Kalle Koljonen

Kalle Koljonen
Kalle Koljonen
Personal information
Country	Finland
Born	26 February 1994 (age 30); Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Left
Men's singles
Highest ranking	51 (4 July 2023)
Current ranking	52 (5 November 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Finland
European Championships
European Men's Team Championships
	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

Men's singles

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

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

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

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