Åke Gunnar Rakell (March 10, 1935 – November 29, 2012) was a Swedish international
table tennis
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player.
Table tennis career
He won a
bronze medal
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in doubles with
Hans Alsér at the a
1959 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1959 World Table tennis, Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund from March 27 to April 5, 1959.
Medalists Team
Individual
References
External linksITTF Museum
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.
Personal life
His grandson is
Rickard Rakell
Rickard Lars Gunnar Roland Rakell (born 5 May 1993) is a Swedes, Swedish professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
While playing for the AIK IF in Sweden, Rakell w ...
, an ice hockey player in the
National Hockey League
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.
Rakell died on November 29, 2012, at the age of 77.
See also
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List of table tennis players
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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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References
Swedish male table tennis players
1935 births
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
2012 deaths
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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