Benedek Oláh (born 29 March 1991) is a Finnish

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 in the

men's singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...

event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by

Jonathan Groth Jonathan Groth (born 9 November 1992) is a Danish table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Sing ...

. Benedek was born to Hungarian parents in

Kalajoki Kalajoki (; literally translated the "fish river") is a coastal town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Gulf of Bothnia in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town ha ...

, Finland, but grew up in

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra b ...

Career

2021

Benedek entered WTT Doha 2021 with a world rank of 85. He upset world ranked 69

Chen Chien-An Chen Chien-an (; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in singles. In May 2013, in the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Paris, France, Chen Chien-an and C ...

in the second round of the qualifying draw in the WTT Contender event. 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 Liam Benjamin Pitchford (born 12 July 1993) is a British table tennis player. He is sponsored by Victas. Career Pitchford began playing table tennis when he was eight years old. He won the British Home Countries Championship in 2009, and two Co ...

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* * * 1991 births Living people Finnish table tennis players Male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of Finland Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Finnish people of Hungarian descent People from Kalajoki People from Seinäjoki Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Finland Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia {{Tabletennis-bio-stub