Daniel Habesohn (born 22 July 1986) is an Austrian table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][3] Habesohn competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, upsetting Japanese player and number 15 seed Kenta Matsudaira but he then went on to lose to number 33 seed Lin Gaoyuan. He teamed with Robert Gardos in the men's doubles event, losing in the first round in a close match with the Belarusian duo of Vladimir Samsonov and Pavel Platonov.

Daniel Habesohn
Personal information
Born (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 37)
Vienna, Austria[1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand
Highest ranking27 (August 2019)[2]
Current ranking64 (21 August 2023)
ClubPost SV Mühlhausen
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Austria
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Herning Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yekaterinburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Alicante Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Schwechat Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yekaterinburg Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Saint Petersburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Team
Habesohn in 2008

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed as part of the Austrian team in the men's team event.[1] Later, in the 2020 Summer Olympics, he participated in the men's singles event where he received a bye in the first round, defeated Clarence Chew in the second round, but eventually lost to Marcos Freitas in the third round.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Daniel Habesohn". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ranking History". International Table Tennis Federation.
  3. ^ a b "Daniel HABESOHN Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15.