Sebastian Jacoby

Sebastian Jacoby
Jacoby in 2019
Born
Sebastian Peter Heinz Alexander Jacoby[1]

(1978-04-08) April 8, 1978 (age 46)[1]
Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany[1]
Other namesDer Quizgott (The Quizzing God)
Alma materUniversity of Duisburg-Essen
Occupations
  • Quizzer
  • television personality
  • curler
Known forGefragt – Gejagt
Children1

Sebastian Peter Heinz Alexander Jacoby (born 8 April 1978) is a German quiz player, television personality and former curler. He won gold in the 2008 European Mixed Curling Championship. Since 2013 he has appeared as one of the "chasers" on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German adaptation of The Chase.

Early and personal life

A native of Oberstdorf, Bavaria, Jacoby graduated from school with the Abitur in 1997 and spent his mandatory military service at a Bundeswehr sports group in Sonthofen. After an apprenticeship at ThyssenKrupp in Duisburg from 1998 to 2001, he studied economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen and Arkansas State University. Since 2008 he has worked as a controller at ThyssenKrupp.[2]

Jacoby lives in Duisburg. He is married and has a son.[1]

Curling

Jacoby competed for Germany in three World Junior Curling Championships on a team led by Sebastian Stock, winning bronze at the 1996 championships in Red Deer, Alberta.[3]

From 2007 to 2009, he represented Germany in three European Mixed Curling Championships, where he played as a second. Led by Rainer Schöpp, the team won bronze at the 2007 championship in Madrid and gold at the 2008 championship in Kitzbühel.[3] He appeared a fourth time at the 2014 championship.[3]

Quizzing and television career

Jacoby started his quizzing career at a pub quiz in an Irish pub, which opened in his home town, Oberstdorf, in 1996. Later he created and presented several pub quizzes in the Duisburg area.[4]

In 2011 he was a founding member of the Deutscher Quiz-Verein [de] (German Quizzing Association).[5] He continues to be one of the leading quiz championship players in Germany, having won the individual competition at the German Quizzing Championships at their inaugural edition in 2012,[6] in 2014,[7] and in 2024.[8] He also has represented Germany as part of their national team at several European Quizzing Championships.[9]

In April 2012 he won the first edition of the ZDF TV show Der Super-Champion (now Der Quiz-Champion [de]), winning €500,000.[10]

Since 2013 he has appeared as one of the "chasers" (Jäger) on Gefragt – Gejagt, the German adaptation of the British game show, The Chase, where he is known as Der Quizgott (The Quizzing God).[11]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Alles, was Sie über mich wissen müssen" (in German). Sebastian Jacoby official website. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  2. ^ Jacoby 2020, p. 36–37.
  3. ^ a b c Sebastian Jacoby at World Curling
  4. ^ Jacoby 2020, p. 37–39.
  5. ^ Jacoby 2020, p. 29.
  6. ^ "Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2012" (in German). Deutscher Quiz-Verein. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  7. ^ "Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2014" (in German). Deutscher Quiz-Verein. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  8. ^ "Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2024" (in German). Deutscher Quiz-Verein. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  9. ^ "Nationalmannschaft" (in German). Deutscher Quiz-Verein. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  10. ^ ""Super Champion 2012" kommt aus Duisburg". Rheinische Post. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  11. ^ "Sebastian Jacoby". Das Erste. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

References

  • Jacoby, Sebastian (2020). So werden Sie zum Quizgott. Sebastian Jacoby zeigt wie‘s geht! (in German). Königswinter: Plaza. ISBN 978-3966641326.
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