Days in Flisberg

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Days Flisberg (born October 12, 1917 in Norrköping , † May 3, 1989 in Jönköping ) was a Swedish table tennis player . In 1954 he became vice world champion in singles.

National successes

Between 1936 and 1958, Flisberg was Swedish champion 13 times in singles, 14 times in doubles, 2 times in mixed and 14 times with different teams. He also won 22 titles at national senior championships.

International success

From 1936 to 1957 he played 103 times for the Swedish national team, winning 63 games. He played his first international match against Germany in 1936. When Germany fought the first international match after the Second World War in Gelsenkirchen on January 24, 1950, the opponent was Sweden and Tage Flisberg was part of his team.

From 1947 to 1957 Flisberg was nominated for nine world championships . In 1949 he reached the semi-finals in doubles with Richard Bergmann . His greatest success was in 1954 when he was runner-up in the individual world championship. He lost in the final against the Japanese Ichirō Ogimura .

In the world rankings , Flisberg took third place in 1954.

In 1982 Flisberg took part in the Senior World Championships in Gothenburg despite the prosthetic leg he had in the meantime.

Others

Flisberg worked in Tranås as a warehouse worker. In 1967 he was one of the founders of the Swaythling Club International .

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SWE  Nordic championships  1955  Drammen  NOR   silver  gold    1
SWE  Nordic championships  1953  Stockholm  SWE     gold  silver  1
SWE  Nordic championships  1949  Copenhagen  THE   gold  gold  silver  1
SWE  World Championship  1957  Stockholm  SWE   last 64  last 32  no participants  11 
SWE  World Championship  1956  Tokyo  JPN   last 64  Quarter finals  last 32  9 
SWE  World Championship  1955  Utrecht  NED   last 128  last 32  last 64  9 
SWE  World Championship  1954  Wembley  CLOSELY   silver  last 32  last 64  9 
SWE  World Championship  1953  Bucharest  ROU   last 16  last 16  last 32  9 
SWE  World Championship  1950  Budapest  HUN   last 32  last 64  last 16  5 
SWE  World Championship  1949  Stockholm  SWE   last 64  Semifinals  Quarter finals  5 
SWE  World Championship  1948  Wembley  CLOSELY   last 32  Quarter finals  last 32  13 
SWE  World Championship  1947  Paris  FRA   last 128  last 16  Scratched  5 

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1954/19 p. 1
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/11 issue Süd-West p. 12
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1955/4 p. 14
  4. ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed on September 6, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Flisberg, days
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Norrkoping
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1989
Place of death Jonkoping