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{{short description|Swedish table tennis player}}
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| fullname = Karl Peter Karlsson<ref name="Olympics">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/peter-karlsson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/peter-karlsson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Peter Karlsson |access-date=2010-08-25}}</ref>
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| nationality = {{SWE}}
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| hrank = 11 (April 2003)<ref name="wr">{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=104381&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1& |title=ITTF world ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |access-date=2010-08-25}}</ref>
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1969|05|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Falköping]], Sweden
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| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[table tennis]] }}		
{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}	
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1989 World Table Tennis Championships|1989 Dortmund]] | [[1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Table Tennis Championships|1991 Chiba]] | [[1991 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles|Doubles]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Table Tennis Championships|1991 Chiba]] | [[1991 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 World Table Tennis Championships|1993 Gothenburg]] | [[1993 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships|2000 Kuala Lumpur]] | [[2000 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team|Team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 World Table Tennis Championships|1995 Tianjin]] | [[1995 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team|Team]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2001 World Table Tennis Championships|2001 Osaka]] | [[2001 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team|Team]] }}
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'''Karl Peter Karlsson''' (born 29 May 1969) is a Swedish [[table tennis]] player and coach. He was 1991 [[World Champion]] in men's doubles (with [[Thomas von Scheele]]), and 2000 European Champion in men's singles. He is married to [[Åsa Karlsson]].<ref name="stats">[http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3446&NAMES=KARLSSON+Peter+%28SWE%29&Assoc1=SWE&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=Karlsson& ITTF Database: KARLSSON Peter (SWE)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616204857/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3446&NAMES=KARLSSON+Peter+(SWE)&Assoc1=SWE&Assoc=&s_Gender=&s_Names=Karlsson& |date=2011-06-16 }}, accessed 2010-05-27</ref>

==Commitment==
Peter Karlsson<ref>Mohapatra, Bikash (24 May 2013) [https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/slide-show-1-bikash-mohapatra-interview-of-table-tennis-legend-peter-karlsson-world-champion-swede/20130524.htm/ "This Swede redefines optimism"], ''[rediff.com]''. Retrieved on 7 September 2021.</ref> is today a member of the ‘Champions for Peace’ club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by [[Peace and Sport]], a [[Monaco]]-based international organization.<ref>[http://www.peace-sport.org/ Peace and Sport]</ref>

In October 2010, Peter Karlsson visited [[Dili]] in [[East Timor]] to launch 'Ping Pong Ba Dame'  (Ping Pong for Peace), an initiative from Peace and Sport and the [[International Table Tennis Federation]] (ITTF).<ref>[http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story.asp?ID=22380&Category= Once again the visit of Peter Karlsson proves priceless] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016062809/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story.asp?ID=22380&Category= |date=2012-10-16 }} ''[[International Table Tennis Federation|ittf.com]]'', 24 October 2010</ref>

==Career records==
'''Singles'''<ref name="stats" />
*[[Table tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]: round of 32 (2000, 04).<ref name="Olympics" />
*[[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]: QF (1995, 2005).
*[[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]] appearances: 6. Record: 4th (1993).
*[[ITTF Pro Tour|Pro Tour]] winner (×1): 2002 Italian Open.<br /> Runner-up (×3): 1997 Austrian Open; 2003 Croatian Open; 2004 Russian Open.
*[[ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals|Pro Tour Grand Finals]] appearances: 3. Record: round of 16 (2002, 03, 04).
*[[Table Tennis European Championships|European Championships]]: winner (2000); SF (1996).
*[[Europe Top-12]]: 2nd (1993, 98, 2001); 3rd (1994).

'''Men's doubles'''
*Olympics: round of 16 (2000).
*World Championships: winner (1991).
*Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 2. Record: QF (2002, 03).
*European Championships: SF (1990, 92).

'''Mixed doubles'''
*World Championships: round of 128 (1989).

'''Team'''
*World Championships: 1st (1989, 91, 93, 2000); 2nd (1995); 3rd (2001).
*[[Table Tennis World Cup|World Team Cup]]: 2nd (1991, 94).
*European Championships: 1st (1990, 92, 96, 2000, 02); 2nd (1994).

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{World Table Tennis}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|peter-karlsson|Karl Peter Karlsson}}

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