Aleksandar Karakašević

Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Каракашевић; born December 9, 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His incredible feeling and powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal on 2011 European Championship. One of his greatest result achieved in USA is his victory at the US Open Championship, 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 is still playing in German Bundesliga (first German division) representing TTC ZUGBRÜCKE GRENZAU [1]

Aleksandar Karakašević
Full nameAleksandar Karakašević
Nationality FR Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Born (1975-12-09) December 9, 1975
Zemun, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Playing styleLeft-handed, All round player
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Karakašević competed at the 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

His father, Milivoj Karakašević was a renowned Yugoslav table tennis player.

Career Highlights and Accomplishments
  • Bronze medal on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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
  • TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen
  • STK Partizan
  • STK Unirea Uzdin
  • SV Plüderhausen
  • STK Crvena Zvezda
  • UCAM Cartagena TM

References
  1. "Killerspin Player Page". killerspin.com.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Karakašević". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.


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