Thomas Kihlström

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Thomas Kihlström

Personal information
Date of birth	1948

Country	Sweden
Title(s)	1983 World Champs 1982 European Champs

Thomas Kihlström (b. 1948) is a former male badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles.

Kihlström won the 1983 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nora Perry^[1]. He also won 16 medals at the European Championships, two of them in men's singles, two in mixed doubles, five in men's doubles and 7 in team competition. He shared two All-England men's doubles titles, one with Bengt Froman in 1976 and the other with Stefan Karlsson in 1983. He also shared the All-England mixed doubles title with Nora Perry in 1983^[2]. From 1973 to 1988 Kihlstrom captured a total of twenty-four events at the Swedish National Championships.

[edit] Major achievements

Rank	Event	Date	Venue
World Championships
1	Mixed doubles (with Nora Perry)	1983	Copenhaguen, DEN
3 3	Men's singles Men's doubles (with Bengt Fröman)	1977	Malmö, SWE
European Championships
1	Men's doubles	1982	Böblingen, FRG
2	Men's singles	1974	Vienna, AUT
2 2	Men's singles Men's doubles	1978	Preston, ENG
2	Men's doubles	1980	Groningen, NED
2	Mixed doubles	1984	Preston, ENG
2	Men's doubles	1986	Uppsala, SWE
3	Men's doubles	1976	Dublin, IRE
3	Mixed doubles	1986	Uppsala, SWE