Benyamin Faraji
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| Born | 20 December 2009 Tehran, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SV Union Velbert[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Right-handed with a stylish playing style | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 132 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 137 [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[4] He repeated the feat a year later when he defeated world No. 2 Lin Shidong in the 2025 Championships.[5]
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. [6]
References
- ^ "صعود ۳۳ پلهای بنیامین فرجی در رنکینگ جهانی" [Benjamin Faraji's 33-step climb in world rankings]. snn.ir (in Persian).
- ^ "Senior Men's Singles 2026 Week #8".
- ^ "Profil Benyamin Faraji". mytischtennis.de (in German).
- ^ "Teen Sensation Faraji Ready to Light Up ITTF World Youth Championships 2024". ITTF. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "ITTF Tournament Results – TTE3166". ITTF Results. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "کسب مدال تاریخی برنز بازی های آسیایی توسط فرجی" [Faraji wins historic bronze medal at Asian Games]. irttf.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 21 November 2025.
External links
- Benyamin Faraji at World Table Tennis (ITTF)
- Benyamin Faraji at InterSportStats