{{short description|Finnish badminton player (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Kalle Koljonen | image = Kalle Koljonen.JPG | size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = | country = Finland | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|26}} | birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland | height = 1.75 m | weight = | years_active = | handedness = Left | coach = | event = Men's singles | highest_ranking = 47 | date_of_highest_ranking = 16 September 2025 | current_ranking = 52 | date_of_current_ranking = 14 April 2026 | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Badminton Championships|European Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2021 European Badminton Championships|2021 Kyiv]] | Men's singles }} {{MedalCompetition | [[European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Men's Team Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2014 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|2014 Basel]] | Men's team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 92655 | bwf_id = 2DDBA2CA-65A3-4A4A-B999-8A709A7A8E83 }}
'''Kalle Koljonen''' (born 26 February 1994) is a Finnish [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kalle Koljonen biography |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/2ddba2ca-65a3-4a4a-b999-8a709a7a8e83/biography |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |access-date=8 December 2022}}</ref> In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the [[European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|European Men's Team Championships]] in [[2014 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships|Basel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kalle Koljonen |url=http://rio.sulkapallo.fi/rio-team/pelaajat/kalle-koljonen/ |publisher=Badminton Finland |access-date=23 August 2016 |language=fi |archive-date=29 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429044430/https://rio.sulkapallo.fi/rio-team/pelaajat/kalle-koljonen/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> He won his first international title at the 2015 [[Hungarian International]]. Koljonen became first ever badminton player from his country to medal at the [[2021 European Badminton Championships|European Championships]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rasmus |last=Bech |url=http://www.badmintoneurope.com/cms/default.aspx?clubid=4685&cmsid=239&pageid=5381&m=8459734#:~:text=The%20Dane%20took%20an%2011,19%20in%20the%20second%20game. |title=First ever Finnish medal |publisher=Badminton Europe |date=30 April 2021 |access-date=1 May 2021}}</ref>
He competed for [[Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|men's singles]] event.<ref name="Paris 2024">{{cite web |title=KOLJONEN Kalle |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/kalle-koljonen_1905039 |work=[[Paris 2024 Olympics]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007060907/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/kalle-koljonen_1905039 |archive-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== European Championships === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Venue ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#ECF2FF" | align="center" | [[2021 European Badminton Championships#Finals|2021]] | align="left" | [[Palace of Sports, Kyiv|Palace of Sports]], [[Kyiv]], Ukraine | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Viktor Axelsen]] | align="left" | 14–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | [[File:Med 3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze''' |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 8 runners-up) === ''Men's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | [[Slovenian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Dmytro Zavadsky]] | align="left" | 21–12, 19–21, 20–22 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2015 | align="left" | [[Hungarian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Rasmus Messerschmidt]] | align="left" | 19–21, 21–17, 21–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Bulgarian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Patrick Bjerregaard]] | align="left" | 14–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Norwegian International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Kasper Dinesen]] | align="left" | 21–19, 21–13 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2016 | align="left" | [[Finnish International (badminton)|Finnish International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Victor Svendsen]] | align="left" | 7–11, 7–11, 11–8, 12–10, 4–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Iceland International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Subhankar Dey]] | align="left" | 11–21, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Dutch International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anand Pawar]] | align="left" | 22–20, 19–21, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" |align=center|2022 |align=left|[[Bahrain International (badminton)|Bahrain International]] |align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Kai Schäfer]] |align=left|14–21, 14–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Polish Open (badminton)|Polish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alex Lanier]] | align="left" | 14–21, 15–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center" | 2023 | align="left" | [[Swedish Open (badminton)|Swedish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Victor Svendsen | align="left" | 14–21, 11–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Turkey International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Aryamann Tandon]] | align="left" | 21–16, 21–18 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
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== External links == * {{BWFB|92655}} * {{BWFT|2DDBA2CA-65A3-4A4A-B999-8A709A7A8E83}} * {{Olympiakomitea.fi|kalle-koljonen}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats|3000349782}} * {{Instagram}}
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