Benedek Márton Oláh (born 29 March 1991) is a Finnish

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

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

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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.

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* * * 1991 births Living people Finnish table tennis players Male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Finland Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Finnish people of Hungarian descent Sportspeople from Kalajoki Sportspeople from Seinäjoki Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Finland Table tennis players at the 2023 European Games {{Tabletennis-bio-stub