Benedikt Duda
{{Short description|German table tennis player (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Benedikt Duda
| image = 20220814 European Championships Munich 2022 Benedikt Duda 850 3615.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|4|4}}
| birth_place = Gummersbach, Germany{{cite web|url=https://www.teamdeutschland.de/team/details/benedikt-duda|title=Benedikt Duda|website=teamdeutschland.de|access-date=6 June 2024}}
| playingstyle = left-handed shakehand
| hrank = 15 (25 November 2024){{cite web|url=https://results.ittf.link/index.php/ittf-rankings/ittf-ranking-history/list/49|title=Ranking History|website=results.ittf.link|access-date=19 November 2024}}
| crank = 15 (22 April 2025) https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025_17_SEN_MS.html
| club = TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadthttps://ttcbergneustadt.eu/premiere-bei-der-wm-in-doha
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's table tennis}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Busan|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Nantes|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Cluj-Napoca|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Malmö|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Linz|Singles}}
}}
Benedikt Duda (born 4 April 1994 in Gummersbach) is a German table tennis player.
Biography
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.{{Cite web |title=UTT 2019: Germany's Benedikt Duda aims for adaptability in maiden stint as Olympic dreams burn bright-Sports News, Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/utt-2019-germanys-benedikt-duda-aims-for-adaptability-in-maiden-stint-as-olympic-dreams-burn-bright-7033381.html |website=Firstpost |date=22 July 2019|access-date=9 September 2023}}
In 2019 he won the European team championship and two years later he won it again.{{Cite web |title=Titles defended, Germany and Romania win in Nantes |url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/09/08/titles-defended-germany-romania-win-nantes/ |website=International Table Tennis Federation |date=8 September 2019|access-date=9 September 2023}}
At the 2022 World Team Championships, he won a silver medal after losing to China in the final.{{Cite web |title=China Crowned Champions, Curtain Closes at 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals |url=https://www.ittf.com/2022/10/09/china-crowned-champions-curtain-closes-2022-ittf-world-team-championships-finals/ |website=International Table Tennis Federation|date=9 October 2022|access-date=9 September 2023}} In 2023, he won a silver medal at the 2023 European Table Tennis Championships after losing the team final to Sweden.{{Cite web |title=Sweden Ends 21-Year Drought to Claim Men's Team Table Tennis Gold at 2023 European Championships in Malmö |url=https://www.ettu.org/en/n/news/2023/september/sweden-ends-21-year-drought-to-claim-men-s-team-table-tennis-gold-at-2023-european-championships-in-malmoe/|website=European Table Tennis Union|date=18 September 2023|access-date=5 July 2024}}
Singles titles
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year ! Tournament ! Final opponent ! Score ! Ref |
| 2021
|WTT Feeder Düsseldorf |{{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Robles |4–1 |
| 2022
|WTT Feeder Biella |{{flagicon|GRE}} Panagiotis Gionis |3–2 |
| 2024
|WTT Contender Mendoza |{{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Robles |4–3 |
References
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Category:German male table tennis players
Category:World Table Tennis Championships medalists
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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