Kristian Karlsson

Career Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhättan until he was 16, subsequently he moved away from home to go to high school. During his high school years, Karlsson had 10 training sessions a week.

In 2011, he signed to Halmstad BTK and began to rise through the ranks quickly. The year 2012 also marked his first senior success, winning the silver medal at the 2012 Table Tennis European Championships in men's doubles.

His performances also attracted French top division side AS Pontoise-Cergy TT and Karlsson eventually signed to the club in September 2013. He won the Champions League with AS Pontoise-Cergy in 2014.

In 2016, Karlsson signed for the German top club Borussia Düsseldorf. After coming second in the Champions League and winning the German Cup, Karlsson and Borussia Düsseldorf went on to win the triple in 2018.

Paired with Mattias Karlsson, Karlsson won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships.

And in the 2018 European Table Tennis Championships, again paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a silver medal in the men's doubles as well as a bronze medal in the men's singles. During 2018 Karlsson and the Swedish National Team won a Bronze medal (Team) in the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, and also a gold medal in the Swedish Championship in Helsingborg.

Karlsson & Mattias Falck won the world championship in men's doubles at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships becoming the first Swedish duo to win gold since 1991.

2022 On 19 July 2022, he agreed on terms with Greek club Panathinaikos.