other players
DONIC supports a lot of national and international top players and junior players all around the world.
Mikael Appelgren
Nickname: Appel
Date and place of birth: 15 October 1961 in Stockholm
Place of residence: Stockholm
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Current club: Spårvägen
Titles: 5 x World Champion, 9 x European Champion
Special stroke: forehand
Hobbies: golf, boat
Peter Franz
Date and place of birth: 25 April 1971
Place of residence: Eningen
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 80 kg
Club: AS Pontoise Cergy
Coach: Christian Adam, Jianxin Qiu
Titels: Twice Bronze Medal World Championships Men’s Team, Vice European Champion Men’s Team, Vice Champion Pro Tour Chile Open 2005 and Brasilien Open 2005, Champion Brazilian Open Men’s Double 2004 (with Jens Lundquist), Champion Russian Open Men’s Double 2005 (with Kalinikos Kreanga), Best World Ranking position 22, Championsleague Winner with Caen, Several times German Champion Men’s Team, ETTU Cup Winner and Cup Winner (10 club titles in total)
Playing style: offensive
Special stroke: aggressive back hand block
Hobbies: fishing
Playing equipment:
blade: DONIC Persson Power Carbon
rubbers: 2x DONIC Coppa JO Platin max
Magnus Molin
Date and place of birth: 21 aug 1979 Sollefteå
Place of residence: Malmö
Height: 1m77
Weight: 72kg
Current club: Angers
Titles: German Champion with Borussia Duesseldorf 2003
Special stroke: forehand topspin
Hobbies: Golf
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Persson Powerplay
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Coppa JO Gold
Bartosz Such
Nickname: Suszi
Date and place of birth: 16.03.1983 in Brzeg Dolny / Poland
Place of residence: Gdansk / Poland
Height: 1m89
Weight: 90kg
Current club: MKS TS TRASKO Ostrzeszow / Poland
Coach: Michal Dziubanski
Titles: Twice Polish vice champion in men's singles, 2007 Polish champion in men's doubles, Twice European Youth champion in team competition, Vice European Youth Single Champion, Bronze medal at 2007 European Champions in team competition
Playing style: Right hand offensiv both sides
Special stroke: Backhand topspin
Hobbies: Tennis, Family
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Persson Powerplay
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Coppa JO Platin max.
Martin Bratanov
Nickname: Bratko
Date and place of birth: 20/09/1974 a Pleven / Bulgaria
Place of residence: 2 rue A. Laurent 7160 Pieton / Belgium
Height: 1m82
Weight: 78kg
Current club: VGA St.Maur Us / France
Coach: Wang Dayong
Titles: 3rd place European Championships Team competition, Vice World Team Champion 2001
Playing style: Offensive
Hobbies: Football
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Persson Powerplay
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Sonex JP
Christian Hotz
Nickname: Hotz, Hotzi
Date and place of birth: 8 May 1986, Aarau
Place of residence: Zofingen
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 73 kg
Club: TTC Wil SG
Coach: Zdenko Prskalo
Titles:
Several times Swiss Champion in mixed, double and single competition in the series U13, U15 und U18 , National League B Swiss Champion Men’s Team 2004, 3-times Swiss Champion National League A Men’s Team (2005, 2006 und 2007), Cup Winner Men’s Team 2007, Swiss Champion Men’s Double 2007, Swiss Champion Men’s Singles 2008
Playing style: Offensive
Special stroke: both sides top spin
Hobbies: Tae-Bo, cinema, internet, music
Playing equipment:
blade: DONIC Waldner Senso Carbon
rubbers: 2x Coppa JO Gold max.
Kasper Sternberg Sjelle
Date and place of birth: 26.02.89
Place of residence: Vallensbæk, Denmark
Height: 1m80
Weight: 73kg
Current club: Eslöv, Sweden and Vedbæk, Denmark.
Coach: Peter Sartz
Titles: 3rd place European Junior Championships Doubles 2006, Member of Danish National Man´s Team, Winner Polish Youth Open 2008
Playing style: Offensive.
Special stroke: Forehand topspin
Hobbies: other sports, cars
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Persson Powerplay
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Coppa JO Platin
Jon Persson
Date and place of birth: 1986-10-23 Norsjö
Place of residence: Söderhamn
Height: 1m77
Weight: 75kg
Current club: Söderhamn UIF
Coach: Peter Blomqvist
Titles: 3rd place European Championships Doubles 2008, Twice Sweden junior champion
Playing style: Attacking Player
Special stroke: Forehand
Hobbies: Other sports and Fishing
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Persson Powerplay
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Coppa JO Platin
Fabian Akerström
Nickname: Fabi, Fabbe
Date and place of birth: 14th December 1988 / Karlskrona
Place of Residence: Frickenhausen
Height: 1,73 m
Weight: 68 kg
Current club: TSG Steinheim
Coach: Qiu Jian Xin
Titles: 3rd place Youth Worldchampionships Singles 2005, Swedish U15 champion, Swedish U18 Team champion
Playing style: Allround
Special Stroke: Pimpleblock close to the table
Hobbies: Computer,cycling
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Persson Power AR
Rubbers: DONIC Coppa JO Platin, DONIC Akkadi L2
Torsten Mähner
Date and place of birth: 07 July 1993 in Fulda
Place of residence: Eichenzell
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Club: TTC Rhönsprudel Fulda-Maberzell
Coach: Qingyu Meng, Tobias Kirch
Titles:
Winner DTTB TOP 16 cadets 2007, Second DTTB TOP 48 cadets 2007, Second German ranking list cadets 2007/08, Third German Championships cadets 2007
Playing style: offensive, shakehand
Special stroke: forehand topspin, spin against spin
Hobbies: keyboard, skiing, football
Playing equipment:
blade: DONIC Waldner Diablo Senso
rubbers: 2x DONIC Sonex JP Gold max.
Ole Markscheffel
Date and place of birth: 3 July 1993, Bad Oldesloe / Germany
Place of residence: Bargteheide / Germany
Height: 1m85
Weight: 78kg
Club: TSV Bargteheide
Coach: Club: Karl-Heinz Dahlke, Association: Jaroslav Kunz, DTTZ: Zhu xiaoyong
Titel: German Singles and Doubles Champion Cadets 2008, Vice German Champion Cadets in mixed competition 2008, German Double Champion Cadets 2007
Playing style: offensive, shakehand
Special stroke: Forehand-Flip and overview
Hobbies: poker, friends, music, books, internet
Playing equipment:
Blade: DONIC Li Ping Kitex
Rubbers: 2x Coppa JO Platin Soft
Gilles Michely
Nickname: Gibbes
Date and place of birth: 4 November 1988 in Luxembourg
Place of residence: Grevenmacher (L), Grenzau (D)
Hight: 176 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Club: D. T. Düdelange (L)
Coach: Martin Ostermann
Titel: Several times Luxemburg Champion and Youth Champion Ranking Tournament, Luxemburg Champion 2006 Elite, 7th place Junior Pro Tour Final 2005
Playing style: Offensive
Special stroke: Forehand Flip, forehand counter topspin
Hobbys: sports, cinema, films
Playing equipment:
blade: DONIC Li Ping Kitex
rubbers: DONIC JO Platin Soft max
Gaston Alton
Date and place of birth: 6 July 1985 – Guaymallén – Mendoza - Argentina
Place of residence: Guaymallén – Mendoza – Argentina
Height: 1m75
Weight: 80kg
Current club: Regatas de Mendoza - Argentina
Coach: Matias Alto
Titles: Argentinean Championship 2008, XXIX CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO 2008 Men´s Singles
Playing style: Offensive
Special stroke: Drive
Hobbies: Football
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Waldner Diablo Senso
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Coppa JO Platin
Henrik Laxby
Nickname: Lax
Date and place of birth: 20/01 – 90 Aarhus /Denmark
Place of residence: Brøndby / Denmark
Height: 1m85
Weight: 73kg
Current club: Københavns Btk (Copenhagen)
Coach: Rasmus Jespersen (Club), Mads Sørensen (National)
Titles: Several times danish youth Champion, Danish national Champion in teams (Bronze), Poland youth open teams (Bronze), Portugal youth teams (Bronze)
Playing style: Offensive
Special stroke: Forehand topspin
Hobbies: Friends, Computer
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Li Ping Kitex
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Coppa JO Platin
Andre Filipe Coelho da Silva
Nickname: André Silva
Date and place of birth: Gondomar, 08-02-1989
Place of residence: Valbom - Gondomar
Height: 1m75
Weight: 72kg
Current club: A.R. Novelense – Sentir Penafiel
Coach: Fernando Malheiro
Titles:
1999/00 Under12 - Boys' Singles - National Champion
1999/00 Under12 - Boys' Doubles - National Champion
2003/04 Cadet - Boys' Singles - National Champion
2003/04 Cadet - Boys' Doubles - National Champion
2005/06 Junior - Boys' Singles - National Champion
2005/06 Junior - Boys' Doubles - National Champion
2006/07 Junior - Boys' Singles - National Champion
2006/07 Junior - Boys' Doubles – Bronze Medal in Cairo 2007 World Junior Championships
2007/08 Under21 - Boys' Singles - National Vice-Champion.
2007/08 Portugal Absolute - National Vice-Champion
Special stroke: Right Topsin
Playing style: Offensive
Hobbies: Friends and movies.
Playing Equipment:
blade: DONIC Li Ping Kitex
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Sonex JP Gold
Harald Andersson
Nickname: Harre
Date and place of birth: 29 September 1991 Stockholm
Place of residence: Stockholm
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Current club: Spårvägens BTK
Coach: Andreas Hedlund
Titles: 3rd in singles in European youth championship 2009, 2nd in team in European youth championship 2008 and 2009, 3rd in singles in Swedish junior championship 2005, 2006 and 2009, 2nd in double in Swedish junior championship 2006 and 2009, 3rd in double in Swedish junior championship 2007, 2nd in double in Polish WJC 2008
Playing style: Offensive
Special stroke: Forehand hook
Hobbies: Football
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Appelgren Allplay
Rubbers: 2x DONIC Sonex JP Gold
Alessandro Bertagna
Nickname: Bertalex
Date and place of birth: 08 May 1993 in Domodossola
Place of residence: Domodossola
Height: 1,80 m
Weight: 65 kg
Current club: Tennistavolo Torino
Coach: Bobocica Mihai
Titles: Italian Cadet Champion 2008
Playing style: Offensive
Special stroke: Topspin Forehand
Hobbies: Music, skiing, swimming
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Persson Powerplay Senso V1
Rubbers: FH: DONIC Coppa JO Gold max, BH: DONIC Coppa JO Gold 2,0mm
Ivan Katkov
Date and place of birth: 2 April 1984
Place of residence: Symi, Ukraine
Height: 1,69 m
Weight: 63 kg
Current club: “Nord” Donetsk
Coach: Belostockiy G., Tester B.
Titles: Many times Ukrainian Champion
Playing style: spin both sides
Special stroke: forehand topspin
Hobbies: cars, computers
Playing Equipment:
Blade: DONIC Waldner Senso Carbon
Rubbers: FH: DONIC Coppa JO Silver, BH: DONIC Coppa Speed

























