Thomas Kihlström

Thomas Kihlström (lahir 11 Desember 1948) adalah mantan pemain bulu tangkis asal Swedia yang terkenal karena kelincahan, kecerdikan taktis, dan kesejukannya di bawah tekanan. Meskipun pemain tunggal yang mengesankan di awal karirnya, kesuksesan terbesarnya terjadi di nomor ganda.

Thomas Kihlström
Informasi pribadi
Kebangsaan	Swedia
Lahir	11 Desember 1948 {{{place_of_birth}}}
Pegangan	Kanan
Rekam medali Bulutangkis Mewakili Swedia Kejuaraan Dunia 1983 Copenhagen Mixed doubles 1977 Malmö Men's Singles 1977 Malmö Men's doubles World Games 1981 Santa Clara Mixed doubles 1981 Santa Clara Men's doubles Piala Dunia 1984 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1983 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 1986 Bandung-Jakarta Mixed doubles Kejuaraan Eropa 1982 Böblingen Men's doubles 1974 Vienna Men's singles 1978 Preston Men's singles 1978 Preston Men's doubles 1980 Groningen Men's doubles 1984 Preston Mixed doubles 1986 Uppsala Men's doubles 1976 Dublin Men's doubles 1986 Uppsala Mixed doubles Kejuaraan Beregu Campuran Eropa 1982 Böblingen Mixed team 1974 Vienna Mixed team 1976 Dublin Mixed team 1978 Preston Mixed team 1980 Groningen Mixed team 1984 Preston Mixed team 1986 Uppsala Mixed team

Karier

Kihlström memenangkan Kejuaraan Dunia IBF 1983 di ganda campuran bersama Nora Perry. Ia juga memenangkan 16 medali di Kejuaraan Eropa, dua di antaranya di tunggal putra, dua di ganda campuran, lima di ganda putra, dan 7 di kompetisi beregu. Dia berbagi dua gelar ganda putra All England, satu dengan Bengt Fröman pada tahun 1976 dan yang lainnya dengan Stefan Karlsson pada tahun 1983. Dia juga berbagi gelar ganda campuran All England dengan Nora Perry pada tahun 1983. Dari tahun 1973 hingga 1988 Kihlström ditangkap total dua puluh empat acara di Kejuaraan Nasional Swedia. Kihlström berkompetisi pada era di mana bulutangkis kelas dunia menjadi semakin terspesialisasi dalam event. Keahliannya sebagai "all-arounder" ditunjukkan oleh fakta bahwa ia adalah satu-satunya pemain yang memenangkan medali di ketiga nomor, tunggal putra, ganda putra, dan ganda campuran di Kejuaraan Dunia BWF, dan merupakan satu-satunya pemain yang mampu melakukannya. telah memenangkan masing-masing dari tiga acara ini di Jepang Terbuka.

Prestasi

Kejuaraan Dunia

Tunggal putra

Tahun	Tempat	Lawan	Skor	Hasil
1977	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Swedia	Svend Pri	6–15, 6–15	Perunggu

Ganda putra

Tahun	Tempat	Pasangan	Lawan	Skor	Hasil
1977	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Swedia	Bengt Fröman	Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi	7–15, 11–15	Perunggu

Ganda campuran

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Nora Perry	Steen Fladberg Pia Nielsen	15–1, 15–11	Gold

World Cup

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1983	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Karen Chapman	Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie	15–12, 10–15, 4–15	Bronze
1984	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Nora Perry	Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie	15–18, 15–13, 15–8	Gold
1986	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Christine Magnusson	Steen Fladberg Gillian Clark	4–15, 15–8, 7–15	Bronze

World Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Stefan Karlsson	Sun Zhian Yao Ximing	15–12, 4–15, 6–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1981	San Jose Civic Auditorium, California, United States	Gillian Gilks	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–6, 18–14	Gold

European Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1974	Vienna, Austria	Sture Johnsson	7–15, 8–15	Silver
1978	Preston, England	Flemming Delfs	15–10, 6–15, 12–15	Silver

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1976	Dublin, Ireland	Bengt Fröman			Bronze
1978	Preston, England	Bengt Fröman	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	6–15, 5–15	Silver
1980	Groningen, Netherlands	Bengt Fröman	Claes Nordin Stefan Karlsson	16–18, 15–9, 13–15	Silver
1982	Böblingen, West Germany	Stefan Karlsson	Mike Tredgett Martin Dew	15–9, 15–3	Gold
1986	Uppsala, Sweden	Stefan Karlsson	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie	12–15, 17–18	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1984	Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England	Maria Bengtsson	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	5–15, 15–17	Silver
1986	Uppsala, Sweden	Maria Bengtsson			Bronze

International tournaments

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1972	Norwegian International	Petter Thoresen	15–7, 15–4	1 Winner
1973	USSR International	Wolfgang Bochow	10–15, 15–4, 8–15	2 Runner-up
1973	Norwegian International	Elo Hansen		2 Runner-up
1976	U.S. Open	Paul Whetnall	14–17, 10–15	2 Runner-up
1977	Canada Open	Flemming Delfs	15–12, 7–15, 10–15	2 Runner-up
1977	Japan Open	Flemming Delfs	9–15, 15–13, 15–10	1 Winner
1978	Denmark Open	Liem Swie King	15–8, 9–15, 7–15	2 Runner-up
1978	Canada Open	Flemming Delfs	17–14, 11–15, 16–18	2 Runner-up
1980	Norwegian International	Kenneth Larsen	15–0, 15–11	1 Winner
1980	Victor Cup	Flemming Delfs	15–7, 15–10	1 Winner
1980	Nordic Championships	Morten Frost	4–15, 7–15	2 Runner-up
1981	Canada Open	Nick Yates	16–17, 12–15	2 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1971	Norwegian International	Kurt Johnsson	Sture Johnsson Bengt Fröman	15–12, 15–9	1 Winner
1972	Norwegian International	Bengt Fröman	Klaus Kaagaard Per Walsøe	14–18, 13–18	2 Runner-up
1973	USSR International	Bengt Fröman	Roland Maywald Wolfgang Bochow	15–13, 15–10	1 Winner
1973	Norwegian International	Bengt Fröman	Fraser Gow Robert McCoig		1 Winner
1975	German Open	Bengt Fröman	Eddy Sutton David Eddy	15–13, 15–5	1 Winner
1975	Norwegian International	Bengt Fröman	Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen		2 Runner-up
1976	German Open	Bengt Fröman	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett		1 Winner
1976	All England Open	Bengt Fröman	Svend Pri Steen Skovgaard	15–12, 17–15	1 Winner
1976	U.S. Open	Bengt Fröman	Willi Braun Roland Maywald	15–18, 12–15	2 Runner-up
1977	German Open	Bengt Fröman	Gert Hansen Steen Skovgaard		1 Winner
1977	Denmark Open	Bengt Fröman	Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard	15–6, 15–8	1 Winner
1977	Canada Open	Bengt Fröman	Derek Talbot Eddy Sutton	16–17, 15–11, 15–10	1 Winner
1978	Swedish Open	Bengt Fröman	Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard	18–15, 9–15, 8–15	2 Runner-up
1978	Nordic Championships	Bengt Fröman	Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard		2 Runner-up
1978	Canada Open	Bengt Fröman	Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard	9–15, 15–10; retired	1 Winner
1979	English Masters	Bengt Fröman	Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett	18–16, 15–9	1 Winner
1979	Polish International	Tor Sundberg	Michal Malý Juraj Lenart	15–3, 15–13	1 Winner
1980	Swedish Open	Bengt Fröman	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	5–15, 15–12, 9–15	2 Runner-up
1980	English Masters	Stefan Karlsson	Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata	12–15, 12–15	2 Runner-up
1980	Norwegian International	Lars Wengberg	Peter Holm Hans Olaf Birkholm	15–7, 15–11	1 Winner
1980	Victor Cup	Claes Nordin	Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard	15–5, 18–17	1 Winner
1981	Copenhagen Cup	Stefan Karlsson	Rudy Heryanto Kartono Hariamanto	15–10, 12–15, 17–15	1 Winner
1981	Swedish Open	Stefan Karlsson	Hadibowo Bobby Ertanto	15–6, 15–4	1 Winner
1981	English Masters	Stefan Karlsson	Mike Tredgett Martin Dew	9–15, 15–2, 10–15	2 Runner-up
1981	Canada Open	Ray Stevens	Martin Dew Steve Baddeley	15–8, 15–11	1 Winner
1981	India Open	Stefan Karlsson	Rudy Heryanto Kartono Hariamanto	6–15, 15–8, 17–15	1 Winner
1982	Swedish Open	Stefan Karlsson	Christian Hadinata Lius Pongoh	11–15, 8–15	2 Runner-up
1982	Scandinavian Cup	Stefan Karlsson	Steen Fladberg Steen Skovgaard	15–13, 13–15, 15–10	1 Winner
1983	Chinese Taipei Open	Stefan Karlsson	Hadibowo Bobby Ertanto	9–15, 11–15	2 Runner-up
1983	Japan Open	Stefan Karlsson			1 Winner
1983	Swedish Open	Stefan Karlsson	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie	15–4, 13–15, 10–15	2 Runner-up
1983	All England Open	Stefan Karlsson	Martin Dew Mike Tredgett	15–10, 15–13	1 Winner
1983	English Masters	Stefan Karlsson	Rudy Heryanto Kartono Hariamanto	12–15, 15–8, 15–11	1 Winner
1984	Chinese Taipei Open	Stefan Karlsson	Steen Fladberg Jesper Helledie	15–3, 15–6	1 Winner
1984	Japan Open	Stefan Karlsson	Martin Dew Steve Baddeley	15–6, 15–6	1 Winner
1984	Swedish Open	Stefan Karlsson	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	8–15, 15–10, 8–15	2 Runner-up
1984	Nordic Championships	Stefan Karlsson	Mark Christiansen Michael Kjeldsen	15–11, 14–18, 18–14	1 Winner
1985	Swedish Open	Stefan Karlsson	Li Yongbo Di Qiqing	12–15, 18–14, 15–18	2 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1976	U.S. Open	Pam Brady	David Eddy Susan Whetnall	6–15, 15–10, 12–15	2 Runner-up
1981	Dutch Open	Gillian Gilks	Mike Tredgett Nora Perry	15–12, 15–6	1 Winner
1981	Canada Open	Gillian Gilks	Ray Stevens Nora Perry	12–15, 15–6, 15–0	1 Winner
1982	Denmark Open	Nora Perry	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	15–11, 15–9	1 Winner
1982	Victor Cup	Nora Perry	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	9–15, 15–9, 15–9	1 Winner
1982	Scandinavian Cup	Nora Perry	Steen Fladberg Pia Nielsen	18–15, 15–12	1 Winner
1982	Nordic Championships	Maria Bengtsson	Steen Skovgaard Hanne Adsbøl	6–15, 10–15	2 Runner-up
1983	Japan Open	Nora Perry	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks	15–5, 15–2	1 Winner
1983	Swedish Open	Nora Perry	Dipak Tailor Barbara Sutton	15–7, 15–1	1 Winner
1983	All England Open	Nora Perry	Steen Skovgaard Anne Skovgaard	18–16, 11–15, 15–6	1 Winner
1985	Swedish Open	Maria Bengtsson	Lee Deuk-choon Chung Myung-hee	15–5, 11–15, 15–7	1 Winner
1985	All England Open	Gillian Clark	Billy Gilliand Nora Perry	10–15, 12–15	2 Runner-up
1985	Malaysia Masters	Christine Magnusson	Steen Fladberg Nora Perry		1 Winner
1986	World Grand Prix Finals	Christine Magnusson	Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	15–8, 4–15, 8–15	2 Runner-up