Aleksandar Karakašević
Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Каракашевић; born December 9, 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His incredible feeling and powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal on 2011 European Championship. One of his greatest result achieved in USA is his victory at the US Open Championship, July 2007, where he established himself as a world class athlete, winning the tournament title for the 3rd time by defeating Kurashima Yosuke from Japan with the result of 4:0.[1]
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| Born | December 9, 1975 Zemun, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Left-handed, All round player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His father, Milivoj Karakašević was a renowned Yugoslav table tennis player.
Career Highlights and Accomplishments
- Bronze medal on European Championship – Singles
- European Champion – Mixed Doubles (four times)
- US Open Champion – Singles (three times)
- US Open Champion – Doubles
- Second place in Europe – Mixed Doubles
- Third place on Pro-Tour final – Men's Doubles- (twice)
- German Open Champion – Men's Doubles
- Brazilian Open Champion – Doubles
- Brazilian Open Champion – Teams
- Mediterranean games Champion – Men's Doubles
- Second place on Mediterranean games – Doubles (twice)
- Second place – Netherlands Open – Men's Doubles
- Third place – Qatar Open – Men's Doubles (twice)
- Balkan Champion (six times)
- Second finisher on European Trials for the Olympic games
- Third place in Junior Europeans (four times)
- Yugoslavian Champion – Singles (three times)
- Yugoslavian Champion – Men's Doubles (five times)
- Yugoslavian Champion – Mixed Doubles (five times)
- Yugoslavian Champion – Teams (four times)
Clubs
- TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen
- STK Partizan
- STK Unirea Uzdin
- SV Plüderhausen
- STK Crvena Zvezda
- UCAM Cartagena TM
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References
External links
- Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC at the International Table Tennis Federation
- "Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC at old.ittf.com". Archived from the original on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-06-24.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC at ittfranking.com". Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2018-06-24.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- Aleksandar Karakasevic at the International Olympic Committee
- Aleksandar Karakašević at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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