Kalle Koljonen

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Kalle Koljonen
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Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 31)
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessLeft
Men's singles
Highest ranking51 (4 July 2023)
Current ranking52 (5 November 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Kyiv Men's singles
European Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Basel Men's team
BWF profile

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]

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He competed for Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event. [4]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen 14–21, 14–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015 Slovenian International Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro Zavadsky 21–12, 19–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2015 Hungarian International Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Messerschmidt 19–21, 21–17, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Bulgarian International Flag of Denmark.svg Patrick Bjerregaard 14–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2016 Norwegian International Flag of Denmark.svg Kasper Dinesen 21–19, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Finnish International Flag of Denmark.svg Victor Svendsen 7–11, 7–11, 11–8, 12–10, 4–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Iceland International Flag of India.svg Subhankar Dey 11–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2017 Dutch International Flag of India.svg Anand Pawar 22–20, 19–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2022 Bahrain International Flag of Germany.svg Kai Schäfer 14–21, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Polish Open Flag of France.svg Alex Lanier 14–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2023 Swedish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Victor Svendsen14–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2024 Turkey International Flag of India.svg Aryamann Tandon 21–16, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. "Kalle Koljonen biography". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. "Kalle Koljonen" (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. Bech, Rasmus (30 April 2021). "First ever Finnish medal". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  4. "KOLJONEN Kalle". Paris 2024 Olympics . Archived from the original on 7 October 2024.