Daniel Habesohn (born 22 July 1986 in

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) is an

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table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

as part of the Austrian team in the men's team event. Habesohn competed in the

2017 World Table Tennis Championships The 2017 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 29 May to 5 June 2017. The decision to host the event in Düsseldorf was announced by the ITTF in April 2015. They were the 54th edition of the competition, and the ...

, upsetting Japanese player and number 15 seed

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(7-11, 11-13, 11-6, 12-10, 13-11, 7-11, and 11-8). He then went on to lose to Chinese player and number 33 seed Lin Gaoyuan (1-11, 2-11, 6-11, 11-8, and 4-11). He teamed with

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in the Men's Doubles Event, dropping out in the first round in a close match with the Belarusian Duo of

Vladimir Samsonov Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player ...

and Pavel Platonov (7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, and 9-11). In 2021, he competed in the 2020 Olympics.https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1331454-habesohn-daniel.htm

References

1986 births Living people Austrian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of Austria Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in table tennis European Games bronze medalists for Austria Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games Sportspeople from Vienna {{Austria-tabletennis-bio-stub