KARLSSON Kristian

Date of Birth: 6 Aug 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TROLLHATTAN

Birth Country:

Sweden

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team SWE Sweden	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team Round of 16 #6 USA United States 1 SWE Sweden 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team Quarterfinal #11 JPN Japan 3 SWE Sweden 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3R	QF

World Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Doubles X	Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	2R	QF	1R	-
2018	Halmstad, SWE	-	-	-	3
2017	Dusseldorf, GER	1R	3R	-	-
2016	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	-	-	-	5
2015	Suzhou, CHN	2R	3R	-	-
2014	Tokyo, JPN	-	-	-	9
2013	Paris, FRA	1R	3R	-	-
2012	Dortmund, GER	-	-	-	6

Year	Location	Singles
2019	Chengdu, CHN	Last 16
2016	Saarbrucken, GER	4

European Games

Year	Location	Singles	Team
2019	Minsk, BLR	4R	2

European Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M	Team
2021	Warsaw, POL	3R	2R	-
2019	Nantes, FRA	-	-	3
2018	Alicante, ESP	3	2	-
2017	Luxembourg, LUX	-	-	5
2016	Budapest, HUN	3R	3	-

WTT Star Contender

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles M
2021	Doha, QAT	QF	1R

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	Doubles M	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	1x	1x	2x	-
2019	Doubles M	-	-	-	4x	1x	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	3x	-	3x	-
2018	Doubles M	-	2x	1x	-	4x	-	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	2x	4x	1x	-
2017	Doubles M	-	1x	1x	3x	2x	-	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
2	2018	Doubles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
2	2018	Doubles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
2	2017	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
3	2018	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
3	2017	Doubles	China Open	Chengdu, CHN
Quarterfinal	2020	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2019	Singles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Australian Open	Geelong, VIC, AUS
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Korea Open	Busan, KOR
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	China Open	Shenzhen, CHN
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	German Open	Bremen, GER
Quarterfinal	2018	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Quarterfinal	2017	Singles	Korea Open	Incheon, KOR
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Quarterfinal	2017	Doubles	Japan Open	Tokyo, JPN

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Krille (hallandsposten.se, 22 Dec 2016)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Swedish

Borussia Dusseldorf [GER] / Halmstad BTK [SWE]

Danny Heister [Borussia Dusseldorf], NED; Jorgen Persson [national], SWE

Left (sverigesradio.se, 15 Feb 2017)

He began experiencing elbow pain in November 2019, which was eventually diagnosed as medial epicondylitis. He underwent surgery in June 2020 and was expected to miss two months of training. (aftonbladet.se, 26 Jun 2020)

In 2016 an inflammation in his heel meant he was unable to compete for a month between October and November. (svt.se, 18 Nov 2016)

He took up the sport while he was at primary school. (sok.se, 22 Sep 2015)

"After playing a lot of table tennis after school, one of my best friends asked if I wanted to tag along to table tennis practice as he had been going for a while. And that's the road I went down." (sok.se, 22 Sep 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (kristian-karlsson.com, 06 May 2021)

Swedish table tennis player Jorgen Persson, German table tennis player Timo Boll. (arla.se, 22 Jan 2016)

General Interest

Grip
Shakehand (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2016)

General
TOKYO SINGLES DISAPPOINTMENT
In May 2021 it was announced that his national teammate Anton Kallberg had been selected to represent Sweden in the singles event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, despite Karlsson being ahead of him the world rankings. "I was really set on being selected, that's why it came as a major shock. I do not think they have gone on the overall picture. [Kallberg] is one of my best friends, and he has progressed a lot, and he should have all the credit for that. And I must be mature so that it does not affect us, otherwise I would have to be ashamed. But it will take time to recover." (svt.se, 15 May 2021)

Social Media

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Athlete Website: https://www.kristian-karlsson.com

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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