János Jakab (born 23 July 1986 in
Budapest
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) is a Hungarian table tennis player. As of February 2013, Jakab is ranked no. 183 in the world by the
International Table Tennis Federation
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(ITTF).
Jakab is a member of the table tennis team for
Levallois Sporting Club
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in
Levallois-Perret,
France
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, and is coached and trained by Péter Aranyosi.
He is also right-handed, and uses the classic grip.
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Jakab qualified for the men's singles tournament at the ]2008 Summer Olympics
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in Beijing
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, by receiving an allocation spot from the Final World Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary
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. He received a single bye in the preliminary round, before defeating French table tennis player and former Olympic bronze medalist Patrick Chila
Patrick Antoine Edouard Chila (born 27 November 1969 in Ris-Orangis, Essonne) is a French table tennis player who has competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008.
He won a bronze medal with Jean-Philippe Gatien in doubles at the 2000 Olympics. H ...
in his first match. Jakab progressed to the second round, but narrowly lost to European doubles champion Christian Süß
Christian Süß (born 28 July 1985 in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German table tennis player.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Süß won the silver medal as part of the German men's team, together with Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtc ...
of Germany, receiving a final set score of 1–4.
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1986 births
Living people
Hungarian male table tennis players
Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic table tennis players for Hungary
Table tennis players from Budapest
Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Hungary
21st-century Hungarian people
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