table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player for Sweden.
Table tennis career
He won a
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have be ...
in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) at the
1973 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1973 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Sarajevo from April 5 to April 15, 1973.
Medalists Team
Individual
References
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Stellan Bengtsson
Stellan Bengtsson (born 26 July 1952) is a Swedish former table tennis player. He became the first Swede to win the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1971.Bo Persson.
Two years later he won a
bronze medal
A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receiv ...
at the
1975 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Calcutta, India, The entire tournament was held at the newly constructed Netaji Indoor Stadium, from 6 February – 16 February 1975.
Results Team
Individual
References
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in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event).
He also won three medals in the
European Table Tennis Championships
The European Table Tennis Championships is an international table tennis competition for the national teams of the member associations of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). First held in 1958, the ETTU organised the European Championships ever ...
.
See also
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List of table tennis players
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is ...
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Results of individual events
The tables below are medalists of individual events (men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed).
Men's singles
Medal table
Women's singles
The champion of women's singles in 1937 was declared ...