Kalle Koljonen
Personal information
CountryFinland
Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessLeft
Men's singles and doubles
Highest ranking56 (MS, 15 November 2022)
Current ranking77 (MS, 21 March 2023)
1,242 (MD with Anton Kaisti, 21 March 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Finland
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kyiv Men's singles
European Men's Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Basel Men's team
BWF profile

Kalle Koljonen (born 26 February 1994) is a Finnish badminton player.[1] In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel.[2] He won his first international title at the 2015 Hungarian International. Koljonen became first ever badminton player from his country to medal at the European Championships in 2021.[3]

Achievements

European Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Denmark Viktor Axelsen 14–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Slovenian International Ukraine Dmytro Zavadsky 21–12, 19–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Hungarian International Denmark Rasmus Messerschmidt 19–21, 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Bulgarian International Denmark Patrick Bjerregaard 14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Norwegian International Denmark Kasper Dinesen 21–19, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Finnish International Denmark Victor Svendsen 7–11, 7–11, 11–8, 12–10, 4–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Iceland International India Subhankar Dey 11–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Dutch International India Anand Pawar 22–20, 19–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Bahrain International Germany Kai Schäfer 14–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Polish Open France Alex Lanier 14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Swedish Open Denmark Victor Svendsen 14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Kalle Koljonen biography". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Kalle Koljonen" (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Bech, Rasmus (30 April 2021). "First ever Finnish medal". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 1 May 2021.


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