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This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is available in the individual players' articles, and in the ITTF database.
Ma Long (Chinese: 马龙; pinyin: Mǎ Lóng; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, six-time Olympic champion, and three-time World Champion. He is the reigning World Cup singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, [10][11][12] he is the first and only male player to complete ...
Singles. Jan-Ove Waldner[a] (Swedish: [ˈjɑːn uːvɛ ˈvǎldnɛr]; born 3 October 1965), [1][2] in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner (Swedish: [ˈjiː uː]), is a Swedish former professional table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis." [3][4] A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China, [3] he is ...
China has been the most successful nation in Olympic table tennis, winning 66 medals (37 gold, 21 silver, and 8 bronze). Since 1992, Chinese players have won at least one medal in every event. At the 2008 Games, China achieved an unprecedented medal sweep in both the men's and women's singles tournaments, [6] and won both team tournaments.
ITTF Hall of Fame. This page lists the members inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame[1][2][3] – founded in 1993 – in the order as they appear in the official hall of fame maintained by the International Table Tennis Federation. [4] The ITTF Hall of Fame includes both table tennis players and officers. [5]
Lin trained in China along with members of the Chinese national team and other selected foreigners from late 2020 until early 2021. [14] His first international event was WTT Contender at World Table Tennis' inaugural event WTT Doha, where he reached the finals after defeating Quadri Aruna in the quarter-finals and Simon Gauzy in the semi-finals [15] before being upset by Dimitrij Ovtcharov in ...
Timo Boll (German pronunciation: [ˈtiːmo ˈbɔl], audio ⓘ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is currently ranked 23rd in the ITTF world rankings as of August 2024. [5] Boll is the most successful German table tennis player of all time, having won several medals ...
Desmond Douglas MBE (born 20 July 1955 [1] in Jamaica) is a British table tennis player. He lived and was brought up in the area of Handsworth, Birmingham, West Midlands. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was famous for his use of close to the table blocks on the backhand side, mixing pace with ...