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| Born | 20 December 2009 Tehran, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Monchengladbach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed with a stylish playing style | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 132 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Benyamin Faraji (born 20 December 2009) is an Iranian professional table tennis player. Despite his young age, he was a member of the Iran team at the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships where he defeated World and Olympics champion and world No. 1 Wang Chuqin. [2] He repeated the feat a year later when he defeated world No. 2 Lin Shidong in the 2025 Championships. [3]
He also made history by winning the bronze medal in men’s singles at the 2025 Asian Youth Games - the first individual table tennis medal for Iran in the history of Asian youth games and junior competitions. [4]
