Aleksandar Karakašević

Aleksandar Karakašević
Aleksandar Karakašević
Personal information
Full nameAleksandar Karakašević
Nationality Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Born (1975-12-09) 9 December 1975
Zemun, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, All round player
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
1996 TianjinDoubles
2001 HainanDoubles
2003 GuangzhouDoubles
European Championships
2000 BremenMixed Doubles
2005 AarhusMixed Doubles
2007 BelgradeMixed Doubles
2009 SuboticaMixed Doubles
2002 ZagrebMixed Doubles
2011 IstanbulMixed Doubles
2003 CourmayeurDoubles
2009 StuttgartDoubles
2010 SuboticaMixed Doubles
2011 Gdańsk–SopotSingles
2011 Gdańsk–SopotDoubles
2016 BudapestMixed Doubles
2018 AlicanteMixed Doubles
European Nations Cup
1996 BayreuthTeam
Mediterranean Games
2001 TunisDoubles
2005 AlmeríaDoubles
1997 BariDoubles
2009 PescaraTeam

Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Каракашевић; born 9 December 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championship. One of his greatest results achieved in USA is his victory at the US Open Championship in July 2007, where he established himself as a world class athlete, winning the tournament title for the 3rd time by defeating Kurashima Yosuke from Japan with the result of 4:0. In 2020 at the age of 45 he was still playing in German Bundesliga (first German division) representing TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau.

Karakašević competed at the 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.

On 20 November 2021 it was announced that Karakašević had joined the Serbian Progressive Party.

His father, Milivoj Karakašević was a Yugoslav table tennis player.