Anton Källberg Explained

Anton Källberg
Fullname:Anton Sten Anders Källberg
Birth Date:1997 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Sollentuna, Sweden
Playingstyle:Right-handed, shakehand grip
Hrank:15 (21 June 2022)[1]
Crank:24 (12 August 2024)[2]
Club:Borussia Düsseldorf (Bundesliga)[3]
Height:183 cm

Anton Sten Anders Källberg (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈǎnːtɔn ˈɕɛ̂lːˌbærj/; born 17 August 1997) is a Swedish professional table tennis player.[4]

Career

2021

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

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

Singles titles

YearTournamentFinal opponentScoreRef
2019ITTF Challenge, Croatia Open Kristian Karlsson4–1[7]
2021WTT Contender Tunis Dang Qiu4–0[8]
2023WTT Contender Tunis Patrick Franziska4–1[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Men's Singles 2022 Week #25. ittf.com. 17 June 2023.
  2. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking. ittf.com. 12 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Anton Källberg. ttbl.de. de. 25 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Table Tennis KAELLBERG Anton - Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 2021-07-25. 2021-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725005418/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1346156-kaellberg-anton.htm. dead.
  5. Web site: 2021-07-25. Olympic Table Tennis Men's Singles Day 2 Results: Anton Källberg Defeats Nikhil Kumar 4-0. 2021-07-25. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  6. Web site: Results . Munich 2022 . 2022-09-20 . 2022-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220823073402/https://results.mun.mev.atos.net/ECM2022/resECM2022/pdf/ECM2022/TTE/ECM2022_TTE_C75_TTEMDOUBLES-----------------------.pdf . dead .
  7. Web site: Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open. ittf.com. 18 May 2019. 25 June 2023.
  8. Web site: WTT Contender Tunis 2021. worldtabletennis.com. 25 June 2023.
  9. Web site: WTT Contender Tunis 2023. worldtabletennis.com. 25 June 2023.