Åke Rakell
{{short description|Swedish table tennis player (1935–2012)}}
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Åke Gunnar Rakell (March 10, 1935 – November 29, 2012) was a Swedish international table tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=ake-rakell-127060|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}
Table tennis career
He won a bronze medal in doubles with Hans Alsér at the a 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsMD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412045730/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsMD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-12|title=Men's doubles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation}}{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ttstat.se/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerId=358 |title=TTStat.se Spelarprofil Åke Rakell |publisher=TTStat.se}}
Personal life
His grandson is Rickard Rakell, an ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.
{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/ducks/la-sp-ducks-rakell-20160228-story.html|title=Rickard Rakell is one Duck who knows how to paddle|newspaper=LA Times|date=28 February 2016 }} Rakell died on November 29, 2012, at the age of 77.{{Cite web |title=Sök gravsatt på SvenskaGravar.se |url=https://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/4b141b3e-c114-44ae-8845-dde1fea1c651 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=www.svenskagravar.se}}
See also
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Category:Swedish male table tennis players
Category:World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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