Aleksandar Karakašević
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Aleksandar Karakašević (
European Championship. One of his greatest results achieved in USA is his victory at the US Open Championship in 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.
In 2020 at the age of 45 he is still playing in German Bundesliga (first German division) representing TTC ZUGBRÜCKE GRENZAU.[1]
Karakašević competed at the 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
On 20 November 2021 it was announced that Karakašević had joined the Serbian Progressive Party.[3]
His father, Milivoj Karakašević was a Yugoslav table tennis player.
Career Highlights and Accomplishments
- Bronze medal at 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
References
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- ^ "Killerspin Player Page". killerspin.com.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Karakašević". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ "Александар Каракашевић приступио Српској напредној странци". Српска напредна странка (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
External links
- Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC at World Table Tennis
- "Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC at old.ittf.com". Archived from the original on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
{{cite web}}: 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.
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- "Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC at old.ittf.com". Archived from the original on 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- Aleksandar Karakašević at Olympics.com
- Aleksandar Karakašević at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aleksandar Karakašević at Olympedia
- Aleksandar Karakašević at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)
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