Kjell Johansson (table tennis)

Kjell Johansson
Nationality  Sweden

Kjell Johansson (5 October 1946 – 24 October 2011) was a male former table tennis player from Sweden.[1]

From 1963 to 1977 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the European Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships. He won the 1965 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[2] He was a native of Eskilstuna.

Johansson was called Hammaren, which means the hammer in Swedish, because of his hard forehand.

Johansson died in Eksjo on 24 October 2011, aged 65, following a long illness.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Kjell Johansson" (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. http://www.ne.se/kjell-johansson/1119430. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
  2. ^ http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3267
  3. ^ Ex-table tennis champ Kjell Johansson dies at 65

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