Gerard Jacobs

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Gerard J. Jacobs is a Dutch Paralympic table tennis player. He won one gold and two silver medals at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.[1][2]

At the opening of the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome, he won the silver medal in the Men's Doubles A event together with Piet van Aart. Four years later at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo he won together with Marion de Groot the gold medal, and individually the silver medal in the Men's Singles A1 event.[3][4][5] He won two silver medals at the 1965 World Championships.

Jacobs lived in Doorn near the Aardenburg military rehabilitation center. There, several Paralympic sports could be practiced.

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  1. "Nieuwe Leidsche Courant | 27 juli 1965 | pagina 3". Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. "J. Jacobs - Table Tennis | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  3. "Paralympische Spelen". NTTB (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. "Gevonden in Delpher - Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad". www.delpher.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. "Gevonden in Delpher - Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad". www.delpher.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-03-10.