ULF BENGTSSON Passes Away

killiegradge · Mar 18, 2019

Very sad news that Ulf Bengtsson the 1984 European Champion has passed away. RIP Ulf

https://www.ettu.org/en/n/news/2019/march/european-champion-from-1984-ulf-bengtsson-passes-away/

Suga D · Mar 18, 2019

That's very very sad news.

My condolences to his family and friends if one of them might read this.

jawien · Mar 18, 2019

Part of "the Swedish ping wonder" ... 59 not too old.

"At the European Championship in Moscow in 1984 BENGTSSON created a sensational upset in the final where he was opposed to Poland's great star, Andrzej GRUBBA (1958-2005). GRUBBA was a clear favorite beforehand but BENGTSSON played brilliantly and also showed the nerves of steal by managing to beat a wildly struggling and increasingly frustrated Grubba. The table tennis classic concluded by 21-19 in the fifth and crucial game."

From ettu.org

mart1nandersson · Mar 18, 2019

So extremely sad

This piece of news actually made mainstream media in Sweden which is very uncommon for TT nowadays.

zzzuppp · Mar 18, 2019

Very sad - I wonder what his illness was? 59 is a young age to die these days...

His European Championships win was a major surprise: at the time he was only ranked 5th in Sweden and wasn't considered a contender for the title at all having had a poor season, but he saw all his teammates taken out one-by-one (and titleholder Mikael Appelgren was absent with a strained elbow). As the competition went on he got better and better and his murderous LH topspin was infallible - Grubba couldn't really cope with it in the Final.

RIP Ulf.

mart1nandersson · Mar 18, 2019

zzzuppp said:
Very sad - I wonder what his illness was? 59 is a young age to die these days...

Cancer

Edit: Here's a quite nice article where his long time friend "Tickan" is interviewed. It's in Swedish but google translate should do the trick.

https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/bKywqg/ulf-tickan-carlsson-minns-sin-basta-van

yogi_bear · Mar 19, 2019

Man sad to see a legend passed away. I still remember those Stiga Ulf Bengtsson blades.

DonnOlsen · Mar 19, 2019

Hi,

Yes, very sad indeed. I loved watching him play. He was so ... well....Swedish! One of the crazy great Swedes of that era that we will forever miss. He was part of such a special table tennis time that the Swedes were the biggest contributors to. Now we may pause, with a slight smile, at the wonderful blessings that exceptional table tennis country gave to the world in that period of time. It is not by a small measure that the sport of table tennis moved onward and upward in a fuller and richer way due to these outstanding champions of which Ulf Bendtsson's own shining brightness was special.

Thanks.

yoass · Mar 19, 2019

killiegradge said:
Very sad news that Ulf Bengtsson the 1984 European Champion has passed away. RIP Ulf

https://www.ettu.org/en/n/news/2019/march/european-champion-from-1984-ulf-bengtsson-passes-away/

Certainly sad. Seen him play (and play Grubba, that time not coming out on top), and I admired his distinctive style, lefhanded, aggressively opening up and always ready to step in for the kill. Flicks, powerful spin on both wings, but also a positively lethal flat kill; a beautiful game. The great ones, I mourn their passing.

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