Mattias Falck
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![]() Falck in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Karlskrona, Sweden | 7 September 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equipment(s) | Yasaka Ma Lin Soft Carbon blade; Yasaka Rakza PO (Black, 2.00mm, FH); Yasaka Rakza X (Red, 2.3mm, BH)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mattias Falck (né Karlsson) (born 7 September 1991) is a Swedish table tennis player.
Career
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Swedish team in the men's team event.[2] Mattias won two medals at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships. Paired with Matilda Ekholm he won a silver medal in mixed doubles,[3] and paired with Kristian Karlsson he won a bronze medal in men's doubles.[4] He won the Swedish National team championship with Halmstad BTK 2018 same years as he was a part of the Swedish National team who won a bronze medal at WTTC 2018 which was played in Halmstad Arena (the same arena where Halmstad BTK won gold a month later).
In April 2019, he won a silver medal in the men's singles competition during the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after losing the final game to Ma Long from China.[5]
Falck's highest world rank was 7th, attained in August 2019.[6]
In 2020, Falck upset Xu Xin at the WTT Macau event in ITTF's restart campaign following the coronavirus pandemic.[7]
2021
In March, Falck was upset by Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the quarter-finals of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha. He was upset in the round of 32 by An Jaehyun in the WTT Star Contender event.[8]
In June, Falck reached the semi-finals of the European Table Tennis Championships, where he was upset in the seim-finals by eventual champion Timo Boll[9].
Playing Style
Falck plays with short pips on his forehand. He has stated that his style benefited from the switch to the plastic ball and that he was surprised that more men with pips have not emerged since the ball switch.[10]
References
- ^ "Falck Mattias Equipment and Playing Style; PingSunday". 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Mattias Karlsson". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ http://www.expressen.se/sport/svenskt-silver-i-bordtennis-em/
- ^ http://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis/svensk-em-medalj-sakrad-i-dubbel/
- ^ "Falck tar VM-silvret" (in Swedish). Expressen. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 4: Men's Singles Seeds 5 Through 8 - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "An Jaehyun Avenges WTTC Semi-Final Loss With 3-0 Win Over Mattias Falck". edgesandnets.com. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Timo Boll Defeats Dimitrij Ovtcharov To Win Eighth European Championship". edgesandnets.com. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Mattias Falck Interview With European Youth Table Tennis Organization". edgesandnets.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
External links
- Mattias Falck at World Table Tennis
- Mattias Falck at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)