Anton Källberg

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Anton Källberg
Personal information
Born (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 26)
Sollentuna, Stockholm County, Sweden[1]
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand
Highest ranking15 (21 June 2022)[3]
Current ranking17 (20 February 2024)[4]
ClubBorussia Düsseldorf (Bundesliga)[2]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Halmstad Team
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Malmö Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nantes Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Doubles

Anton Källberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈǎnːtɔn ˈɕɛ̂lːˌbærj]; born 17 August 1997) is a Swedish table tennis player.[1]

Career[edit]

2021[edit]

Källberg represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won his opening round of 64 match in the men's singles event with a convincing 4–0 win over USA's Nikhil Kumar before losing to Lin Yun-ju in the third round.[5]

2022[edit]

He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles alongside Jon Persson at the 2022 European Table Tennis Championships.[6]

Singles titles[edit]

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2019 ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Sweden Kristian Karlsson 4–1 [7]
2021 WTT Contender Tunis Germany Dang Qiu 4–0 [8]
2023 WTT Contender Tunis Germany Patrick Franziska 4–1 [9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Table Tennis KAELLBERG Anton - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ^ a b "Anton Källberg". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2022 Week #25". ittf.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Olympic Table Tennis Men's Singles Day 2 Results: Anton Källberg Defeats Nikhil Kumar 4-0". edgesandnets.com. 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. ^ "Results" (PDF). Munich 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  7. ^ "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open". ittf.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. ^ "WTT Contender Tunis 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  9. ^ "WTT Contender Tunis 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.