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YOGYAKARTA Para-table tennis athlete David Jacobs passed away today, Friday, April 28. This news has drawn the spotlight from the public. Not only his profile, David Jacobs' achievements have become a topic of conversation among the public.

Previously, news of David Jacobs' departure was shared by the Indonesian Paralympic Committee (NPC) via Instagram social media. The NPC officially expressed its condolences for the death of David Jacobs.

David Jacobs became known as a public as an Indonesian NPC athlete in 2010. At that time he appeared in the table tennis tournament. Since then his name has continued to be called the winner of tennis players both in Indonesia and internationally. s

In 2010 Davis Jacobs won a bronze medal in the 2010 Asian Para Games match which was held in Guangzhou, China. In the following year, namely 2011, he won a gold medal at the 2011 ASEAN Paragames which was held in Surakarta.

At the international level, David won in Singapore (2015) and Kuala Lumpur (2017). He won three gold medals in individual numbers. Here are some of David Jacobs' achievements quoted from various sources.

Throughout David Jacobs' career in the field of sports, tennis managed to bring home 2 bronze medals at the Paralympics, 1 world-class bronze medal, 3 gold medals at the Asian Para Games, 1 silver medal at the Asian Para Games, 1 bronze medal at the Asian Para Games, 2 gold medals at the Asian Championships, 3 silver medals at the Asian Championships, to 8 gold medals at the ASEAN Para Games.

As previously stated, David Jacobs passed away on Friday, April 28. He died at the age of 48. For this sad news, condolences came from netizens, including on the official Instagram account of NPC Jakarta led by David Jacobs himself.

The cause of David Jacobs' death was a train accident. Quoted from VOI, this information was confirmed by the Sawah Besar Police Chief AKP Dhanar Dhono Vernandhie.

"The information is that the victim is an athlete. Regarding the safety of the railroad tracks, that is the domain of KAI. The handling of the case is already at the Central Jakarta Police," he briefly told VOI.

Previously, the Central Jakarta Metro Police itself had investigated the death of a table tennis disabled athlete (right hand disabled) on the edge of the Juanda Station flyover (KA) which borders Gambir and Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta.

The victim is David Jacobs (46) who is a resident of Cilandak, South Jakarta. According to information, the victim suffered a wound to the back of the head. Meanwhile, the body found an object that allegedly belonged to the victim, namely a cellphone and a ticket on the KAI Access application with the booking code 9HV69PE.

Those are some of David Jacobs' achievements. Visit VOI.ID for other interesting information.


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