Ulf "Tickan" Carlsson
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Ulf Carlsson | |
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Full name | Ulf Carlsson |
Nickname(s) | Tickan |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Falkenberg, Sweden | 2 April 1961
Ulf "Tickan" Carlsson (born 2 April 1961 in Falkenberg, Sweden) is a Swedish former table tennis player, active at international level during the 1980s. His best achievement was gold at the 1985 World Championships.
World championships[edit]
Carlsson competed at all championships from 1979 to 1989. His best result was in the doubles where he won gold together with Mikael Appelgren in 1985.
European Championships[edit]
He took part at all European championships between 1980 and 1988. He won the team tournament in 1980 and 1986 as part of the Swedish team.[1] He took silver in the Double together with Mikael Appelgren in 1986.
Other International Tournaments[edit]
His best places in Europe Top-12 were 4th (1986) and 6th (1987). He won the European League in 1986 as part of the Swedish team.
Club play[edit]
Carlsson played with Swedish team Falkenbergs BTK until 1980, when he joined German Bundesliga team TTC Simex Jülich,[2] with which he won the 1984 European Club Championships. He returned to Falkenberg in 1985,[3] later he would play for its Swedish competitors, BTK Lyckeby and BTK Halmstad.[4]
Sources[edit]
- Christian Heyerdahl: Will noch hoch hinaus: Ulf Carlsson, Zeitschrift DTS, 1986/10 S.42-44
- Eintrag in ITTF-Datenbank
References[edit]
- ^ Fredrik Larsson (24 January 2004). "Tickan minns och ser framåt" (in Swedish). Hallands nyheter. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ DTS, 1980/13 S.5 (referenced in German Wikipedia)
- ^ DTS, 1985/7 S.23
- ^ svenskbordtennis.com Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine