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Matilda Ekholm
Matilda Ekholm, Top 16 Antibes 2017
Personal information
Nationality Sweden
Born (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 42)
Linköping
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Highest ranking34 (February 2013)[1]
ClubSVNÖ Ströck
Medal record
Women's table tennis
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Budapest Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Schwechat Women's Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Lisbon Team

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

References