Racketlon is a combination sport in which competitors play a sequence of the four most popular racket sports: table tennis, badminton, squash, and tennis. It originated in Finland and Sweden[1] and was modeled on other combination sports like the triathlon and decathlon.

Racketlon
Highest governing bodyFédération Internationale de Racketlon
First played1980s
Characteristics
ContactNo
Team membersSingle or doubles
TypeRacket sport
EquipmentTable tennis racket, celluloid, badminton racket, shuttlecock, squash racket, squash ball, tennis racket, tennis ball
Presence
Olympicnone

Rules

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In racketlon a player competes against an opponent, or a doubles pair, in each of the four biggest racket sports: table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis.

One set is played in each sport, in the order from the smallest to the biggest racket. Each of the four sets are played with running score to 21 points, with a margin of two points needed to finish a set. In team competitions, however, the individual matches are played to 11 points.

Each player serves two serves at a time, and except in table tennis, this is always one serve from the right side, and one serve from the left side of the court. Lots are drawn to decide who starts serving in table tennis, and this player will also start serving in squash.

The winner of a racketlon match is the player or doubles pair who has won the most points in total. When a player leads a match with more points than there are points left for the opponent to obtain, the match is over.

If the score is tied after all four sports, a "gummiarm"-point is played. This is a single extra point played in tennis, with only one serve to start off the rally. Lots are drawn to decide the server, and the winner of this rally wins the entire match.

In doubles, the squash set is played individually. One player from each pair plays until someone reaches 11 points. From here, the rest of the game is finished by the two remaining players.

With the exception of the above-mentioned rules, all rules that apply to the four individual sports also apply for racketlon.[2]

Tournaments

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The first official world championship was held on 2001, between Finland and Sweden.[3]

As of June 2016, the International World Tour contains 23 events divided into six challengers, 12 International World Tour tournaments, two Super World Tour tournaments and three World Championships (singles, doubles and national teams).

World Championships - Podiums

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Men's singles

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Year      
2023 Luke Griffiths   Leon Griffiths   Koen Hageraats  
2022 Luke Griffiths   Koen Hageraats   Leon Griffiths  
2021 Jesper Ratzer   Leon Griffiths   Morten Jaksland  
2019 Jesper Ratzer   Morten Jaksland   Arnaud Génin  
2018 Jesper Ratzer   Lukas Windischberger   Leon Griffiths  
2016 Jesper Ratzer   Kasper Jønsson   Lukas Windischberger  
2014 Jesper Ratzer   Kasper Jønsson   Stefan Adamsson  
2013 Jesper Ratzer   Kasper Jønsson   Calum Reid  
2012 Stefan Adamsson   Kasper Jønsson   Jesper Ratzer  
2011 Calum Reid   Jesper Ratzer   Stefan Adamsson  
2010 Mikko Kärkkäinnen   Christoph Krenn   Ismo Rönkkö  
2009 Christoph Krenn   Mikko Kärkkäinnen   Joey Schubert  
2008 Mikko Kärkkäinnen   Magnus Eliasson   Michael Dickert  
2007 Mikko Kärkkäinnen   Magnus Eliasson   Christian Wall  
2006 Mikko Kärkkäinnen   Magnus Eliasson   Stefan Adamsson  
2005 Mikko Kärkkäinnen   Magnus Eliasson   Richard Thomson  
2004 Magnus Eliasson   Roland Helle   Mikko Kärkkäinnen  
2003 Magnus Eliasson   Stefan Adamsson   Roland Helle  
2002 Magnus Eliasson   Mats Källberg   Staffan Ericsson  
2001 Mikko Kärkkäinnen   Toni Kemppinen   Mats Källberg   /

Roland Helle  

Women's singles

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Year      
2023 Nathalie Vogel   Myriam Enmer   Silke Altmann  
2022 Myriam Enmer   Astrid Reimer-Kern   Stine Jacobsen  
2021 Stine Jacobsen   Astrid Reimer-Kern   Nathalie Vogel  
2019 Christine Seehofer   Izzy Bramhall   Zuzana Severinová  
2018 Christine Seehofer   Astrid Reimer-Kern   Bettina Bugl  
2016 Christine Seehofer   Amke Fischer   Nathalie Vogel  
2014 Zuzana Kubanova   Bettina Bugl   Christine Seehofer  
2013 Nathalie Zeoli   Sarina Leibig   Marina Mezentzeva  
2012 Nathalie Zeoli   Zuzana Kubanova   Sarina Leibig  
2011 Zuzana Kubanova   Nathalie Zeoli   Silke Altmann  
2010 Michaela Björnström   Natalie Lawrence   Martina Kakosova  
2009 Michaela Björnström   Marielle van der Woerdt   Martina Kakosova  
2008 Michaela Björnström   Martina Kakosova   Linda Jansson  
2007 Martina Kakosova   Michaela Björnström   Linda Jansson  
2006 Linda Jansson   Hanna Miestamo   Martina Kakosova  
2005 Lilian Druve   Susanna Lautala-Näykki   Silke Altmann  
2004 Sarah McFadyen   Lilian Druve   Katy Buchanan  
2003 Lilian Druve   Hanna Miestamo   Susanna Lautala-Näykki  
2002 Lilian Druve   Susanna Lautala-Näykki   Anneli Druve  
2001 Katja Aminoff   Lilian Druve   Marina Finth  

Men's doubles

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Year      
2024 Luke Griffiths   /

Leon Griffiths  

Morten Jaksland   /

Kresten Hougaard  

Malte Thyregod   /

Max Oldehaver  

2023 Luke Griffiths   /

Leon Griffiths  

Morten Jaksland   /

Kresten Hougaard  

Koen Hageraats   /

Nicolas Lenggenhager  

2022 Luke Griffiths   /

Leon Griffiths  

Morten Jaksland   /

Kresten Hougaard  

Lukas Windischberger   /

Michi Dickert  

2021 Leon Griffiths   /

Calum Reid  

Pekka Kainulainen   /

Henrik Mustonen  

Morten Jaksland   /

Kresten Hougaard  

2019 Morten Jaksland   /

Kresten Hougaard  

Arnaud Génin   /

Cédric Junillon  

Cornelius Radermacher   /

Calum Reid  

2018 Thorsten Deck   /

Christian Wiessner  

Georg Stoisser   /

Lukas Windischberger  

Morten Jaksland   /

Kresten Hougaard  

2016 Kasper Jønsson   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Christian Austaller   /

Georg Stoisser  

Thorsten Lentfer   /

Christian Wiessner  

2014 Kasper Jønsson   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

Nikolay Angelov   /

Stelian Stankov  

2013 Kasper Jønsson   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

Thorsten Deck   /

Markus Zeoli  

2012 Kasper Jønsson   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Nikolay Angelov   /

Stelian Stankov  

Marcel Weigl   /

Joey Schubert  

2011 Mikko Kärkkäinen   /

Ismo Rönkkö  

Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

Joey Schubert   /

Alex Köpf  

2010 Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

Joey Schubert   /

Alex Köpf  

Stefan Jezler   /

Paul Twisterling  

2009 Mikko Kärkkäinen   /

Ismo Rönkkö  

Oliver Kudicke   /

Petr Vesely  

Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

2008 Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

Marcel Weigl   /

Mikko Kärkkäinen  

Rickard Persson   /

Stefan Adamsson  

2007 Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

Oliver Kudicke   /

Petr Vesely  

Calum Reid   /

Marcel Weigl  

2006 Mathias Fagerström   /

Rickard Persson  

Hendrik Hakansson   /

Christian Wall  

Michi Dickert   /

Christoph Krenn  

Women's doubles

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Year      
2024 Anna-Klara Ahlmer   /

Amke Fischer  

Pauline Cavé   /

Kirsten Kaptein  

Kaisu Anttila   /

Linnea Koskinen  

2023 Izzy Bramhall   /

Stine Jacobsen  

Amke Fischer   /

Natalie Paul  

Stephanie Chung   /

Joanne Schickerling  

2022 Stine Jacobsen   /

Zuzana Severinová  

Myriam Enmer   /

Anna-Klara Ahlmer  

Martina Meißl   /

Irina Olsacher  

2021 Stine Jacobsen   /

Zuzana Severinová  

Amke Fischer   /

Natalie Paul  

Bettina Bugl   /

Christine Seehofer  

2019 Bettina Bugl   /

Christine Seehofer  

Nicole Eisler   /

Zuzana Severinová  

Silke Altmann   /

Amke Fischer  

2018 Natalie Paul   /

Christine Seehofer  

Anna-Klara Ahlmer   /

Izzy Bramhall  

Bettina Bugl   /

Nicole Eisler  

2016 Natalie Paul   /

Christine Seehofer  

Amke Fischer   /

Martina Meißl  

Lieselot De Bleeckere   /

Line Irby Nørregaard  

2014 Zuzana Kubanova   /

Christine Seehofer  

Lieselot De Bleeckere   /

Natalie Paul  

Bettina Bugl   /

Lina Lindholm  

2013 Zuzana Kubanova   /

Christine Seehofer  

Joyce Farro-Crouse   /

Marielle Van Der Woerdt  

Lilian Druve   /

Sarina Leibig  

2012 Zuzana Kubanova   /

Simone Seitz  

Nicole Eisler   /

Isabelle Tyrrell  

Anneli Andersson   /

Lina Lindholm  

2011 Carina Björnström   /

Michaela Björnström  

Magda Kaminska   /

Marta Jez  

Natalie Lawrence   /

Kerstin Peckl  

2010 Michaela Björnström   /

Marielle v. d. Woerdt  

Simone Seitz   /

Eva Hrabina  

Andrea Scharnagl   /

Silke Altmann  

2009 Martina Kakosova   /

Zuzana Kubanova  

Michaela Björnström   /

Kerstin Peckl  

Eva Hrabina   /

Rita Horvath  

2008 Martina Kakosova   /

Linda Jansson  

Agata Doroszkiewicz   /

Sylwia Borek  

Karolina Pechova   /

Katerina Sodomkova  

2007 Jana Lubasova   /

Radka Pelikanova  

Karin Geertsma   /

Irene Seifert  

Agata Doroszkiewicz   /

Krystyna Szwajkovska  

Mixed doubles

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Year      
2024 Anna-Klara Ahlmer   /

Luke Griffiths  

Amke Fischer   /

Leon Griffiths  

Pauline Cavé   /

Henrik Mustonen  

2023 Myriam Enmer   /

Luke Griffiths  

Stine Jacobsen   /

Cornelius Radermacher  

Anna-Klara Ahlmer   /

Malte Thyregod  

2022 Zuzana Severinová   /

Leon Griffiths  

Nathalie Vogel   /

Morten Jaksland  

Stine Jacobsen   /

Cornelius Radermacher  

2021 Christine Seehofer   /

Morten Jaksland  

Stine Jacobsen   /

Cornelius Radermacher  

Amke Fischer   /

Leon Griffiths  

2019 Christine Seehofer   /

Dan Busby  

Astrid Reimer-Kern   /

Kresten Hougaard  

Lieselot De Bleeckere   /

Peter Duyck  

2018 Christine Seehofer   /

Lukas Windischberger  

Astrid Reimer-Kern   /

Kresten Hougaard  

Anna-Klara Ahlmer   /

Morten Jaksland  

2016 Natalie Paul   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Lina Lindholm   /

Kasper Jønsson  

Amke Fischer   /

Stefan Adamsson  

2014 Natalie Paul   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Lina Lindholm   /

Kasper Jønsson  

Amke Fischer   /

Stefan Adamsson  

2013 Zuzana Kubanova   /

Christoph Krenn  

Nathalie Zeoli   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Dawn Foxhall   /

Peter Duyck  

2012 Zuzana Kubanova   /

Christoph Krenn  

Nathalie Zeoli   /

Jesper Ratzer  

Zsofia Troznai   /

Levente Nandori  

2011 Marta Jez   /

Joey Schubert  

Silke Altmann   /

Alex Köpf  

Agata Doroskiewicz   /

Krystof Samonek  

2010 Michaela Björnström   /

Mikko Kärkkäinen  

Marielle van der Woerdt   /

Paul Twisterling  

Anneli Andersson   /

Stefan Adamsson  

2009 Michaela Björnström   /

Mikko Kärkkäinen  

Katerina Sodomkova   /

Petr Vesely  

Joyce Crouse   /

Alwin Krist  

2008 Michaela Björnström   /

Mikko Kärkkäinen  

Linda Jansson   /

Johan Porsborn  

Martina Kakosova   /

Radim Socher  

2007 Michaela Björnström   /

Mikko Kärkkäinen  

Zsofia Troznai   /

Christoph Krenn  

Martina Kakosova   /

Radim Socher  

2006 Katy Buchanan   /

Calum Reid  

Lilian Druve   /

Joachim Nilsson  

Natalie Lawrence   /

David Greatorex  

Teams

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Year      
2023 Denmark   Great Britain   France  
2022 Germany   Austria   Denmark  
2019 Great Britain   Germany   Denmark  
2018 Austria   Great Britain   Germany  
2016 Denmark   Austria   Sweden  
2014 Sweden   Denmark   Austria  
2013 Germany   Austria   Sweden  
2012 Austria   Germany   Sweden  
2011 Finland   Sweden   Poland  
2010 Austria   Finland   Germany  
2009 Poland   Austria   Finland  
2008 Sweden   Finland  
2007 Sweden   Germany   Finland  
2006 Sweden   Austria   Germany  
2005 Sweden   Austria   Finland  
2004 Sweden   Germany   Great Britain  
2003 Sweden   Finland   Great Britain  
2002 Sweden   Finland   Great Britain  

References

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  1. ^ Dita Salavová (4 June 2007). "Czechs among superpowers in fast growing sport of racketlon". Czech Radio. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Rules | Federation Internationale de Racketlon". www.racketlon.net. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  3. ^ Dita Salavová (2007). "Czechs among superpowers in fast growing sport of racketlon". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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