Alexandre Kaleka (born 6 March 1987) is a French

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. Kaleka turned professional in July 2009 and won his first tournament as a professional, the

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on the Challenge Tour. The win gave him a full exemption on the Challenge Tour in 2010, where a consistent season saw him finish in 20th place on the Order of Merit, giving him the final available European Tour card for 2011. He further improved his status at the end-of-year qualifying school. He struggled in his rookie year on the European Tour, making only 10 of 27 cuts while finishing 159th on the Order of Merit. His best result came at the Irish Open where he finished in fifth. Kaleka returned to the Challenge Tour in 2012. In September, he won the

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Professional wins (3)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur * European Boys' Team Championship (representing France): 2004, 2005 * European Youths' Team Championship (representing France): 2006 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing France):

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

* Eisenhower Trophy (representing France):

* St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2008 *

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(representing Europe): 2008 (winners)

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* * * French male golfers European Tour golfers Golfers from Paris 1987 births Living people 21st-century French people {{France-golf-bio-stub