Mikael Appelgren is a Swedish table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 player. He was 4-times World Champion

World Table Tennis Championships

The World Table Tennis Championships are held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Seven events were included in the Championships. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in...

, 9-times European Champion

Table Tennis European Championships

The European Table Tennis Championships were first held in 1958. Between 1958 and 2002, the European Championships were held every two years in the even years. From 2003 they were held in odd years. Since 2008 the tournament has been held annually...

, 2-times Europe Top-12

Europe Top-12

The Europe Top-12 is an European table tennis tournament organized by the European Table Tennis Union on a yearly basis between the twelve strongest players in Europe. The tournament was first held in 1971 for both the men's and women's competition, adopting a single round-robin format...

 winner, and World Cup

Table Tennis World Cup

The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...

 winner.
He is left-handed and is known for his ability to play well far away from the table. This particular style became known over the years as 'appleing', named after the first professional player to well and truly expose it on the world stage with great success.

He is now married to Marita and together they have two children, Marlene and Marlon.

Career

• Wermlandsföreningen (??-1974)
• Stockholms Spårvägars GoIF (1974–1980)
• Reutlingen
  Reutlingen
  Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....
  
  , Germany
  Germany
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   (1980–1986)
• Ängby SK (1986–1996)
• Bad Honnef
  Bad Honnef
  Bad Honnef is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate...
  
  , Germany (1996–1997)
• TTK Würzburger Hofbräu, Germany (1997–1998, 1998–1999)
• Ängby SK (1999–2008)
• Stockholms Spårvägars GoIF (2008-)

External links

• Mikael Appelgren vs. Jan-Ove Waldner - 1990 U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships Video