# Kalle Koljonen

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Finnish badminton player (born 1994)

Kalle Koljonen Personal information Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 32) Helsinki, Finland Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Sport Country Finland Sport Badminton Handedness Left Men's singles Highest ranking 47 (16 September 2025) Current ranking 52 (14 April 2026) BWF profile Medal record Men's badminton Representing Finland European Championships 2021 Kyiv Men's singles European Men's Team Championships 2014 Basel Men's team

**Kalle Koljonen** (born 26 February 1994) is a Finnish [badminton](/source/Badminton) player.[1] In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the [European Men's Team Championships](/source/European_Men's_and_Women's_Team_Badminton_Championships) in [Basel](/source/2014_European_Men's_and_Women's_Team_Badminton_Championships).[2] He won his first international title at the 2015 [Hungarian International](/source/Hungarian_International). Koljonen became first ever badminton player from his country to medal at the [European Championships](/source/2021_European_Badminton_Championships) in 2021.[3]

He competed for [Finland at the 2024 Summer Olympics](/source/Finland_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics) in the [men's singles](/source/Badminton_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles) event.[4]

## Achievements

### European Championships

*Men's singles*

Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Viktor Axelsen 14–21, 14–21 Bronze

### BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 8 runners-up)

*Men's singles*

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Slovenian International Dmytro Zavadsky 21–12, 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2015 Hungarian International Rasmus Messerschmidt 19–21, 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2016 Bulgarian International Patrick Bjerregaard 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2016 Norwegian International Kasper Dinesen 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2016 Finnish International Victor Svendsen 7–11, 7–11, 11–8, 12–10, 4–11 Runner-up 2017 Iceland International Subhankar Dey 11–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2017 Dutch International Anand Pawar 22–20, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2022 Bahrain International Kai Schäfer 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2023 Polish Open Alex Lanier 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 Swedish Open Victor Svendsen 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2024 Turkey International Aryamann Tandon 21–16, 21–18 Winner

- [BWF International Challenge](/source/BWF_International_Challenge) tournament

- [BWF International Series](/source/BWF_International_Series) tournament

- [BWF Future Series](/source/BWF_Future_Series) tournament

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Kalle Koljonen biography"](https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/2ddba2ca-65a3-4a4a-b999-8a709a7a8e83/biography). [Badminton World Federation](/source/Badminton_World_Federation). Retrieved 8 December 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Kalle Koljonen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190429044430/https://rio.sulkapallo.fi/rio-team/pelaajat/kalle-koljonen/) (in Finnish). Badminton Finland. Archived from [the original](http://rio.sulkapallo.fi/rio-team/pelaajat/kalle-koljonen/) on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bech, Rasmus (30 April 2021). ["First ever Finnish medal"](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.). Badminton Europe. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Paris_2024_4-0)** ["KOLJONEN Kalle"](https://web.archive.org/web/20241007060907/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/kalle-koljonen_1905039). *[Paris 2024 Olympics](/source/Paris_2024_Olympics)*. Archived from [the original](https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/kalle-koljonen_1905039) on 7 October 2024.

## External links

- [Kalle Koljonen](https://bwfbadminton.com/player/92655) at [BWF](/source/Badminton_World_Federation)Badminton.com

- [Kalle Koljonen](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/2DDBA2CA-65A3-4A4A-B999-8A709A7A8E83) at [BWF](/source/Badminton_World_Federation).TournamentSoftware.com (archived)

- [Kalle Koljonen](https://www.olympiakomitea.fi/kisat-ja-joukkue/urheilijat/kalle-koljonen/) at [Olympiakomitea.fi](/source/Finnish_Olympic_Committee) (in Finnish)

- [Kalle Koljonen](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/142681) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Kalle Koljonen](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000349782) at InterSportStats

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