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Mikael Appelgren Personal information Full name APPELGREN Mikael Nationality Sweden Born October 15, 1961
Stockholm, SwedenMedal recordMen's table tennis Competitor for Sweden World Championships Silver 1995 Tianjin Men's Team Gold 1993 Gothenburg Men's Team Gold 1991 Chiba City Men's Team Gold 1989 Dortmund Men's Team Silver 1987 New Delhi Men's Team Gold 1985 Gothenburg Doubles Silver 1985 Gothenburg Men's Team Silver 1983 Tokyo Men's Team World Cup Silver 1994 Nimes Men's Team Gold 1990 Ciba city Men's Team Bronze 1989 Nairobi Singles Gold 1983 Barbados Singles Silver 1982 Hong Kong Singles European Championships Silver 1992 Stuttgart Doubles Gold 1992 Stuttgart Men's Team Gold 1990 Gothenburg Singles Gold 1990 Gothenburg Men's Team Gold 1988 Paris Singles Gold 1988 Paris Doubles Gold 1988 Paris Men's Team Silver 1986 Prague Doubles Gold 1986 Prague Men's Team Gold 1982 Budapest Singles Gold 1980 Berne Men's Team Mikael Appelgren (born October 15, 1961 in Stockholm) is a Swedish table tennis player.[1] He was 4-times World Champion, 9-times European Champion, 2-times Europe Top-12 winner, and World Cup winner.[2] He is left-handed and is known for his ability to play well far away from the table. This particular style became known over the years as 'appleing', named after the first professional player to well and truly expose it on the world stage with great success.
He is now married to Marita and together they have two children, Marlene and Marlon.
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Career
- Wermlandsföreningen (??-1974)
- Stockholms Spårvägars GoIF (1974–1980)
- Reutlingen, Germany (1980–1986)
- Ängby SK (1986–1996)
- Bad Honnef, Germany (1996–1997)
- TTK Würzburger Hofbräu, Germany (1997–1998, 1998–1999)
- Ängby SK (1999–2008)
- Stockholms Spårvägars GoIF (2008-)
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References
- ^ "Mikael Appelgren". Sports-Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/mikael-appelgren-1.html. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "APPELGREN Mikael (SWE)". ITTF statistics. ITTF. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=332. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
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