{{Short description|German quiz player and curler}} {{Infobox person | image = Sebastian Jacoby.jpg | caption = Jacoby in 2019 | birth_name = Sebastian Peter Heinz Alexander Jacoby<ref name=”website”/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|8}}<ref name=”website”/> | birth_place = Oberstdorf, Bavaria, West Germany<ref name=”website”/> | alma_mater = University of Duisburg-Essen | occupation = {{hlist|Quizzer|television personality|curler}} | other_names = Der Quizgott (The Quizzing God) | known_for = ''Gefragt – Gejagt'' | children = 1 }} '''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.{{sfn|Jacoby|2020|p=36–37}}
Jacoby lives in Duisburg. He is married and has a son.<ref name=”website”>{{cite web|url=https://www.sebastianjacoby.de/ueber-mich/|title=Alles, was Sie über mich wissen müssen|publisher=Sebastian Jacoby official website|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name=”Worldcurling”>{{World Curling | id=2611}}</ref>
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.<ref name=”Worldcurling”/> He appeared a fourth time at the 2014 championship.<ref name=”Worldcurling”/>
== 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.{{sfn|Jacoby|2020|p=37–39}}
In 2011 he was a founding member of the {{ill|Deutscher Quiz-Verein|de}} (German Quizzing Association).{{sfn|Jacoby|2020|p=29}} 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2012/einzel-2012|title=Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2012|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref> in 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2014/einzel-2014|title=Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2014|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref> and in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2024/einzel-2024|title=Deutsche Quizmeisterschaft - Einzel 2024|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref> He also has represented Germany as part of their national team at several European Quizzing Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.quizverein.de/turniere/deutsche-quizmeisterschaft/2024/einzel-2024|title=Nationalmannschaft|publisher=Deutscher Quiz-Verein|language=de|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref>
In April 2012 he won the first edition of the ZDF TV show ''Der Super-Champion'' (now ''{{ill|Der Quiz-Champion|de}}''), winning €500,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duisburg/super-champion-2012-kommt-aus-duisburg_aid-14357765|title="Super Champion 2012" kommt aus Duisburg|publisher=Rheinische Post|date=2012-04-23|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref>
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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/quiz-show/gefragt-gejagt/jaeger/sebastian-jacoby-108.html|title=Sebastian Jacoby|publisher=Das Erste|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref>
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==References== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last=Jacoby |first=Sebastian |title=So werden Sie zum Quizgott. Sebastian Jacoby zeigt wie‘s geht! |date=2020 |location=Königswinter |publisher=Plaza |language=de | isbn=978-3966641326}} {{refend}} == External links == {{Commonscat}} * [http://www.sebastianjacoby.de Official website] (in German) * {{IMDb name|id=5752085}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacoby, Sebastian}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:German male curlers Category:Quiz championship players Category:German television personalities Category:Sportspeople from Oberstdorf Category:University of Duisburg-Essen alumni Category:European mixed curling champions