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Full name | Benedek Márton Oláh |
Born | Kalajoki, Finland | 29 March 1991
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] |
Highest ranking | 50 (28 June 2022) [2] |
Current ranking | 84 (27 June 2023) [3] |
Benedek Márton Oláh (born 29 March 1991) is a Finnish table tennis player. [4] [5] He is the first Finnish Olympian in table tennis competition. [6]
In 2016, Oláh won an ITTF World Tour title in men's singles at the Nigeria Open. [7] 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] [8]
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. [9] Benedek would lose to World Ranked 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. [10]
Oláh was born to Hungarian parents in Kalajoki, Finland, but grew up in Seinäjoki. [11] [12]
Benedek Oláh | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Benedek Márton Oláh |
Born | Kalajoki, Finland | 29 March 1991
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] |
Highest ranking | 50 (28 June 2022) [2] |
Current ranking | 84 (27 June 2023) [3] |
Benedek Márton Oláh (born 29 March 1991) is a Finnish table tennis player. [4] [5] He is the first Finnish Olympian in table tennis competition. [6]
In 2016, Oláh won an ITTF World Tour title in men's singles at the Nigeria Open. [7] 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] [8]
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. [9] Benedek would lose to World Ranked 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. [10]
Oláh was born to Hungarian parents in Kalajoki, Finland, but grew up in Seinäjoki. [11] [12]