Kjell Johansson (table tennis)

{{short description|Swedish table tennis player}}

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = Kjell Johansson

| image = Kjell Johansson.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = Kjell Johansson 1966

| nationality = {{SWE}}

| playingstyle =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Eskilstuna, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|10|24|1946|10|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Eksjö, Sweden

| height =

| weight =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's table tennis}}

{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 1977 Birmingham | Doubles}}

{{MedalBronze | 1977 Birmingham | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 1975 Calcutta | Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 1973 Sarajevo | Singles}}

{{MedalGold | 1973 Sarajevo | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1973 Sarajevo | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 1969 Munich | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1967 Stockholm | Doubles}}

{{MedalBronze | 1967 Stockholm | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 1963 Prague | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1976 Prague | Doubles}}

{{MedalSilver | 1976 Prague | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 1974 Novi Sad | Singles}}

{{MedalSilver | 1974 Novi Sad | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1974 Novi Sad | Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 1972 Rotterdam | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1972 Rotterdam | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 1970 Moscow | Singles}}

{{MedalSilver | 1970 Moscow | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1970 Moscow | Team}}

{{MedalBronze | 1968 Lyon | Singles}}

{{MedalSilver | 1968 Lyon | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1968 Lyon | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 1966 London | Singles}}

{{MedalGold | 1966 London | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1966 London | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 1964 Malmo | Singles}}

{{MedalSilver | 1964 Malmo | Doubles}}

{{MedalGold | 1964 Malmo | Team}}

|}}

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Kjell Johansson (5 October 1946 – 24 October 2011) was a Swedish table tennis player.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kjell Johansson|encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin|language=sv|url=http://www.ne.se/kjell-johansson/1119430|access-date=13 May 2010|archive-date=20 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820033728/http://www.ne.se/kjell-johansson/1119430|url-status=dead}}

From 1963 to 1977, he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the European Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Championships.{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}}{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=kjell-johansson-128783|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}} He won the 1965 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3267 |title=ITTF_Database |access-date=2011-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114347/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3267 |archive-date=2012-10-16 }} He was a native of Eskilstuna.

He also won three English Open titles.

Johansson was called Hammaren, which means "The Hammer" in Swedish, because of his hard forehand. His brother Christer Johansson was also an international table tennis player.

Johansson died in Eksjö on 24 October 2011, aged 65, following a long illness.[https://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-obit-johansson Ex-table tennis champ Kjell Johansson dies at 65]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}