- Thomas Kihlström
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date_of_birth =1948
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titles = 1983 World Champs 1982 European Champs
bwf_id =Thomas Kihlström (born 1948) is a former male
badminton player fromSweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles.Kihlström won the
1983 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles withNora Perry [Pat Davis, The "Guinness Book of Badminton" (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 111.] . He also won 16 medals at the European Championships, two of them in men's singles, two in mixed doubles, five in men's doubles and 7 in team competition. He shared two All-England men's doubles titles, one withBengt Froman in 1976 and the other withStefan Karlsson in 1983. He also shared the All-England mixed doubles title with Nora Perry in 1983 [Davis, 107, 108.] . From 1973 to 1988 Kihlstrom captured a total of twenty-four events at the Swedish National Championships.Major achievements
Only badminton player to win medals in the World championships in Mens Singles, Mens Doubles and Mixed doubles
Also only male badminton player to win Mens single, Mens doubles and Mixed doubles in Japan Open.
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