Jörgen Persson
Swedish table tennis player
Jörgen Persson (born 22 April 1966, in Halmstad , Sweden ) is a Swedish table tennis player.[2]
Career
In two memorable World Table Tennis Championships finals he faced fellow Swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter.[3] He also won four World Championship titles in Team.
Persson represented Sweden in every Olympic Games from when table tennis was introduced into the Olympic program in 1988 until 2012. After the 2012 Olympics he officially retired.[1] Along with Croatian Zoran Primorac and Belgian Jean-Michel Saive , he was the first table tennis player to have competed at seven Olympic Games . His game is based on a powerful backhand stroke and a regular forehand.
His best Olympic result is a fourth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics .
Post-retirement
Persson is the national table tennis team coach for Sweden, which was the winning team at the 2023 European Championships in Malmö .[4] It was the first time in a whole 21 years that Sweden stood as winners in a team event in table tennis. The players in the Swedish team consisted of Truls Möregårdh , Mattias Falck , Anton Källberg , Kristian Karlsson , and Jon Persson.
On September 20, 2023, Persson announced that he would make a comeback as a player in Kosta SK in the coming season. [5]
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1926 : Roland Jacobi , Béla von Kehrling , Zoltán Mechlovits , Daniel Pecsi (HUN)
1928 : Laszlo Bellak , Sándor Glancz , Roland Jacobi , Zoltán Mechlovits , Daniel Pecsi (HUN)
1929 : Viktor Barna , Sándor Glancz , Stephen Kelen , Zoltán Mechlovits , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1930 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Lajos Dávid , Stephen Kelen , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1931 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Lajos Dávid , Stephen Kelen , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1932 : Michael Grobauer , Stanislav Kolář , Jindřich Lauterbach , Antonín Maleček , Bedřich Nikodém (TCH)
1933 : Viktor Barna , István Boros , Lajos Dávid , Sándor Glancz , Stephen Kelen (HUN)
1934 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Lajos Dávid , Tibor Házi , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1935 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Tibor Házi , Stephen Kelen , Miklós Szabados (HUN)
1936 : Richard Bergmann , Helmut Goebel , Hans Hartinger , Erwin Kohn , Alfred Liebster (AUT)
1937 : Abe Berenbaum , Robert Blattner , James McClure , Sol Schiff (USA)
1938 : Viktor Barna , Laszlo Bellak , Ernő Földi , Tibor Házi , Ferenc Soos (HUN)
1939 : Miloslav Hamr , Rudolf Karleček , Václav Tereba , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1947 : Ivan Andreadis , Adolf Šlár , Václav Tereba , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1948 : Ivan Andreadis , Max Marinko , Ladislav Štípek , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1949 : József Kóczián , Ferenc Sidó , Ferenc Soos , László Várkonyi (HUN)
1950 : Ivan Andreadis , Max Marinko , Václav Tereba , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1951 : Ivan Andreadis , Ladislav Štípek , Václav Tereba , František Tokár , Bohumil Váňa (TCH)
1952 : Elemér Gyetvai , József Kóczián , Ferenc Sidó , Kálmán Szepesi , László Várkonyi (HUN)
1953 : Richard Bergmann , Adrian Haydon , Brian Kennedy , Johnny Leach , Aubrey Simons (ENG)
1954 : Kazuo Kawai , Ichiro Ogimura , Kichiji Tamasu , Yoshio Tomita (JPN)
1955 : Ichiro Ogimura , Kichiji Tamasu , Toshiaki Tanaka , Yoshio Tomita (JPN)
1956 : Ichiro Ogimura , Toshiaki Tanaka , Yoshio Tomita , Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN)
1957 : Toshihiko Miyata , Ichiro Ogimura , Toshiaki Tanaka , Keisuke Tsunoda (JPN)
1959 : Nobuya Hoshino , Teruo Murakami , Seiji Narita , Ichiro Ogimura (JPN)
1961 : Li Furong , Rong Guotuan , Wang Chuanyao , Xu Yinsheng , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1963 : Li Furong , Wang Jiasheng , Xu Yinsheng , Zhang Xielin , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1965 : Li Furong , Xu Yinsheng , Zhang Xielin , Zhou Lansun , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1967 : Nobuhiko Hasegawa , Hajime Kagimoto , Satoru Kawahara , Koji Kimura , Mitsuru Kono (JPN)
1969 : Nobuhiko Hasegawa , Tetsuo Inoue , Shigeo Itoh , Kenji Kasai , Mitsuru Kono (JPN)
1971 : Li Furong , Li Jingguang , Liang Geliang , Xi Enting , Zhuang Zedong (CHN)
1973 : Stellan Bengtsson , Anders Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson , Ingemar Wikström (SWE)
1975 : Li Peng , Li Zhenshi , Liang Geliang , Lu Yuansheng , Xu Shaofa (CHN)
1977 : Guo Yuehua , Huang Liang , Li Zhenshi , Liang Geliang , Wang Jun (CHN)
1979 : Gábor Gergely , István Jónyer , Tibor Klampár , Tibor Kreisz , János Takács (HUN)
1981 : Cai Zhenhua , Guo Yuehua , Shi Zhihao , Wang Huiyuan , Xie Saike (CHN)
1983 : Cai Zhenhua , Fan Changmao , Guo Yuehua , Jiang Jialiang , Xie Saike (CHN)
1985 : Chen Longcan , Chen Xinhua , Jiang Jialiang , Wang Huiyuan , Xie Saike (CHN)
1987 : Chen Longcan , Chen Xinhua , Jiang Jialiang , Teng Yi , Wang Hao (born 1966) (CHN)
1989 : Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1991 : Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1993 : Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1995 : Ding Song , Kong Linghui , Liu Guoliang , Ma Wenge , Wang Tao (CHN)
1997 : Ding Song , Kong Linghui , Liu Guoliang , Ma Wenge , Wang Tao (CHN)
2000 : Fredrik Håkansson , Peter Karlsson , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
2001 : Kong Linghui , Liu Guoliang , Liu Guozheng , Ma Lin , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2004 : Kong Linghui , Liu Guozheng , Ma Lin , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2006 : Chen Qi , Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2008 : Chen Qi , Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2010 : Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2012 : Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2014 : Fan Zhendong , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2016 : Fan Zhendong , Fang Bo , Ma Long , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2018 : Fan Zhendong , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Wang Chuqin , Xu Xin (CHN)
2022 : Fan Zhendong , Liang Jingkun , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Wang Chuqin (CHN)
2024 : Fan Zhendong , Liang Jingkun , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Wang Chuqin (CHN)
1990: Mikael Appelgren , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1991: Ma Wenge , Wang Hao (born 1966) , Wang Tao , Xie Chaojie , Zhang Lei (CHN)
1994: Ding Song , Lin Zhigang , Liu Guoliang , Qin Zhijian , Wang Hao (born 1966) (CHN)
1995: Chu Kyo-sung , Kim Bong-chul , Kim Taek-soo , Lee Chul-seung , Yoo Nam-kyu (KOR)
2007: Chen Qi , Ma Lin , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin (CHN)
2009: Ma Long , Qiu Yike , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2010: Hao Shuai , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2011: Ma Lin , Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin , Xu Xin (CHN)
2013: Ma Long , Wang Hao (born 1983) , Wang Liqin , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2015: Fan Zhendong , Fang Bo , Ma Long , Xu Xin , Zhang Jike (CHN)
2018 : Fan Zhendong , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Xu Xin , Yu Ziyang (CHN)
2019 : Fan Zhendong , Liang Jingkun , Lin Gaoyuan , Ma Long , Xu Xin (CHN)
1958: Zoltán Berczik , Zoltán Bubonyi , László Földy , Elemér Gyetvai , Ferenc Sidó (HUN)
1960: Zoltán Berczik , Zoltán Bubonyi , László Földy , Tamas Halpert-Hollo , Ferenc Sidó (HUN)
1962: Zeljko Hrbud , Istvan Korpa , Vojislav Marković , Janez Teran , Edvard Vecko (YUG)
1964: Hans Alsér , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Christer Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Lennart Oden (SWE)
1966: Hans Alsér , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Christer Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Jorgen Rosberg (SWE)
1968: Hans Alsér , Stellan Bengtsson , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson (SWE)
1970: Hans Alsér , Stellan Bengtsson , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson (SWE)
1972: Stellan Bengtsson , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Anders Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson (SWE)
1974: Stellan Bengtsson , Anders Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson , Ingemar Wikström (SWE)
1976: Damir Jurcic , Milivoj Karakašević , Zoran Kosanović , Antun Stipančić , Dragutin Šurbek (YUG)
1978: Gábor Gergely , István Jónyer , Tibor Klampár , Tibor Kreisz (HUN)
1980: Mikael Appelgren , Stellan Bengtsson , Ulf Carlsson , Erik Lindh , Ulf Thorsell (SWE)
1982: Gábor Gergely , István Jónyer , Tibor Klampár , Zsolt Kriston , János Molnár (HUN)
1984: Patrick Birocheau , Pierre Campagnolle , Francois Farout , Patrick Renverse , Jacques Secrétin (FRA)
1986: Mikael Appelgren , Ulf Carlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1988: Mikael Appelgren , Ulf Bengtsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1990: Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1992: Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1994: Nicolas Chatelain , Patrick Chila , Damien Éloi , Jean-Philippe Gatien , Christophe Legoût (FRA)
1996: Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Thomas von Scheele , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1998: Nicolas Chatelain , Patrick Chila , Damien Éloi , Jean-Philippe Gatien , Eric Varin (FRA)
2000: Fredrik Håkansson , Peter Karlsson , Magnus Molin , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
2002: Fredrik Håkansson , Peter Karlsson , Jens Lundqvist , Magnus Molin , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
2003: Dzmitry Baltrushka , Evgueni Chtchetinine , Dmitry Chumakou , Dmitry Davidovich , Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
2005: Allan Bentsen , Michael Maze , Martin Monrad , Finn Tugwell , Christoffer Petersen (DEN)
2007: Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Jörg Roßkopf , Bastian Steger , Christian Süß (GER)
2008 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger , Christian Süß (GER)
2009 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger , Christian Süß (GER)
2010 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Patrick Franziska , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Christian Süß (GER)
2011 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Ruwen Filus , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger (GER)
2013 : Patrick Baum , Patrick Franziska , Ruwen Filus , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger (GER)
2014 : Tiago Apolónia , Diogo Chen , Marcos Freitas , João Geraldo , João Monteiro (POR)
2015 : Chen Weixing , Stefan Fegerl , Robert Gardos , Daniel Habesohn , Dominik Habesohn (AUT)
2017 : Timo Boll , Ruwen Filus , Patrick Franziska , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Ricardo Walther (GER)
2019 : Timo Boll , Benedikt Duda , Ruwen Filus , Patrick Franziska , Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
2021 : Benedikt Duda , Ruwen Filus , Patrick Franziska , Dang Qiu , Kay Stumper (GER)
2023 : Mattias Falck , Anton Källberg , Kristian Karlsson , Truls Möregårdh , Jon Persson (SWE)
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