Pär Håkan Gerell (born 23 June 1982 in

Växjö Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...

) is a Swedish

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. He has been playing for French club

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since 2010. Based on his June 2011 world ranking, Gerell qualified for the

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. He also competed at the

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Clubs

* until 2005:

Falkenbergs BTK Falkenbergs Bordtennisklubb (''Falkenberg Table Tennis Club'') is a Swedish table tennis club formed on November 30, 1925. The club played its first season in the top league (''Allsvenskan'') in 1951 and has over the years won ten national Swedi ...

* 2005–10:

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* since 2010:

Achievements

* Singles bronze 2015 European Championships * Team silver 2011 European Championships * Doubles bronze 2010 European Championships (with

Jens Lundqvist Jens Mikael Lundqvist (born August 29, 1979, in Gävle) is a Swedish table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back ...

) * Doubles winner 2005 Brazil Open (with

)

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* ** ** * * 1982 births Living people Olympic table tennis players of Sweden Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Sweden People from Växjö Sportspeople from Kronoberg County {{Sweden-tabletennis-bio-stub