Hans Alsér |
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Hans Edward Alsér |
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Sweden |
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(1942-01-23)23 January 1942
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Kälvesta |
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Shakehand, All-round Attacker |
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Hans Alsér (23 January 1942 – 15 January 1977) was a Swedish table tennis player and later the head coach of West German (1971–1974) and Swedish (1974–1977) national teams.[1] His nickname, Hasse (Alsér or Alser), was often used in media.
Hans Alsér was an international top level player. He was the European champion (singles) 1962 and 1970, World champion (doubles) 1967 and 1969, and European champion (doubles) 1966.[2]
Hans Alsér was Swedish singles Champion six times. During the years 1960–1971 he played in the Swedish singles Championship final every year. The years when he did not become the Swedish singles Champion he was second placed. In 1967 he also became Swedish mixed double Champion with Eva Johansson.
His playing style was more all-round than most other players in the 1960s. He could attack close to the table but also defend far from the table. He mastered top-spin, chopping, looping and all other types of play.
Stiga (manufacturer of table tennis tables, rackets, rubber and balls) made a very popular racket with the Alsér-grip.[3] It became thicker towards the end of the grip, decreasing the risk of the racket slipping out of the player's grip.
He died in a plane crash of a scheduled flight at Kälvesta near Stockholm in 1977, only 34 years old.
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- 1958: Zoltán Berczik, Zoltán Bubonyi, László Földy, Elemér Gyetvai, Ferenc Sidó (HUN)
- 1960: Zoltán Berczik, Zoltán Bubonyi, László Földy, Tamas Halpert-Hollo, Ferenc Sidó (HUN)
- 1962: Zeljko Hrbud, Istvan Korpa, Vojislav Marković, Janez Teran, Edvard Vecko (YUG)
- 1964: Hans Alsér, Carl-Johan Bernhardt, Christer Johansson, Kjell Johansson, Lennart Oden (SWE)
- 1966: Hans Alsér, Carl-Johan Bernhardt, Christer Johansson, Kjell Johansson, Jorgen Rosberg (SWE)
- 1968: Hans Alsér, Stellan Bengtsson, Carl-Johan Bernhardt, Kjell Johansson, Bo Persson (SWE)
- 1970: Hans Alsér, Stellan Bengtsson, Carl-Johan Bernhardt, Kjell Johansson, Bo Persson (SWE)
- 1972: Stellan Bengtsson, Carl-Johan Bernhardt, Anders Johansson, Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson (SWE)
- 1974: Stellan Bengtsson, Anders Johansson, Kjell Johansson, Bo Persson, Ingemar Wikström (SWE)
- 1976: Damir Jurcic, Milivoj Karakašević, Zoran Kosanović, Antun Stipančić, Dragutin Šurbek (YUG)
- 1978: Gábor Gergely, István Jónyer, Tibor Klampár, Tibor Kreisz (HUN)
- 1980: Mikael Appelgren, Stellan Bengtsson, Ulf Carlsson, Erik Lindh, Ulf Thorsell (SWE)
- 1982: Gábor Gergely, István Jónyer, Tibor Klampár, Zsolt Kriston, János Molnár (HUN)
- 1984: Patrick Birocheau, Pierre Campagnolle, Francois Farout, Patrick Renverse, Jacques Secrétin (FRA)
- 1986: Mikael Appelgren, Ulf Carlsson, Erik Lindh, Jörgen Persson, Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
- 1988: Mikael Appelgren, Ulf Bengtsson, Erik Lindh, Jörgen Persson, Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
- 1990: Mikael Appelgren, Peter Karlsson, Erik Lindh, Jörgen Persson, Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
- 1992: Mikael Appelgren, Peter Karlsson, Erik Lindh, Jörgen Persson, Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
- 1994: Nicolas Chatelain, Patrick Chila, Damien Éloi, Jean-Philippe Gatien, Christophe Legoût (FRA)
- 1996: Peter Karlsson, Erik Lindh, Jörgen Persson, Thomas von Scheele, Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
- 1998: Nicolas Chatelain, Patrick Chila, Damien Éloi, Jean-Philippe Gatien, Eric Varin (FRA)
- 2000: Fredrik Håkansson, Peter Karlsson, Magnus Molin, Jörgen Persson, Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
- 2002: Fredrik Håkansson, Peter Karlsson, Jens Lundqvist, Magnus Molin, Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
- 2003: Dzmitry Baltrushka, Evgueni Chtchetinine, Dmitry Chumakou, Dmitry Davidovich, Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
- 2005: Allan Bentsen, Michael Maze, Martin Monrad, Finn Tugwell, Christoffer Petersen (DEN)
- 2007: Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Jörg Roßkopf, Bastian Steger, Christian Süß (GER)
- 2008: Patrick Baum, Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger, Christian Süß (GER)
- 2009: Patrick Baum, Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger, Christian Süß (GER)
- 2010: Patrick Baum, Timo Boll, Patrick Franziska, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Christian Süß (GER)
- 2011: Patrick Baum, Timo Boll, Ruwen Filus, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger (GER)
- 2013: Patrick Baum, Patrick Franziska, Ruwen Filus, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger (GER)
- 2014: Tiago Apolónia, Diogo Chen, Marcos Freitas, João Geraldo, João Monteiro (POR)
- 2015: Chen Weixing, Stefan Fegerl, Robert Gardos, Daniel Habesohn, Dominik Habesohn (AUT)
- 2017: Timo Boll, Ruwen Filus, Patrick Franziska, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Ricardo Walther (GER)
- 2019: Timo Boll, Benedikt Duda, Ruwen Filus, Patrick Franziska, Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
- 2021: Benedikt Duda, Ruwen Filus, Patrick Franziska, Dang Qiu, Kay Stumper (GER)
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