Benedek Oláh
Finnish table tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
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
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
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]
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