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{{short description|Swedish table tennis player}}
{{for|the Swedish handball player|Mikael Appelgren (handballer)}}
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 name= Mikael Appelgren
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| caption = Mikael Appelgren in 2009
| fullname = Kent Mikael Appelgren
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| nationality = {{SWE}}
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| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1961|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
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| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [[table tennis]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| 1985 Gothenburg | Doubles}}
{{MedalGold| 1989 Dortmund | Men's Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1991 Chiba City | Men's Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1993 Gothenburg | Men's Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 1983 Tokyo | Men's Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 1985 Gothenburg | Men's Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 1987 New Delhi | Men's Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 1995 Tianjin | Men's Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| 1983 Barbados | Singles}}
{{MedalGold| 1990 Ciba city  | Men's Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 1982 Hong Kong  | Singles}}
{{MedalSilver| 1994 Nimes | Men's Team}}
{{MedalBronze| 1989 Nairobi | Singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Table Tennis European Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| 1980 Berne | Men's Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1982 Budapest | Singles}}
{{MedalGold| 1986 Prague | Men's Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1988 Paris | Singles}}
{{MedalGold| 1988 Paris | Doubles}}
{{MedalGold| 1988 Paris | Men's Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1990 Gothenburg | Singles}}
{{MedalGold| 1990 Gothenburg | Men's Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1992 Stuttgart | Men's Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 1986 Prague | Doubles}}
{{MedalSilver| 1992 Stuttgart | Doubles}}
|}}

'''Kent Mikael Appelgren''' (born 15 October 1961 in [[Stockholm]]) is a Swedish former [[table tennis]] player.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mikael Appelgren| publisher=Sports-Reference.com| url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/mikael-appelgren-1.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204226/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/mikael-appelgren-1.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=17 April 2020| access-date=11 December 2008}}</ref>

==Table tennis career==
He was 4-times [[World Table Tennis Championships|World Champion]], 9-times [[Table Tennis European Championships|European Champion]], 2-times [[Europe Top-12]] winner, and [[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]] winner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=332 |title=APPELGREN Mikael (SWE) |work=ITTF statistics |publisher=ITTF |access-date=30 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004225826/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=332 |archive-date=4 October 2012 }}</ref> He also won an [[English Open (table tennis)|English Open]] title.

He is left-handed and is known for his ability to play well far away from the table. This particular style became known over the years as 'appleing'. {{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Applegren coaches Swedish first league team Ängby/Spårvägen and was present when [[Jan-Ove Waldner]] ended his career on 11 February 2016.

==Career==

*[[Wermlandsföreningen]] (??-1974)
*[[Stockholms Spårvägars GoIF]] (1974–1980)
*[[Reutlingen]], [[Germany]] (1980–1986)
*[[Ängby SK]] (1986–1996)
*[[Bad Honnef]], Germany (1996–1997)
*[[TTK Würzburger Hofbräu]], Germany (1997–1998, 1998–1999)
*Ängby SK (1999–2008)
*[[Stockholms Spårvägars GoIF]] (2008-??)

==See also==
* [[List of table tennis players]]
* [[List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Mikael Appelgren}}
*{{Official website|http://www.mikaelappelgren.com/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100211145410/http://www.outpost81.com/usopen90/1990_US_Open_Table_Tennis_Waldner_Appelgren.htm Mikael Appelgren vs. Jan-Ove Waldner - 1990 U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships Video]
* [http://www8.idrottonline.se/SparvagensBTK-Bordtennis/Traning/Tranare/ Appelgren coach]
* [http://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis/j-o-jag-vill-tacka-er-for-allt/ Appelgren coach when Waldner ended career]

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[[Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen]]