Jens Lundqvist
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| Full name | Jens Mikael Lundqvist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-08-29) 29 August 1979 (age 46) Gävle, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 19 (August 2003)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jens Mikael Lundqvist (born 29 August 1979) is a Swedish table tennis player who competed in the men's singles and men's team event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the men's team event only at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Lundqvist signed with Major League Table Tennis for the 2024–25 season (Season 2) as part of a group of international additions to the league.[4] He plays for the Portland Paddlers and debuted during the opening weekend of the season in September 2024.[5]
In January 2026, during the 2025–26 season (Season 3), Lundqvist was named the MLTT Player of the Week for Week 9 after winning eight of nine games during a homestand in Portland. Following that weekend, he reached a league-leading power rating of 803.4, ranking him as the top player on the official MLTT power rankings list at that time. As of January 2026, he held an 80% singles win percentage for the season.[6]
References
- ↑ "ITTF World Ranking Progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ↑ "Jens Lundqvist" (in Swedish). Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "Jens Lundqvist". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Top 100 players Liam Pitchford, Debora Vivarelli lead a star-studded group of commits for Major League Table Tennis 2024-25 season". mltt.com. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "Portland Paddlers: Ping Pong Prose and Prowess". The Franklin Post. 28 January 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "Portland's Jens Lundqvist named MLTT Player of the Week for Week 9". mltt.com. 12 January 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
External links
- Jens LUNDQVIST at World Table Tennis (ITTF)
- "Jens LUNDQVIST at old.ittf.com". Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2018. Archived 11 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- "Jens LUNDQVIST at ittfranking.com". Archived from the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- Jens Lundqvist at Olympics.com
- Jens Lundqvist at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)
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