Jörgen Persson
Jörgen Persson ( born April 22, 1966 in Halmstad, Sweden) is a Swedish table tennis player.
Career
Jörgen Persson in 1991 in Chiba World Champion and 1986 European Champion in Prague in the men's singles. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney he had to (because medal -less ) 4th place content with the ungrateful. The European ranking tournament Europe Top -12, he won in 1992. With the Swedish team, he won four world titles and six European Championships. In 1991 he also won the World Cup. The four-time Swedish champion also played many years for various clubs in the German Bundesliga (Borussia Dusseldorf, ATSV Saarbrücken, CFC Hertha 06, TTF Ochsenhausen, SV Pluederhausen ). In 1996 Jörgen Persson the Fair Play Award of the Association of Swedish sports journalists. In the 2007/2008 season, Persson joined the German Bundesliga TTC Rhön- bubble - Maberzell Fulda, where he plays with his friend Jan- Ove Waldner in the legendary double. What was remarkable was his performance at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when he was again able to reach 4th place at the age of 42 years.
Game system and material
Aggressive block and counter game, Shake Hand Racket attitude
Weaknesses: Charge acceptance, table distant spin game
Strengths: block and counter game, agility, backhand shot, VH Topspin
Material: Donic Persson Power Carbon with 2 times Donic Coppa maximun platinum sponge
Private
Persson is married since 1994 with the former Norwegian national team Madeleine Thomases, with whom he had a son (* 1993).
Achievements
Participation in World Table Tennis Championships
- 2nd place men's team
- 2nd place doubles with Jan- Ove
Participation in European Championships
- 2nd Single
- 1st place with Jan Ove Waldner double
- 1st place with men's team
- 3rd place double
- Second round men's singles ( lost to Timo Boll)
- 2nd place men's team
Participation in the European ranking tournament top 12
Swedish Championships in men's singles
Olympic games
Energis Masters
In this high class always occupied prize money tournament, Jörgen Persson was able to secure the title twice: in 2005 against Jan -Ove Waldner and 2007 in the final against Dimitrij Ovtcharov. In 2008 he failed only in the semifinals to Vladimir Samsonov. 2011 Jörgen Persson again managed to move into the final, but failed in the Chinese Li Ping.
Super Circuit
- January 2005 in Tokyo: 1st place
- Mar 2005 in Osaka: 1st place
- May 2005 Osaka: 2nd place
World All-Stars Circuit
International Championships / Tournaments
Clubs
Philately
Imaged by the Swedish Post a postage stamp was issued on 28 January 1993 on the Jörgen Persson ( Michel catalog No. 1763). This stamp was taken on the occasion of the World Table Tennis Championships 1993 in Gothenburg / Sweden for output.
Results from the ITTF database