Kjell Johansson (table tennis) explained

Kjell Johansson
Birth Date:5 October 1946
Birth Place:Eskilstuna, Sweden
Death Place:Eksjö, Sweden
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Kjell Johansson (5 October 1946 – 24 October 2011) was a Swedish table tennis player.[1]

From 1963 to 1977, he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the European Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.[2] [3] He won the 1965 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.[4] He was a native of Eskilstuna.

He also won three English Open titles.

Johansson was called Hammaren, which means "The Hammer" in Swedish, because of his hard forehand. His brother Christer Johansson was also an international table tennis player.

Johansson died in Eksjö on 24 October 2011, aged 65, following a long illness.[5]

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  1. Encyclopedia: Kjell Johansson. Nationalencyklopedin. sv. 13 May 2010. 20 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100820033728/http://www.ne.se/kjell-johansson/1119430. dead.
  2. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123.
  3. Web site: Profile. Table Tennis Guide.
  4. Web site: ITTF_Database . 2011-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114347/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3267 . 2012-10-16 .
  5. https://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-obit-johansson Ex-table tennis champ Kjell Johansson dies at 65