Åsa Svensson (table tennis player)

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Åsa Svensson (born February 11, 1971 in Halmstad ) is a Swedish table tennis player . She won bronze twice in doubles at European Championships.

Career

Internationally, the right-hander Åsa Svensson first appeared at the Nordic Championships ( North European & Nordic Championships ) in 1988, where she won a mixed competition with Jan-Ove Waldner . In 1993 she played for three months in Japan, where she was able to strengthen her game. From 1989 to 2001 she took part in eight world championships . In 1995 she was fifth with the Swedish women's team, but otherwise did not come close to medal ranks. In 1993 she was third in the European ranking tournament TOP-12 . She has been nominated for European championships five times . She reached the semi-finals in doubles in 1998 with Pernilla Pettersson and in 2000 with Marie Svensson .

In 1996 and 2000 she qualified for participation in the Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated early.

In March 2001 she was ranked 32nd in the ITTF world rankings .

Germany

Åsa Svensson played for the German Bundesliga clubs for several years . With TSG Dülmen she became German runner-up in 1997. Later she was still under contract with FC Langweid and Team Galaxis Lübeck before she left Germany for Spain in 2001.

Private

Åsa Svensson's younger sister Marie was also a national player with appearances in the German Bundesliga. Since her marriage to Ulf Carlsson (after 1999), Åsa has performed under the name Åsa Carlsson .

societies

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SWE European Championship 2002 Zagreb HRV last 16 Quarter finals
SWE European Championship 2000 Bremen GER Semifinals
SWE European Championship 1998 Eindhoven NED Semifinals
SWE European Championship 1996 Bratislava SVK last 16 Quarter finals
SWE European Championship 1992 Stuttgart GER last 16 Quarter finals
SWE EURO TOP12 2002 Rotterdam NED 9
SWE EURO TOP12 2001 catfish AUT 9
SWE EURO TOP12 1997 Eindhoven NED 11
SWE EURO TOP12 1996 Charleroi BEL 7th
SWE EURO TOP12 1993 Copenhagen THE 3
SWE EURO TOP12 1992 Vienna AUT 11
SWE Nordic championships 1990 Oslo NOR gold
SWE Nordic championships 1988 Karlsborg SWE gold
SWE Olympic games 2000 Sydney OUT last 16 immediately excluded
SWE Olympic games 1996 Atlanta United States immediately excluded immediately excluded
SWE Pro tour 2002 catfish AUT last 64
SWE Pro tour 2001 Rotterdam NED last 32 last 16
SWE Pro tour 2001 Bayreuth GER last 32 last 16
SWE Pro tour 2001 Fort Lauderdale United States last 16 Quarter finals
SWE Pro tour 2001 Zagreb HRV Quarter finals Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 2001 Doha QAT last 16 Quarter finals
SWE Pro tour 2000 Farum THE last 16
SWE Pro tour 2000 Umeå SWE last 16 Quarter finals
SWE Pro tour 2000 Toulouse FRA Quarter finals Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 2000 Rio de Janeiro BRA last 32 Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 2000 Fort Lauderdale United States last 32 Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 2000 Zagreb HRV last 32 last 16
SWE Pro tour 1999 Karlskrona SWE Rd 1 Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 1999 Linz / Wels AUT Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 1999 Bremen GER Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 1999 Hopton-on-Sea CLOSELY last 32 Quarter finals
SWE Pro tour 1999 Doha QAT last 16 last 16
SWE Pro tour 1998 Sundsvall SWE Rd 1 Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 1998 Wakayama JPN last 32 Quarter finals
SWE Pro tour 1998 Zagreb HRV last 16 Rd 1
SWE Pro tour 1997 Lyon FRA last 16 last 16
SWE Pro tour 1997 Squid SWE last 32 last 16
SWE Pro tour 1997 Linz AUT last 32 last 16
SWE Pro tour 1997 Kettering CLOSELY last 16 Semifinals
SWE Pro tour 1996 Boras SWE Quarter finals
SWE World Championship 2001 Osaka JPN last 128 last 16 no participants 21st
SWE World Championship 2000 Kuala Lumpur MAS 9-12
SWE World Championship 1999 Eindhoven NED last 32 last 32 last 32
SWE World Championship 1997 Manchester CLOSELY last 128 last 16 last 16 8th
SWE World Championship 1995 Tianjin CHN last 32 last 16 last 16 5
SWE World Championship 1993 Gothenburg SWE last 64 last 64 last 64 12
SWE World Championship 1991 Chiba City JPN last 64 last 32 last 128 11
SWE World Championship 1989 Dortmund FRG Agony last 32 last 32 8th
SWE WTC World Team Cup 1995 Atlanta United States 5
SWE WTC World Team Cup 1991 Barcelona ESP 5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World ranking list ( memento from January 26, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on March 30, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b Change from Halmstad to Dülmen - Zeitschrift dts , 1996/7 p. 12
  3. ↑ a b Change from Dülmen to Langweid - Zeitschrift dts , 1997/5 p. 18
  4. ↑ a b Change from Langweid to Halmstad - Zeitschrift dts , 1998/8 p. 12
  5. ↑ a b Change from Halmstad to Lübeck - Zeitschrift dts , 1999/6 p. 19
  6. ↑ a b move from Lübeck to Spain - magazine dts , 2001/8 p. 30
  7. ↑ [1] + [2] (accessed on February 19, 2012)
  8. ↑ a b Change from Treffers to Schwarza ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on February 19, 2012)
  9. ↑ ITTF database ( Memento from January 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed March 30, 2019)

literature

  • Christian Heyerdahl: Sweden's Hope: Åsa Svensson - Learned in Japan's Hard School , dts magazine , 1993/9 p. 35

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Svensson, Åsa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Svensson, Asa; Svensson, Åsa Elisabeth Irene; Carlsson, Åsa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Halmstad