Mattias Falck
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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1991 Karlskrona, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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.
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External links
- Mattias Falck at World Table Tennis
- Mattias Falck at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
