Erik Lindh
Erik Lindh ( born May 24, 1964 in Kungälv ) is a Swedish table tennis player and coach. He is a multiple world and European champion team and won at the Olympics in Seoul the bronze medal in men's singles. In addition, he was also active in the table tennis league. Since 2002, Lindh is coach of the Swedish Table Tennis Women's National Team.
Play
Erik Lindh shone above all by its extremely hard forehand "shot" and a very aggressive, emphasizes fast-paced, forehand topspin. From the technical point game, he recalled Kjell Johansson, of its mobility forth rather to Stellan Bengtsson. He is left-handed.
Career as a player
Previous clubs
- Kungälvs BTK ( 1971 )
- Mölndal BTK
- Falkenberg's BTK (up to 1982)
- TTC Green White Bad Hamm (1982 /83)
- TuS Vahr -Bremen (until 1983 - 1985)
- TTC Jülich (1st Bundesliga) ( 1985/86 season and 1986 /87)
- TTC Green White Bad Hamm
- Falkenberg's BTK (until 1995 )
- TTC Altena (2nd Bundesliga) ( 1995/ 96)
- Team galaxy Lübeck (1996/ 97)
- TTC Frick Hausen (1997/ 98)
- Kalmar ( Sweden) ( 1998 )
Tournaments
- EM: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998
- World Cup: 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
- Olympics: 1988, 1992
- Europe Top 12: 1983-1987, 1989-1992, 1994-1996
Achievements
- World Champion ( team), 1989, 1991, 1993
- European champion ( team) 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996
- European Champion (double ) 1986 ( with Jan -Ove Waldner ), 1992 ( with Jörgen Persson )
- 1st place Europe Top 12 1991
- 2nd place Europe Top 12 1989
- Bronze Medal Olympic Games 1988 ( Single)
Private
Erik Lindh has two older brothers: Johan and Magnus.
Results from the ITTF database