Ulf Bengtsson

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Ulf Bengtsson (born January 26, 1960 in Höganäs ; † March 17, 2019 ) was a Swedish table tennis player . He had his best time in the 1980s when he became European champion in individual and with the team.

Ulf Bengtsson was not related to the world champion Stellan Bengtsson .

youth

Left-handed Bengtsson joined a club when he was six. In 1977 and 1978 he won the Swedish Youth Championship. In Vichy in 1977 he became European Youth Champion in doubles together with Lars Franklin.

Seniors

Bengtsson took part in the three world championships in 1983 , 1985 and 1989 . In 1983 and 1985 he was runner-up with the Swedish team.

He was represented three times at European championships . In 1984 he was European champion in singles before Andrzej Grubba , in 1988 he won the title with the team. In 1982 (with Erik Lindh ) and 1984 (with Ulf Carlsson ) he reached the semi-finals in doubles.

German Bundesliga

In 1983 he moved from Söderhamn's UIF to the German Bundesliga club TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau . After the 1983/84 season, which he finished positively with 19:15 games, he returned to Söderhamns UIF.

Trainer

In the 1990s Ulf Bengtsson was national coach in Sweden.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
SWE European Championship 1988 Paris FRA Quarter finals 1
SWE European Championship 1984 Moscow URS gold Semifinals
SWE European Championship 1982 Budapest HUN Semifinals
SWE European Youth Championship (Juniors) 1977 Vichy FRA gold
SWE EURO TOP12 1985 Barcelona ESP 12
SWE EURO TOP12 1983 Cleveland CLOSELY 10
SWE World Championship 1989 Dortmund FRG last 128 last 16 last 32
SWE World Championship 1985 Gothenburg SWE last 64 last 64 last 64 2
SWE World Championship 1983 Tokyo JPN last 64 last 16 last 64 2
SWE World cup 1988 Canton & Wuhan United States 15th
SWE World cup 1985 Foshan CHN 16
SWE World cup 1984 Kuala Lumpur MAS 3

literature

  • Lars Sandlin: Like a phoenix from the ashes , DTS magazine , 1984/5, pages 23–24.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Svensk bordtennismästare avliden (accessed on March 17, 2019)
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1984/5, page 23
  3. ↑ Michael Jahn: An old bat as a distinguishing mark. In: Berliner Zeitung . April 23, 1997, accessed June 10, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Michael Jahn: The indestructible gentleman. In: Berliner Zeitung. February 6, 2010, accessed June 10, 2015 .
  5. ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed September 4, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Bengtsson, Ulf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Höganäs
DATE OF DEATH 17th March 2019