Bo Persson (table tennis)

Bo Persson

Personal information
Nationality	Sweden
Born	(1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 (age 75)
Medal record Representing   Sweden World Table Tennis Championships 1967 Men's Team 1973 Men's Team 1975 Men's Team

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

Table tennis career

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

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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.