Ann-Christin Hellman

Ann-Christin Hellman (born August 4, 1955 in Varberg ) was one of the best Swedish table tennis players in the 1970s . She was vice European champion and twice won the Europe TOP-12 tournament .

National successes

Hellman played for the Varbergs BTK club. She won the Swedish championship eleven times in singles (1968–1971, 1974–1979, 1982), four times in doubles (1975, 1978–1980) and twice in mixed (1976–1977).

International success

World championships

Between 1973 and 1981 Hellman took part in five world championships . In 1977 and 1979 she reached the quarter-finals in doubles.

European championships

As a teenager, Hellman was nominated twice for the European Youth Championships. Here she took second place in the singles in 1970, and in 1973 she also reached the final in mixed.

She was represented four times at the European championship for adults: in 1974 she lost in the final against Judit Magos and became vice European champion. In 1976 and 1978 she reached the semi-finals in singles, in 1978 and 1980 she reached the quarter-finals in doubles.

Europe TOP-12

She was represented at the European ranking tournament Europe TOP-12 between 1975 and 1982 every time. In 1975 and 1976 she won this tournament.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
SWE	European Championship	1980	Bern	SUI		Quarter finals
SWE	European Championship	1978	Duisburg	FRG	Semifinals	Quarter finals
SWE	European Championship	1976	Prague	TCH	Semifinals
SWE	European Championship	1974	Novi Sad	YUG	silver
SWE	European Youth Championship (Cadets)	1970	Teeside	CLOSELY	silver
SWE	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1973	Piraeus	GRE			silver
SWE	EURO TOP12	1982	Nantes	FRA	4th
SWE	EURO TOP12	1981	Miskolc	HUN	6th
SWE	EURO TOP12	1980	Munich	FRG	9
SWE	EURO TOP12	1979	Kristianstad	SWE	4th
SWE	EURO TOP12	1978	Prague	TCH	Scratched
SWE	EURO TOP12	1977	Sarajevo	YUG	5
SWE	EURO TOP12	1976	Lübeck	FRG	1
SWE	EURO TOP12	1975	Vienna	AUT	1
SWE	Nordic championships	1975	Helsinki	FIN	gold	gold
SWE	Nordic championships	1971	Oslo	NOR	silver	silver	silver
SWE	World Championship	1981	Novi Sad	YUG	last 32	last 16	no participants	8th
SWE	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	last 16	Quarter finals	no participants	6th
SWE	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 16	Quarter finals	Scratched	9
SWE	World Championship	1975	Calcutta	IND	last 32	last 32	no participants	12
SWE	World Championship	1973	Sarajevo	YUG	last 64	last 16	last 32	9

Individual evidence

1. ^ ITTF statistics ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 8, 2011)