Mattias Falck

Mattias Falck (né Karlsson) (born 7 September 1991) is a Swedish table tennis player.

Mattias Falck
Falck in 2016
Personal information
NationalitySwedish
Born (1991-09-07) 7 September 1991
Karlskrona, Sweden
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Yasaka Ma Lin Soft Carbon blade; Yasaka Rakza PO (Black, 2.00mm, FH); Yasaka Rakza X (Red, 2.3mm, BH)[1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
2019 BudapestSingles
2018 HalmstadTeam
European Games
2019 MinskTeam
European Championships
2012 HerningDoubles
2016 BudapestMixed doubles
2018 AlicanteDoubles
2015 YekaterinburgDoubles
2016 BudapestDoubles
2019 NantesTeam

Career

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Swedish team in the men's team event.[2] Mattias won two medals at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships. Paired with Matilda Ekholm he won a silver medal in mixed doubles,[3] and paired with Kristian Karlsson he won a bronze medal in men's doubles.[4] He won the Swedish National team championship with Halmstad BTK 2018 same years as he was a part of the Swedish National team who won a Bronze medal at WTTC 2018 which was played in Halmstad Arena (the same arena where Halmstad BTK won gold a month later).

In April 2019, he won a silver medal in the men's singles competition during the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after losing the final game to Ma Long from China.[5]

Falck's highest world rank was 7th, attained in August 2019.[6]

References
  1. "Falck Mattias Equipment and Playing Style; PingSunday". 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. "Mattias Karlsson". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. http://www.expressen.se/sport/svenskt-silver-i-bordtennis-em/
  4. http://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis/svensk-em-medalj-sakrad-i-dubbel/
  5. "Falck tar VM-silvret" (in Swedish). Expressen. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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