Singapore Smash | 03/11 12:55 | 6 | Kristian Karlsson v Woojin Jang | W | 3-1 | |
World Team Championship | 02/19 12:05 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Marko Jevtovic | W | 3-1 | |
World Team Championship | 02/18 05:05 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Kwan Kit Ho | W | 3-0 | |
World Team Championship | 02/17 09:05 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Angel Naranjo | W | 3-2 | |
WTT Star Contender Goa | 01/25 13:00 | 6 | Vincent Picard v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-2 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 01/17 15:00 | 5 | Shunsuke Togami v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-0 | |
WTT Star Contender Doha | 01/10 18:05 | 6 | Kristian Karlsson v Timo Boll | - | Cancelled | |
WTT Feeder Dusseldorf III | 11/30 13:00 | 4 | Dingshuo Liu v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-0 | |
WTT Feeder Dusseldorf III | 11/29 17:10 | 5 | Adrien Rassenfosse v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
WTT Feeder Gaia | 11/24 19:30 | 3 | Kazuhiro Yoshimura v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-1 | |
WTT Feeder Gaia | 11/24 14:10 | - | Zihao Zhao v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-3 | |
WTT Feeder Gaia | 11/23 19:10 | - | Vitor Ishiy v Kristian Karlsson | W | 2-3 | |
WTT Feeder Gaia | 11/23 13:40 | 6 | Olajide Omotayo v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
WTT Contender Antalya | 10/19 11:40 | 5 | Chih Yuan Chuang v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-1 | |
WTT Contender Muscat | 10/12 10:20 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Anton Kallberg | L | 2-3 | |
WTT Contender Muscat | 10/11 14:00 | 5 | Lubomir Pistej v Kristian Karlsson | W |
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WTT Feeder Stockholm | 10/05 11:55 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Bastien Rembert | L | 0-3 | |
WTT Feeder Stockholm | 10/04 16:55 | 6 | Kristian Karlsson v Gyeongtae Park | W | 3-0 | |
European Team Championships | 09/17 16:10 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Kay Stumper | W | 3-2 | |
European Team Championships | 09/15 19:45 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Bence Majoros | W | 3-2 | |
European Team Championships | 09/15 17:20 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Adam Szudi | L | 2-3 | |
European Team Championships | 09/14 17:20 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Robert Gardos | W | 3-0 | |
WTT Contender Almaty | 09/01 12:00 | 4 | Tomislav Pucar v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-2 | |
WTT Contender Almaty | 08/31 12:35 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Alexis Lebrun | W | 3-1 | |
WTT Feeder Olomouc | 08/25 18:05 | - | Fei Xue v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-1 | |
WTT Feeder Olomouc | 08/25 14:00 | - | Yew En Koen Pang v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
WTT Feeder Olomouc | 08/24 15:45 | - | Niagol Stoyanov v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
WTT Contender Rio | 08/10 22:05 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Vitor Ishiy | L | 2-3 | |
WTT Contender Lima | 08/03 19:45 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Jonathan Groth | L | 2-3 | |
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana | 07/07 10:35 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Hugo Calderano | L | 1-3 |
Kristian Gunnar Karlsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkrɪ̌sːtɪjan ˈkɑ̌ːɭsɔn]; born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish professional table tennis player.
Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhättan until he was 16, subsequently he moved away from home to go to high school. During his high school years, Karlsson had 10 training sessions a week.[]
In 2011, he signed to Halmstad BTK and began to rise through the ranks quickly. Ranked outside the top 400 in October 2010, Karlsson finished 2011 in the 233rd position, and at the end of 2012 he ranked 129. The year 2012 also marked his first senior success, winning the silver medal at the 2012 Table Tennis European Championships in men's doubles.
His performances also attracted French top division side AS Pontoise-Cergy TT and Karlsson eventually signed to the club in September 2013. He won the Champions League with AS Pontoise-Cergy in 2014.
In 2016, Karlsson signed for the German top club Borussia Düsseldorf. After coming second in the Champions League and winning the German Cup, Karlsson and Borussia Düsseldorf went on to win the triple in 2018.
Paired with Mattias Karlsson, Karlsson won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships.
And in the 2018 European Table Tennis Championships, again paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a silver medal in the men's doubles as well as a bronze medal in the men's singles. During 2018 Karlsson and the Swedish National Team won a Bronze medal (Team) in the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, and also a gold medal in the Swedish Championship in Helsingborg.
In March, Karlsson played in WTT Doha. In the first WTT Contender event, he made it to the round of 16, where he lost to Mattias Falck. In the second, WTT Star Contender event, Karlsson upset Liam Pitchford in a deuce-in-the-fifth thriller in the round of 32.
Karlsson & Mattias Falck won the world championship in men's doubles at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships becoming the first Swedish duo to win gold since 1991.
On 19 July 2022, he agreed on terms with Greek club Panathinaikos.