| Benedikt Duda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 April 1994 Gummersbach, Germany [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | left-handed shakehand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 26 (11 April 2023) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 27 (12 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benedikt Duda (born 4 April 1994 in Gummersbach) is a German table tennis player.
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 2022 World Team Championships, he won a silver medal after losing to China in the final. [5] In 2023, he won a silver medal at the 2023 European Table Tennis Championships after losing the team final to Sweden. [6]
| Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref |
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| 2021 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf |  Álvaro Robles | 4–1 | [7] |
| 2022 | WTT Feeder Biella |  Panagiotis Gionis | 3–2 | [8] |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Mendoza | Álvaro Robles | 4–3 | [9] |
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