Mikael Appelgren

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Mikael Appelgren (2009)

Kent "Mikael" Appelgren (born October 15, 1961 in Stockholm , Sweden ) was one of the best table tennis players in the world in the 1980s and 1990s .

Career

The left-hander Mikael Appelgren was three times (1982, 1988, 1990) European champion in men's singles. He twice won the European ranking tournament "Europe-Top-12" (1982 and 1990). With the Swedish team, he won three world championships and five European championships. In 1983 he also won the World Cup. The four-time Swedish champion played for a few years in the German Bundesliga for SSV Reutlingen 05 (previously Spårvägen Stockholm) from 1980 and returned to Sweden in 1986. In 1996 he moved from Ängby SK Stockholm to TTF Bad Honnef , one year later to TTK Würzburger Hofbräu , and in 1999 he returned to Ängby SK Stockholm.

In 2012 Appelgren became senior world champion in the 50+ age group. From 2018 Appelgren will play for the Oldenburg TB in the regional league.

successes

Participation in table tennis world championships

Participation in European championships

Participation in the European ranking tournament Top-12

  • 1982 1st place
  • 1983 3rd place
  • 1984 3rd place
  • 1985 3rd place
  • 1987 7th place
  • 1988 8th place
  • 1990 1st place
  • 1992 7/8. space
  • 1993 7/8. space
  • 1994 9/10. space
  • 1995 9/10. space

Swedish championships in men's singles

  • 1981 1st place and doubles with Jan-Ove Waldner
  • 1982 1st place
  • 1992 1st place
  • 1993 1st place

International success

  • 1980 1st place US Open in? / USA
  • 1982 2nd place Safirs Internationella in Örebro / Sweden
  • 1986 1st place in the Nordic Championships in Helsinki / Finland
  • 1987 1st place US Open in? / USA
  • 1988 2nd place US Open in? / USA
  • 1988 2nd place German Open in? / Germany
  • 1990 1st place in the World All Stars Circuit in Barcelona / Spain
  • 1990 1st place in the World All Stars Circuit in Lagos / Nigeria
  • 1990 2nd place US Open in Baltimore / USA
  • 1990 2nd place Japan Open in Tokyo / JPN
  • 1991 1st place World All Stars Circuit in Barcelona / Spain
  • 1991 1st place in the Swedish Open in Sundsvall / Sweden
  • 1993 2nd place Safirs Internationella in Örebro / Sweden
  • 1996 1st place in the Nordic Championships in Linköping / SWE
  • 1999 1st place at Ängby International in Ängby / Sweden
  • 2001 1st place at Ängby International in Ängby / Sweden

Private

Mikael Appelgren is married and has a son and a daughter named Marlene (* 1993) with whom he won bronze in mixed at the 2013 Swedish national championship. With his wife Marita he took part in the 2013 European Seniors Championships.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SWE  European Championship  1992  Stuttgart  GER   last 16  silver    1
SWE  European Championship  1990  Gothenburg  SWE   gold  Quarter finals    1
SWE  European Championship  1988  Paris  FRA   gold  gold    1
SWE  European Championship  1986  Prague  TCH   Quarter finals  silver    1
SWE  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN   gold       
SWE  European Championship  1980  Bern  SUI         1
SWE  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1979  Rome  ITA     gold    1
SWE  EURO TOP12  1995  Dijon  FRA   9       
SWE  EURO TOP12  1994  Arezzo  ITA   9       
SWE  EURO TOP12  1993  Copenhagen  THE   9       
SWE  EURO TOP12  1992  Vienna  AUT   7th       
SWE  EURO TOP12  1990  Hanover  FRG   1      
SWE  EURO TOP12  1988  Ljubljana  YUG   8th       
SWE  EURO TOP12  1987  Basel  SUI   7th       
SWE  EURO TOP12  1985  Barcelona  ESP   3      
SWE  EURO TOP12  1984  Bratislava  TCH   3      
SWE  EURO TOP12  1983  Cleveland  CLOSELY   3      
SWE  EURO TOP12  1982  Nantes  FRA   1      
SWE  Nordic championships  1996  Linkoping  SWE   gold       
SWE  Nordic championships  1986  Helsinki  FIN   gold  silver  gold  1
SWE  Olympic games  1992  Barcelona  ESP   immediately excluded  immediately excluded     
SWE  Olympic games  1988  Seoul  COR   no participants  8th     
SWE  World Championship  1995  Tianjin  CHN   last 32  Quarter finals  no participants  2
SWE  World Championship  1993  Gothenburg  SWE   last 64  Quarter finals  no participants  1
SWE  World Championship  1991  Chiba City  JPN   last 128  last 16  no participants  1
SWE  World Championship  1989  Dortmund  FRG   last 32  last 16  no participants  1
SWE  World Championship  1987  New Delhi  IND   Scratched  Scratched  no participants  2
SWE  World Championship  1985  Gothenburg  SWE   last 16  gold  no participants  2
SWE  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 64  last 16  no participants  2
SWE  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   last 16  Agony  no participants  11 
SWE  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   last 64  last 32  last 64  8th 
SWE  World cup  1991  Kuala Lumpur  MAS   9-12 space       
SWE  World cup  1990  Chiba City  JPN   4th       
SWE  World cup  1989  Nairobi  KEN   3       
SWE  World cup  1986  Port of Spain  TRI   5       
SWE  World cup  1983  Barbados  0   gold       
SWE  World cup  1982  Hong Kong  HKG   silver       
SWE  World cup  1981  Kuala Lumpur  MAS   11       
SWE  World Doubles Cup  1990  Seoul  COR     Quarter finals     
SWE  WTC World Team Cup  1994  Nimes  FRA         2
SWE  WTC World Team Cup  1990  Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig  JPN         1

literature

  • Jens Fellke: The fastest European champion of all time: Mikael Appelgren , DTS magazine , 1988/4 pages 1749–51.
  • Rahul Nelson: That will be funny , magazine tischtennis , 2006/3 page 48, 49.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/6 p. 18
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/6 p. 29
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/6 p. 23
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/8 p. 17
  5. ↑ Andreas Lehmkuhl: Swedish old stars will play for the OTB in the future , article from December 2, 2017 (accessed December 27, 2017)
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/6 p. 10 + tischtennis magazine , 2006/3 p. 48.49
  7. ↑ Mixed bronze at the 2013 Swedish championship - tischtennis magazine , 2013/3 p. 6
  8. ↑ Günter Burow / ms: The senior European championships in numbers: records, lone fighters and material in kilometers ( memento of the original from August 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 30, 2013) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tischtennis.de
  9. ↑ Mikael Appelgren Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 3, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Appelgren, Mikael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Appelgren, Kent Mikael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden