Kalle Koljonen

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
Highest ranking51 (4 July 2023)
Current ranking52 (5 November 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Finland
European Championships
2021 Kyiv Men's singles
European Men's Team Championships
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 Viktor Axelsen 14–21, 14–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Slovenian International Dmytro Zavadsky 21–12, 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2015 Hungarian International Rasmus Messerschmidt 19–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2016 Bulgarian International Patrick Bjerregaard 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016 Norwegian International Kasper Dinesen 21–19, 21–13 Winner
2016 Finnish International Victor Svendsen 7–11, 7–11, 11–8, 12–10, 4–11 Runner-up
2017 Iceland International Subhankar Dey 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2017 Dutch International Anand Pawar 22–20, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2022 Bahrain International Kai Schäfer 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2023 Polish Open Alex Lanier 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2023 Swedish Open Victor Svendsen 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2024 Turkey International Aryamann Tandon 21–16, 21–18 Winner
  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. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ^ Bech, Rasmus (30 April 2021). "First ever Finnish medal". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 1 May 2021.


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