Åke Rakell

Åke Rakell

Personal information
Nationality	Sweden
Born	(1935-03-10)10 March 1935
Died	29 December 2012 (aged 77)
Medal record Representing  Sweden World Table Tennis Championships 1959 doubles

Åke Gunnar Rakell (March 10, 1935 – November 29, 2012) was a Swedish international table tennis player.^[1]

Table tennis career

He won a bronze medal in doubles with Hans Alsér at the a 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.^[2][3][4]

Personal life

His grandson is Rickard Rakell, an ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. ^[5] Rakell died on November 29, 2012, at the age of 77.^[6]

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
2. "Men's doubles results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
4. "TTStat.se Spelarprofil Åke Rakell". TTStat.se.
5. "Rickard Rakell is one Duck who knows how to paddle". LA Times. 28 February 2016.
6. "Sök gravsatt på SvenskaGravar.se". www.svenskagravar.se. Retrieved 2024-11-02.