Jörgen Persson
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| Full name | Lars-Erik Jörgen Persson[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Sweden |
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| Playing style | Shake hands grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (May 1991 - March 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1966 Halmstad, Sweden |
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Jörgen Persson (born 22 April 1966, in Halmstad, Sweden) is a Swedish table tennis player.[2] 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]
Persson has represented Sweden in every Olympic Games since table tennis was introduced in to the Olympic program.[1] Along with Croatian Zoran Primorac and Belgian Jean-Michel Saive, he is the first table tennis player to have competed at six Olympic Games. His game was 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.
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- ^ a b "Olympic results". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/jorgen-persson-1.html. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ "ITTF biography". International Table Tennis Federation. http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=107313. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- ^ "ITTF statistics". ITTF. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=5533. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
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