Aleksandar Karakašević

Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Каракашевић; born 9 December 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championship. One of his greatest results achieved in USA is his victory at the US Open Championship in 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. In 2020 at the age of 45 he is still playing in German Bundesliga (first German division) representing TTC ZUGBRÜCKE GRENZAU.

Aleksandar Karakašević
Aleksandar Karakašević
Personal information
Full nameAleksandar Karakašević
Nationality Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Born (1975-12-09) 9 December 1975
Zemun, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, All round player
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
1996 TianjinDoubles
2001 HainanDoubles
2003 GuangzhouDoubles
European Championships
2000 Bremen Mixed Doubles
2005 Aarhus Mixed Doubles
2007 Belgrade Mixed Doubles
2009 Subotica Mixed Doubles
2002 Zagreb Mixed Doubles
2011 Istanbul Mixed Doubles
2003 Courmayeur Doubles
2009 Stuttgart Doubles
2010 Subotica Mixed Doubles
2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Singles
2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Doubles
2016 Budapest Mixed Doubles
2018 Alicante Mixed Doubles
European Nations Cup
1996 Bayreuth Team
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis Doubles
2005 Almería Doubles
1997 Bari Doubles
2009 Pescara Team

Karakašević competed at the 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.

On 20 November 2021 it was announced that Karakašević had joined the Serbian Progressive Party.

His father, Milivoj Karakašević was a Yugoslav table tennis player.

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