Kalle Koljonen Explained

Kalle Koljonen
Country:Finland
Birth Date:1994 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Helsinki, Finland
Height:1.75 m
Handedness:Left
Event:Men's singles and doubles
Highest Ranking:56
Date Of Highest Ranking:MS, 15 November 2022
Current Ranking:61
Date Of Current Ranking:MS, 16 July 2024
Bwf Id:2DDBA2CA-65A3-4A4A-B999-8A709A7A8E83

Kalle Koljonen (born 26 February 1994) is a Finnish badminton player.[1] In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel.[2] He won his first international title at the 2015 Hungarian International. Koljonen became first ever badminton player from his country to medal at the European Championships in 2021.[3]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015Slovenian International Dmytro Zavadsky21–12, 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2015Hungarian International Rasmus Messerschmidt19–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2016Bulgarian International Patrick Bjerregaard14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Norwegian International Kasper Dinesen21–19, 21–13 Winner
2016Finnish International Victor Svendsen7–11, 7–11, 11–8, 12–10, 4–11 Runner-up
2017Iceland International Subhankar Dey11–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2017Dutch International Anand Pawar22–20, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2022Bahrain International Kai Schäfer14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2023Polish Open Alex Lanier14–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2023Swedish Open Victor Svendsen14–21, 11–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kalle Koljonen biography . . 8 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Kalle Koljonen . Badminton Finland . 23 August 2016. fi.
  3. Web site: Rasmus . Bech . First ever Finnish medal. Badminton Europe . 30 April 2021 . 1 May 2021.