Kristian Karlsson

Kristian Karlsson (born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish table tennis player.

Kristian Karlsson
ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open, Magdeburg, Germany
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991
Trollhättan, Sweden[1]
Highest ranking17th (March 2018)[2]
Current ranking24th (April 2020)[2]
ClubBorussia Düsseldorf (de)[3]
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
2018 HalmstadTeam
European Games
2019 MinskTeam
European Championships
2012 HerningDoubles
2018 AlicanteDoubles
2014 LisbonTeam
2015 YekaterinburgDoubles
2016 BudapestDoubles
2018 AlicanteSingles
Swedish Championship
2018 HelsingborgSingles
2015 FalkenbergSingles
2014 HelsingborgSingles
2019 EskilstunaSingles

Career

Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhättan until he was 16, subsequently he moved away from home to go to high school. During his high school years Karlsson had 10 training sessions a week.[4]

In 2011 he signed to Halmstad BTK and began to rose through the ranks quickly.[4] Ranked outside the top 400 in October 2010, Karlsson finished 2011 in the 233th position, and at the end of 2012 he ranked 129.[2] The year 2012 also marked his first senior success, winning the silver medal at the 2012 Table Tennis European Championships in men's doubles.[5]

His performances also attracted French top division side AS Pontoise-Cergy TT and Karlsson eventually signed to the club in September 2013. He won the Champions League with AS Pontoise-Cergy in 2014.[6]

In 2016 Kristian signed for the German top club Borussia Düsseldorf. After coming second in the Champions League and winning the German Cup, Kristian and Borussia Düsseldorf went on to win the triple in 2018.[3]

Paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships.[7]

And in the 2018 European Table Tennis Championships, again paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a silver medal in the men's doubles as well as a bronze medal in the men's singles. During 2018 Kristian and the Swedish National Team won a Bronze medal (Team) in the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, and also a gold medal in the Swedish Championship in Helsingborg.[3]


Borussia Düsseldorf 2019/20
  1. Timo Boll  Germany
  2. Kristian Karlsson  Sweden
  3. Ricardo Walther  Germany
  4. Omar Assar  Egypt
  5. Anton Källberg  Sweden
  6. Sharath Kamal Achanta  India


References
  1. "Kristian Karlsson Profile" (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. "Kristian Karlsson Ranking History". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "Kristian Karlsson Official Website". Kristian Karlsson Table Tennis. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. "Rapid Table Tennis Development – with Kristian Karlsson". Expert Table Tennis. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  5. "EM-silver för svensk duo i bordtennis" [EC-silver for Swedish duo in table tennis] (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  6. "Tennis de table: Kristian Karlsson, nouvelle recrue de Pontoise-Cergy" [Kristian Karlsson, new recruitment of Pontoise-Cergy] (in French). La Gazette de Val d'Oise. 13 April 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  7. http://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis/svensk-em-medalj-sakrad-i-dubbel/


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