Aleksandar Karakašević
Serbian table tennis player
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Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Каракашевић; born 9 December 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championship. One of his greatest results is his win 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 was still playing in German Bundesliga (first German division) representing TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau.[1]
Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
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| Full name | Aleksandar Karakašević | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Left-handed, All round player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- STK Unirea Uzdin
- TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen
- SV Plüderhausen
- STK Partizan
- STK Crvena Zvezda
- UCAM Cartagena TM
- TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau
- Hertha BSC
