Open di Svezia | 10/03 15:10 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Chuqin Wang | L | 2-4 | |
Campionati Europei a squadre | 09/05 12:00 | 1 | Cristian Pletea v Kristian Karlsson | W | 2-3 | |
Open d'Australia | 07/11 06:40 | 5 | Zhendong Fan v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-3 | |
Open d'Australia | 07/10 08:50 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Pavel Sirucek | W | 4-1 | |
Open d'Australia | 07/09 08:20 | - | Kristian Karlsson v David Powell | W | 4-0 | |
Open della Corea del Sud | 07/06 08:40 | 3 | Kristian Karlsson v Long Ma | L | 2-4 | |
Open della Corea del Sud | 07/05 03:35 | 4 | Mattias Falck v Kristian Karlsson | W | 2-4 | |
Open della Corea del Sud | 07/04 08:00 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Jun Mizutani | W | 4-2 | |
Open della Corea del Sud | 07/03 02:50 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Yingbin Xu | W | 4-3 | |
Giochi europei a squadre | 06/27 17:30 | - | Tomislav Pucar v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-1 | |
Giochi europei | 06/24 17:00 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Emmanuel Lebesson | L | 2-4 | |
Open di Hong Kong | 06/05 13:00 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Te Ma | L | 3-4 | |
Open di Hong Kong | 06/05 05:10 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Antoine Hachard | W | 4-2 | |
Open di Cina | 05/29 06:10 | - | Mihai Bobocica v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-4 | |
Open di Croazia | 05/18 15:10 | - | Anton Kallberg v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-1 | |
Open di Croazia | 05/18 11:30 | - | Tomislav Pucar v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-4 | |
Open di Croazia | 05/17 17:25 | - | Benedikt Duda v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-4 | |
Open di Croazia | 05/17 12:25 | - | Can Akkuzu v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-4 | |
World Championship | 04/23 18:40 | 6 | Kristian Karlsson v Jakub Dyjas | L | 1-4 | |
World Championship | 04/23 11:20 | 57 | Kristian Karlsson v Gavin Rumgay | W | 4-3 | |
Open del Qatar DX | 03/26 13:30 | - | Siu Hang Lam v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-4 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 03/21 19:30 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Bo Fang | L | 2-3 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 03/21 18:00 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Jonathan Groth | W | 3-1 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 03/07 15:20 | - | Alexander Shibaev v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 02/07 20:20 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Marek Badowski | W | 3-0 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 02/02 18:05 | 3 | Timo Boll v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-1 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 02/02 09:35 | 4 | Emmanuel Lebesson v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-4 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 01/24 17:03 | - | Kaii Yoshida v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-0 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 01/18 17:00 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Hugo Calderano | L | 1-4 | |
Open del Qatar Femminili | 01/17 19:30 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Panagiotis Gionis | W | 4-0 |
Kristian Gunnar Karlsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkrɪ̌sːtɪjan ˈkɑ̌ːɭsɔn]; born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish professional table tennis player.
Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhättan until he was 16, subsequently he moved away from home to go to high school. During his high school years Karlsson had 10 training sessions a week.
In 2011 he signed to Halmstad BTK and began to rose through the ranks quickly. Ranked outside the top 400 in October 2010, Karlsson finished 2011 in the 233rd position, and at the end of 2012 he ranked 129. The year 2012 also marked his first senior success, winning the silver medal at the 2012 Table Tennis European Championships in men's doubles.
His performances also attracted French top division side AS Pontoise-Cergy TT and Karlsson eventually signed to the club in September 2013. He won the Champions League with AS Pontoise-Cergy in 2014.
In 2016 Kristian signed for the German top club Borussia Düsseldorf. After coming second in the Champions League and winning the German Cup, Kristian and Borussia Düsseldorf went on to win the triple in 2018.
Paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships.
And in the 2018 European Table Tennis Championships, again paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a silver medal in the men's doubles as well as a bronze medal in the men's singles. During 2018 Kristian and the Swedish National Team won a Bronze medal (Team) in the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, and also a gold medal in the Swedish Championship in Helsingborg.
In March, Karlsson played in WTT Doha. In the first WTT Contender event, he made it to the round of 16, where he lost to Mattias Falck. In the second, WTT Star Contender event, Karlsson upset Liam Pitchford in a deuce-in-the-fifth thriller in the round of 32.
Karlsson & Mattias Falck won the world championship in men's doubles at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships becoming the first Swedish duo to win gold since 1991.
On 19 July 2022 he agreed on terms with Greek club Panathinaikos.