Benedek Oláh
Benedek Márton Oláh is a Finnish table tennis 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 2016 Summer Olympics 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.