Английская Википедия:Erwin Klein

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Шаблон:Infobox table tennis player Erwin Klein (died September 30, 1992)[1] was a male table tennis player from the United States, who four times US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion.[2][3] His nickname was Chubby.[4] He won a gold medal in the Mixed Doubles event at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1956.[5]

Biography

Klein lived in Los Angeles and was Jewish.[6][7] He attended Fairfax High School, UCLA and Cal-Berkeley.[4][8]

He was Southern California men's champion at the age of 11.[9] Klein won the U.S. National Boys 15-under Championship (at age 13) and the respective age groups at age 16, 17, and 18.[8] At age 18, he also won the National Juniors title, and the National Men's Singles and Doubles Championships.[8] In 1955, he and Richard Bergmann won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Doubles Championship.[6]

In 1956, he, 17 years old, and Leah Neuberger won the World Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Championship in Tokyo.[6][10] was a four-time US Open Table Tennis Singles Champion. In 1956 and 1961, he was the U.S. singles champion.[8][11] In both 1964 and 1965, he won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Singles Championship, and he and Bernard Bukiet won the U.S. Open Table Tennis Men's Doubles Championship.[8][6][12]

In 1973, he was a member of the United States table tennis team that competed against China.[8]

In 1990, Klein was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[8]

He was shot to death in Los Angeles by a business partner in an argument on September 30, 1992. The shooter then killed himself.[13]

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