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Few racketlon tournaments - or even sports events in general -
can boost a prouder history than Gothenburg Racketlon Open. This
is the tournament that launched racketlon internationally. Nothing
less.
During the first three years of its existence Gothenburg Open enjoyed
World Championship status. In 2001 it was the first international
event in the history of Racketlon. In 2002 it was the first official
World Championship - as recognized by the then newly established
International Racketlon Federation. In 2003 it was again recognized
as the official Racketlon World Championship and, in addition, the
peak of the first Racketlon World Tour with eight tournaments in
six countries. In 2004 it retired from World Championship status
but still attracted the world's top racketlon players that wanted
to win an event of exceptional prestige on classic racketlon ground.
To win Gothenburg Racketlon Open is a dream for most top racketlon
players and normally implies a position at the very top (i.e. no.1!)
of the World Ranking. These are the previous Winners of the Open
classes:
2001
Men's Open: Mikko Kärkkäinen, Finland
Ladies' Open: Katja Aminoff, Finland
Men's Veteran: Harri Peltola, Finland
Full report.
2002
National Team Event: Sweden
Men's Open: Magnus Eliasson, Sweden
Ladies' Open: Lilian Druve, Sweden
Men's Veteran: Harri Peltola, Finland
Full report.
2003
National Team Event: Sweden
Men's Open: Magnus Eliasson, Sweden
Ladies' Open: Lilian Druve, Sweden
Men's Veteran: Pär Carleke, Sweden
Full report (including
an account of the state of racketlon at that time).
2004
Men's Open: Roland Helle, Sweden
Ladies' Open: Sarah McFadyen, Scotland
Men's Veteran: Ulf Bredberg, Sweden
Full report.
Who will be the winners of the 2005 Gothenburg
Open? The racketlon world awaits the answer to this question with
great anticipation. To get an idea about what to expect, we suggest
you go to the tournament entry
list and click the "Rank" title. This will order all
entrants in world ranking order...
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