Matilda Ekholm
Matilda Ekholm | ||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Sweden | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Linköping | 15 June 1982|||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 34 (February 2013)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Club | SVNÖ Ströck | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matilda Ekholm (born 15 June 1982 in Linköping) is a Swedish table tennis player.[2] She has won three medals in European Table Tennis Championships. She won a bronze medal in women's doubles in 2013 paired with the Spanish player Galia Dvorak. She won another bronze medal in women's team in 2014 with the Swedish national team. She won her third medal, a silver, paired with Mattias Karlsson in mixed doubles in 2016. She has also participated in women's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 17th.
Since 2014 Matilda Ekholm practices at the Werner Schlager Academy in Schwechat, Austria and plays for the WSA-partner club SVNÖ Ströck.
BEST RESULTS:
- Olympics
2016 (17th place in singles)
- World Championships
2015 (9th in singles) 2013 (17th in singles)
- World Cup
2012 (13th in singles)
- Pro Tour Grand Finals
2012 (5th in singles)
- European Championships
2016 (2nd in mixdoubles) 2014 (3rd in team) 2013 (3rd in doubles) 2012 (5th in singles)
- Europe Top 16 Cup
2017 (5-8th in singles)
- North European & Nordic Championships
2000 (1st in doubles and mixdoubles) 1998 (1st in doubles)
- Highest World ranking
20th, April 2017
- Highest European ranking
7th, April 2017