Mikael Appelgren to star at the Bremen European Veterans Table Tennis Championships

Record number of participants in the European Veterans Table Tennis Championships breaking the old record with 2834 participants.

The matches will be fought from May 27th to June 1st at ÖVB Arena, Bremen, Germany.

Famous names are the following:
Germany’s formal national team players Olga NEMES, Jing Tian-Zörner, Edit WETZEL and Jutta TRAPP, the multiple medallist at World Championships in the 1940s and 1950s, Eliska KREJKOVA form Czech Republic, as well as the 1989 World Doubles Champion, Steffen FETZNER, the six-times German Singles Champions Georg BÖHM, Sweden’s four-times World Champion Mikael APPELGREN and the bronze medallist at World Championships in Doubles, Dmitrij MAZUNOV from Russia.

Jan Ove Waldner wants to coach the Sweden team

All time Table Tennis great, Waldner, expressed his desire to coach the Swedish Table Tennis team. Not only that, Waldner even suggested a unique idea. That Jorgen Persson and Mikael Appelgren can join him and form a coaching team. Waldner felt that this strong team had a lot to share in terms of experience and expertise.

Waldner hinted at problems with the current Swedish National coaching system and coach. In addition to this, the Swedish Table Tennis Association is without a sponsor for over a decade.

 Here's a video of him demonstrating the forehand topspin stroke: