Aleksandar Karakašević

Aleksandar Karakašević
Full name	Aleksandar Karakašević
Nationality	Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia
Playing style	Left-handed, All round player
Born	(1975-12-09) December 9, 1975 (age 36) Zemun, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	5'10"
Medal record Men's table tennis Competitor for  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia European Championships Gold 2000 Bremen Mixed Doubles Silver 2002 Zagreb Mixed Doubles Bronze 2003 Courmayeur Doubles Gold 2005 Aarhus Mixed Doubles Gold 2007 Belgrade Mixed Doubles Bronze 2009 Stuttgart Doubles Gold 2009 Subotica Mixed Doubles Bronze 2010 Subotica Mixed Doubles Bronze 2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Singles Bronze 2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Doubles Mediterranean Games Silver 1997 Bari Doubles Gold 2001 Tunis Doubles Gold 2005 Almería Doubles Silver 2009 Pescara Doubles

Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbian: Александар Каракашевић) (born December 9, 1975, Zemun, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian table tennis player and has been claimed by many to be one of the most talented players in the world. His incredible feeling and powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal on 2011 European Championship. One of his greatest result achieved in USA is his victory at the US Open Championship, July 2007, where he established himself as a world class athlete winning the tournament title for the 3rd time by defeating Kurashima Yosuke from Japan with the result of 4:0.^[1]

Career Highlights and Accomplishments

• Bronze medal on European Championship - Singles
• European Champion - Mixed Doubles (four times)
• US Open Champion - Singles (three times)
• US Open Champion - Doubles
• Second place in Europe - Mixed Doubles
• Third place on Pro-Tour final - Men’s Doubles- (twice)
• German Open Champion - Men’s Doubles
• Brazilian Open Champion – Doubles
• Brazilian Open Champion - Teams
• Mediterranean games Champion - Men’s Doubles
• Second place on Mediterranean games - Doubles (twice)
• Second place – Netherlands Open - Men’s Doubles
• Third place – Qatar Open – Men’s Doubles (twice)
• Balkan Champion (six times)
• Second finisher on European Trials for the Olympic games
• Third place in Junior Europeans (four times)
• Yugoslavian Champion - Singles (three times)
• Yugoslavian Champion - Men’s Doubles (five times)
• Yugoslavian Champion - Mixed Doubles (five times)
• Yugoslavian Champion - Teams (four times)

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