Kristian Karlsson
Kristian Karlsson 
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| German Open, Magdeburg 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Sweden
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| Date of birth: | August 6, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Trollhättan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Left | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current world rankings : | 24 (April 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Best world ranking : | 17 (March 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kristian Karlsson (* 6. August 1991 in Trollhättan ) is a Swedish table tennis - national team .
Career
Kristian Karlsson started playing for his hometown club at the age of 8, until he moved from there at the age of 16 and finally joined Halmstad BTK in 2011 . In 2012 he won the silver medal in doubles with Mattias Karlsson at the European Championships . The following year he made it into the top 100 in the world and moved to the top French club AS Pontoise-Cergy TT , with which he was runner-up and Champions League winner in 2014 and champion in 2015. In 2014 he also made it to the semi-finals of the European Championship with the national team and in December reached number 39 in the world list, making him the best-placed Swedish player for the first time. At the Polish Open 2015 he won his first gold medal on the World Tour in doubles with Mattias Karlsson.
In 2016 he came fourth in the Europe Top-16 and won the French championship and Champions League double with Pontoise-Cergy . For the following season 2016/17 he moved to the German Bundesliga club and record champions Borussia Düsseldorf . With the national team, he reached the quarter-finals at both the World Cup and the Olympic Games , and in singles he reached the last 32 at the Olympics. In October he took part in the World Cup for the second time and was (as the best European player) Fourth, at the European Championships he won bronze in doubles and made it to the round of 16 in singles, where he was defeated by the reigning runner-up and former team-mate from Pontoise Marcos Freitas . As a result, he achieved a new personal record in the world rankings with 22nd place. At the 2017 World Cup , he was surprisingly eliminated in the first round against Liao Cheng-Ting , but with the team he won the first World Cup medal for Sweden since 2001 with bronze in 2018 . In 2019 he made it to the World Cup quarter-finals in doubles with Mattias Falck and won bronze and silver at the European Games with the team .
successes
singles
- World Cup : 4th place 2016
- European Championships : Bronze 2018
Double
- European Championships: Silver 2012 , 2018, Bronze 2015 , 2016 (each with Mattias Karlsson )
team
- World Championships : Bronze 2018
- European Championships: Bronze 2014 , 2019
- European Games : Silver 2019
- Champions League : Gold 2018
- German championship : 2017 , 2018
- German Cup Winner : 2017 , 2018
Others
He is not related to his doubles partner Mattias Karlsson .
Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | European Championship | 2019 | Nantes | FRA | Semifinals | |||
| SWE | European Championship | 2018 | Alicante | ESP | Semifinals | silver | ||
| SWE | European Championship | 2017 | Luxembourg | LUX | 5 | |||
| SWE | European Championship | 2016 | Budapest | HUN | Last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SWE | European Championship | 2015 | Ekaterinburg | RUS | Last 32 | Semifinals | 5 | |
| SWE | European Championship | 2014 | Lisbon | POR | Semifinals | |||
| SWE | European Championship | 2013 | Schwechat | AUT | Last 64 | Last 32 | 5 | |
| SWE | European Championship | 2012 | Herning | THE | silver | |||
| SWE | European Championship | 2011 | Gdańsk-Sopot | POLE | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 2006 | Sarajevo | BIH | silver | gold | 1 | |
| SWE | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 2009 | Prague | CZE | gold | |||
| SWE | European Games | 2019 | Minsk | BLR | last 16 | silver | ||
| SWE | European Games | 2015 | Baku | AZE | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| SWE | Europe Top 16 | 2020 | Montreux | SUI | last 16 | |||
| SWE | Europe Top 16 | 2019 | Montreux | SUI | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | Europe Top 16 | 2018 | Montreux | SUI | last 16 | |||
| SWE | Europe Top 16 | 2017 | Antibes | FRA | 13-16 space | |||
| SWE | Europe Top 16 | 2016 | Gondomar | POR | 4th Place | |||
| SWE | Nth European & Nordic Championships | 2010 | Helsinki | FIN | gold | gold | 1 | |
| SWE | Olympic games | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Last 32 | 5 | ||
| SWE | ITTF Challenge Series | 2019 | Zagreb | CRO | silver | |||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Stockholm | SWE | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Olomouc | CZE | last 32 | silver | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Cheng you | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Doha | QAT | Agony | silver | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Stockholm | SWE | Semifinals | Last 16 | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Warsaw | POLE | Last 64 | gold | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Olomouc | CZE | Last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Yokohama | JPN | Last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Incheon City | COR | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Doha | QAT | Last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Dubai | UAE | Semifinals | |||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Olomouc | CZE | Last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | catfish | AUT | Last 64 | Semifinals | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour | 2012 | Olomouc | CZE | Last 32 | silver | ||
| SWE | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2012 | Hangzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | Last 64 | Quarter finals | Last 64 | |
| SWE | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | Semifinals | |||
| SWE | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | Last 128 | Last 16 | ||
| SWE | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Last 64 | Last 16 | ||
| SWE | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | 9 | |||
| SWE | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | Last 128 | Last 16 | ||
| SWE | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 6th | |||
| SWE | World cup | 2019 | Cheng you | CHN | Last 16 | |||
| SWE | World cup | 2016 | Saarbrücken | GER | 4th Place | |||
| SWE | World cup | 2015 | Halmstad | SWE | Last 16 | |||
| SWE | World Team Cup | 2019 | Tokyo | JPN | 9-12 space | |||
| SWE | World Team Cup | 2018 | London | CLOSELY | 9-12 space | |||
| SWE | Youth World Championship | 2009 | Cartagena de Indias | COL | Last 16 | |||
| SWE | Youth World Championship | 2008 | Madrid | ESP | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | World Junior Circuit | 2009 | Örebro | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Valencia | VEN | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Örebrö | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | World Junior Circuit | 2008 | Seligenstadt | GER | gold | |||
| SWE | World Junior Circuit | 2007 | Örebro | SWE | Quarter finals | |||
| SWE | World Junior Circuit Finals | 2008 | Helsingborg | SWE | Quarter finals |
Web links
- Kristian Karlsson Article about Kristian Karlsson on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English)
- Kristian Karlssons world rankings
Individual evidence
- ↑ experttabletennis.com - Kristian Karlsson Interview: 424th to 133rd in 21 Months (accessed April 2, 2016)
- ↑ ttbl.de - New in the TTBL: Kristian Karlsson (accessed on August 19, 2016)
- ↑ ttbl.de - Düsseldorf gets Kristian Karlsson (accessed on April 2, 2016)
- ↑ Final reached: Germany - France 3-0. tischtennis.de, September 6, 2019, accessed on February 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Minsk mission accomplished: DTTB men win final against Sweden. tischtennis.de, June 29, 2019, accessed on February 8, 2020 .
- ↑ tabletennisdaily.co.uk - Thread: Ask Kristian Karlsson a question! (accessed on April 2, 2016)
- ↑ Kristian Karlsson results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed April 2, 2016)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Karlsson, Kristian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trollhättan |