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Benedek Oláh
Personal information
Full nameBenedek Márton Oláh
Born (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)
Kalajoki, Finland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Highest ranking50 (28 June 2022)[2]
Current ranking111 (8 September 2024)

Benedek Márton Oláh (born 29 March 1991) is a Finnish table tennis player.[3][4] He is the first Finnish Olympian in table tennis competition.[5]

Career

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In 2016, Oláh won an ITTF World Tour title in men's singles at the Nigeria Open.[6] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Jonathan Groth.[1][7] From this, he made history as the first Finnish Olympian to participate in the table tennis competition.

2021

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Benedek entered WTT Doha 2021 with a world rank of 85. He upset world ranked 69 Chen Chien-an in the second round of the qualifying draw in the WTT Contender event.[8] Benedek would lose to world-ranked number 144 Andreas Levenko in the next round; however, Levenko would go on to have a highly successful tournament, including an upset of world ranked number 15 Liam Pitchford.[9]

Personal life

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Oláh was born to Hungarian parents in Kalajoki, Finland, but grew up in Seinäjoki.[10][11]

He is a 29-time Finnish national table tennis champion – 12-time champion in singles and 6-time champion in mixed doubles.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Benedek Olah". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's Singles 2022 Week #26". ittf.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Benedek Oláh". olympedia.org. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Benedek OLAH" (PDF). european-games.org. 8 September 2024. Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  5. ^ "First appearance for Finland, first win, Benedek Olah acclimatises quickly". ittf.com. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Olah seals first major title at ITTF Nigeria Open". insidethegames.biz. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Men's Singles - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Benedek Olah Upsets Chen Chien-An 3-1 at WTT Doha 2021 - Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Andreas Levenko UPSETS Injured Liam Pitchford 3-1". 3 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Pöytätennisammattilainen unohteli aikoinaan passeja lentokentälle – nyt matkalla Rioon". Yle (in Finnish). 5 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Seuravalmentaja epäili pojan olevan väärässä lajissa – tänään Benedek Olah tekee historiaa olympialaisissa". Yle (in Finnish). 11 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Benedek Olah". Table Tennis Media. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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