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Bo Persson (table tennis)

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Bo Persson
Personal information
Nationality Sweden
Born (1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 (age 76)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
World Table Tennis Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Men's Team
Gold medal – first place 1973 Men's Team
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Men's Team

Bo Persson is a male former international table tennis player for Sweden.[1]

Table tennis career

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He won a bronze medal at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event), a feat which he repeated eight years later at the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships.[2]

In between the two bronze medals he recorded his greatest achievement by winning a gold medal in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) at the 1973 World Table Tennis Championships as part of the Sweden team that contained Anders Johansson, Kjell Johansson, Stellan Bengtsson and Ingemar Wikström.[3][4][5]

He also won four gold medals in the team event at the European Table Tennis Championships and played wearing spectacles. He later became a coach.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. ^ "List of Gold and silver medal Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  6. ^ "Coaching In Sweden". Pro Table Tennis.net.