Peter Karlsson is a 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 1991 World Champion in men's doubles (with Thomas von Scheele

Thomas von Scheele

Thomas von Scheele is a left-handed Swedish table tennis player. He won a gold medal in the double event of the World Table Tennis Championships in 1991 with Peter Karlsson. He also won several medals in the European Table Tennis Championships. He later became a coach of Sweden's women table...

), and 2000 European Champion in men's singles.

Commitment

Peter Karlsson is today a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport

Peace and Sport

Peace and Sport, "L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport” is a neutral and apolitical international initiative based in the Principality of Monaco and placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco....

, a Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

-based international organization.

In October 2010, Peter Karlsson visited Dili

Dili

Dili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....

 in East Timor

East Timor

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...

 to launch the 'Ping Pong Ba Dame' program (Ping Pong for Peace), an initiative from Peace and Sport and the International Table Tennis Federation

International Table Tennis Federation

The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations.-Founding history:The ITTF was founded in 1926, the nine founding members being Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales...

 (ITTF).

Career records

Singles

• Olympics
  Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
  Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for both men and women. Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 41 medals in 24 events, including 20 gold medals.-Events:...
  
  : round of 32 (2000, 04).
• World Championships
  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...
  
  : QF (1995, 2005).
• 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...
  
   appearances: 6. Record: 4th (1993).
• Pro Tour
  ITTF Pro Tour
  The ITTF Pro Tour is a series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation in 1996, in order to improve the quality of the sport. It includes 6 events: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Men's and Women's Singles Under 21...
  
   winner (×1): 2002 Italian Open.
  Runner-up (×3): 1997 Austrian Open; 2003 Croatian Open; 2004 Russian Open.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals
  ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
  The ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation at the end of the year. The tournament includes six events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, U21 men's and women's singles...
  
   appearances: 3. Record: round of 16 (2002, 03, 04).
• European Championships
  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...
  
  : winner (2000); SF (1996).
• 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...
  
  : 2nd (1993, 98, 2001); 3rd (1994).

Men's Doubles

• Olympics: round of 16 (2000).
• World Championships: winner (1991).
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 2. Record: QF (2002, 03).
• European Championships: SF (1990, 92).

Mixed Doubles

• World Championships: round of 128 (1989).

Team

• World Championships: 1st (1989, 91, 93, 2000); 2nd (1995); 3rd (2001).
• World Team 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...
  
  : 2nd (1991, 94).
• European Championships: 1st (1990, 92, 96, 2000, 02); 2nd (1994).