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Finnish table tennis player

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)
Highest ranking50 (28 June 2022)
Current ranking111 (8 September 2024)

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

Career

In 2016, Oláh won an ITTF World Tour title in men's singles at the Nigeria Open. 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. 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. 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.

Personal life

Oláh was born to Hungarian parents in Kalajoki, Finland, but grew up in Seinäjoki.

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

References

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  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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