Aleksandar Karakašević
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| Full name | Aleksandar Karakašević | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 9, 1975 Zemun, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Left-handed, All round player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Каракашевић) (born December 9, 1975, Zemun, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian table tennis player. His incredible feeling and powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal on 2011 European Championship. One of his greatest result achieved in USA is his victory at the US Open Championship, July 2007, where he established himself as a world class athlete, winning the tournament title for the 3rd time by defeating Kurashima Yosuke from Japan with the result of 4:0.[1]
Career Highlights and Accomplishments
- Bronze medal on European Championship - Singles
- European Champion - Mixed Doubles (four times)
- US Open Champion - Singles (three times)
- US Open Champion - Doubles
- Second place in Europe - Mixed Doubles
- Third place on Pro-Tour final - Men’s Doubles- (twice)
- German Open Champion - Men’s Doubles
- Brazilian Open Champion – Doubles
- Brazilian Open Champion - Teams
- Mediterranean games Champion - Men’s Doubles
- Second place on Mediterranean games - Doubles (twice)
- Second place – Netherlands Open - Men’s Doubles
- Third place – Qatar Open – Men’s Doubles (twice)
- Balkan Champion (six times)
- Second finisher on European Trials for the Olympic games
- Third place in Junior Europeans (four times)
- Yugoslavian Champion - Singles (three times)
- Yugoslavian Champion - Men’s Doubles (five times)
- Yugoslavian Champion - Mixed Doubles (five times)
- Yugoslavian Champion - Teams (four times)
References
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Serbian table tennis players
- Olympic table tennis players of Serbia
- Olympic table tennis players of Serbia and Montenegro
- Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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