Daniel Habesohn (born 22 July 1986 in

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) is an

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player. He competed at the

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

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, 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 Robert Gardos 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

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