : Detail Score". ipttc. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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