Mattias Falck

Mattias Falck
Falck in 2016
Personal information
Native nameMattias Karlsson
Born (1991-09-07) 7 September 1991 (age 33)
Karlskrona, Sweden[1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight88 kg (194 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
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)[3]
Highest ranking7 (August 2019)[4]
Current ranking20 (20 February 2024)[5]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Houston Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Halmstad Team
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Malmö Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gdansk-Sopot Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Herning Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Budapest Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Alicante Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Yekaterinburg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Nantes Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Warsaw Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Linz Doubles
Europe Top-16
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Thessaloniki Singles

Mattias Falck (né Karlsson;[6] Swedish pronunciation: [maˈtîːas fǎlk], born 7 September 1991) is a Swedish table tennis player.

  1. ^ "Mattias Karlsson-Falck". olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Rio2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Falck Mattias Equipment and Playing Style; PingSunday". 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ^ "ITTF World Ranking Progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ^ Kingdahl, Thomas (7 June 2022). "Mattias Falck bytte namn för att hedra sin frus mamma" [Mattias Falck changed name to honor his wife's mom]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 August 2024.