Benedikt Duda

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Benedikt Duda
Personal information
Born (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 30)
Gummersbach, Germany[1]
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand
Highest ranking26 (11 April 2023)[2]
Current ranking26 (4 June 2024)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Busan Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nantes Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team

Benedikt Duda (born 4 April 1994 in Gummersbach) is a German table tennis player. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Biography[edit]

Benedikt Duda started playing table tennis at the age of 10. His father was also a former professional table tennis player who played at TTC Schwalbe in Bergneustadt, the town where he grew up.[3]

In 2019 he won the European team championship and two years later he won it again.[4]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal after losing to China in the Table tennis at final.[5] He got a silver again in 2022 World Team Championships.[6]

Singles titles[edit]

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2021 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf Spain Álvaro Robles 4–1 [7]
2022 WTT Feeder Biella Greece Panagiotis Gionis 3–2 [8]
2024 WTT Contender Mendoza Spain Álvaro Robles 4–3 [9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Benedikt Duda". teamdeutschland.de. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ^ "UTT 2019: Germany's Benedikt Duda aims for adaptability in maiden stint as Olympic dreams burn bright-Sports News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Titles defended, Germany and Romania win in Nantes". International Table Tennis Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ^ "China Secures Fourth Consecutive Men's Team Gold Medal". International Table Tennis Federation. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ^ "China Crowned Champions, Curtain Closes at 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals". International Table Tennis Federation. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ^ "WTT Feeder Düsseldorf". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ^ "WTT Feeder Biella 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ "WTT Contender Mendoza 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

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