Hans Alsér
Swedish table tennis player
Hans Alsér Full name Hans Edward Alsér Nationality Sweden Born (1942-01-23 ) 23 January 1942 BoråsDied 15 January 1977(1977-01-15) (aged 34) Kälvesta Playing style Shakehand, All-round Attacker
Hans "Hasse" Alsér (23 January 1942 – 15 January 1977) was a Swedish international table tennis player and later the head coach of West German (1971–1974) and Swedish (1974–1977) national teams.[ 1]
Table tennis career
Hans Alsér was an international top level player. He was the European champion (singles) 1962 and 1970, World champion (doubles) 1967 and 1969,[ 2] and European champion (doubles) 1966.[ 3]
Hans Alsér was Swedish singles Champion six times. During the years 1960–1971 he played in the Swedish singles Championship final every year. The years when he did not become the Swedish singles Champion he was second placed. In 1967 he also became Swedish mixed double Champion with Eva Johansson.
He also won an English Open title.
His playing style was more all-round than most other players in the 1960s. He could attack close to the table but also defend far from the table. He mastered top-spin, chopping, looping and all other types of play.
Stiga (manufacturer of table tennis tables, rackets, rubber and balls) made a very popular racket with the Alsér-grip.[ 4] It became thicker towards the end of the grip, decreasing the risk of the racket slipping out of the player's grip.
He died in 1977 at the age of 34 in a plane crash at Kälvesta near Stockholm .
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Hans Alsér's Titles
1958: Zoltán Berczik , Zoltán Bubonyi , László Földy , Elemér Gyetvai , Ferenc Sidó (HUN)
1960: Zoltán Berczik , Zoltán Bubonyi , László Földy , Tamas Halpert-Hollo , Ferenc Sidó (HUN)
1962: Zeljko Hrbud , Istvan Korpa , Vojislav Marković , Janez Teran , Edvard Vecko (YUG)
1964: Hans Alsér , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Christer Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Lennart Oden (SWE)
1966: Hans Alsér , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Christer Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Jorgen Rosberg (SWE)
1968: Hans Alsér , Stellan Bengtsson , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson (SWE)
1970: Hans Alsér , Stellan Bengtsson , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson (SWE)
1972: Stellan Bengtsson , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Anders Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson (SWE)
1974: Stellan Bengtsson , Anders Johansson , Kjell Johansson , Bo Persson , Ingemar Wikström (SWE)
1976: Damir Jurčić , Milivoj Karakašević , Zoran Kosanović , Antun Stipančić , Dragutin Šurbek (YUG)
1978: Gábor Gergely , István Jónyer , Tibor Klampár , Tibor Kreisz (HUN)
1980: Mikael Appelgren , Stellan Bengtsson , Ulf Carlsson , Erik Lindh , Ulf Thorsell (SWE)
1982: Gábor Gergely , István Jónyer , Tibor Klampár , Zsolt Kriston , János Molnár (HUN)
1984: Patrick Birocheau , Pierre Campagnolle , Francois Farout , Patrick Renverse , Jacques Secrétin (FRA)
1986: Mikael Appelgren , Ulf Carlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1988: Mikael Appelgren , Ulf Bengtsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1990: Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1992: Mikael Appelgren , Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1994: Nicolas Chatelain , Patrick Chila , Damien Éloi , Jean-Philippe Gatien , Christophe Legoût (FRA)
1996: Peter Karlsson , Erik Lindh , Jörgen Persson , Thomas von Scheele , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
1998: Nicolas Chatelain , Patrick Chila , Damien Éloi , Jean-Philippe Gatien , Eric Varin (FRA)
2000: Fredrik Håkansson , Peter Karlsson , Magnus Molin , Jörgen Persson , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
2002: Fredrik Håkansson , Peter Karlsson , Jens Lundqvist , Magnus Molin , Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
2003: Dzmitry Baltrushka , Evgueni Chtchetinine , Dmitry Chumakou , Dmitry Davidovich , Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
2005: Allan Bentsen , Michael Maze , Martin Monrad , Finn Tugwell , Christoffer Petersen (DEN)
2007: Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Jörg Roßkopf , Bastian Steger , Christian Süß (GER)
2008 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger , Christian Süß (GER)
2009 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger , Christian Süß (GER)
2010 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Patrick Franziska , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Christian Süß (GER)
2011 : Patrick Baum , Timo Boll , Ruwen Filus , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger (GER)
2013 : Patrick Baum , Patrick Franziska , Ruwen Filus , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger (GER)
2014 : Tiago Apolónia , Diogo Chen , Marcos Freitas , João Geraldo , João Monteiro (POR)
2015 : Chen Weixing , Stefan Fegerl , Robert Gardos , Daniel Habesohn , Dominik Habesohn (AUT)
2017 : Timo Boll , Ruwen Filus , Patrick Franziska , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Ricardo Walther (GER)
2019 : Timo Boll , Benedikt Duda , Ruwen Filus , Patrick Franziska , Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
2021 : Benedikt Duda , Ruwen Filus , Patrick Franziska , Dang Qiu , Kay Stumper (GER)
2023 : Mattias Falck , Anton Källberg , Kristian Karlsson , Truls Möregårdh , Jon Persson (SWE)