This page lists the members inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame – founded in 1993 – in the order as they appear in the official

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players and officers. To qualify for the ITTF Hall of Fame, an athlete must have won a minimum of five gold medals in Table Tennis World Championships,

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. For more detailed information, see the page of each player.

Inducted in 1993

Viktor Barna Viktor Győző Barna (Braun) (24 August 1911 – 27 February 1972) was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player as well as a record five times singles World Champion. He won 41 World Championship medals and also won 20 English Ope ...

Richard Bergmann Richard Bergmann (10 April 1919 – 5 April 1970) was an Austrian and British international table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total. He is cons ...

Laszlo Bellak Laszlo Bellak (February 12, 1911 – September 20, 2006) was a Hungarian and American table tennis player. Table tennis career He represented Hungary 59 times in international competition. He won 21 medals at the World Championships, seven of w ...

István Kelen Stephen Estaban Kelen OAM ( Hungarian: ''Kelen István''; 21 March 1912 – 1 May 2003) was a Hungarian-Australian sportsman, journalist, author, and playwright. He won seven gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships in the 1920s and ...

* James McClure: inducted as officer. *

Zoltán Mechlovits Zoltán Mechlovits (1891 – 25 March 1951 in Budapest) was a male former international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career From 1926 and 1929 he won eleven medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis ...

Miklós Szabados Miklós Szabados (7 March 1912 – 12 February 1962) was a Hungarian and Australian table tennis champion. Table tennis career Szabados was born in Budapest, Hungary on 7 March 1912. He first started playing table tennis when he was thirteen ...

Bohumil Váňa Bohumil Váňa (17 January 1920 in Prague – 4 November 1989 in Prague) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Table tennis career From 1935 to 1955 he won an incredible 30 medals in singles, doubles, and team events ...

Mária Mednyánszky Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis star. Table tennis career She became the first official women's world champion winning the women's singles event gol ...

Marie Kettnerová Marie Kettnerová (born in Prague on 4 April 1911; died in London on 28 February 1998) was a female Czech international table tennis player. Table tennis career She won an incredible 23 World Table Tennis Championships medals from 1933 to 1950. ...

Anna Sipos Anna Sipos (3 April 1908 – 1 January 1988) was a Hungarian international table tennis player. Table tennis career She won 21 medals in the World Table Tennis Championships Eleven of these were gold medals. including six consecutive women's dou ...

Věra Votrubcová Věra Votrubcová is a former female international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Table tennis career From 1936 to 1947 she won thirteen medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. She also won ...

Inducted in 1995

Ivan Andreadis Ivan Andreadis (3 April 1924 in Prague - 27 October 1992 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player. Table tennis career He won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships from ...

Ivor Montagu Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu (23 April 1904, in Kensington, London – 5 November 1984, in Watford) was an English filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, film critic, writer, table tennis player, and Communist activist in the 1930s. He helped to de ...

: inducted as officer. *

Ferenc Sidó Ferenc Sidó (18 April 1923 in Pata – 6 February 1998 in Budapest) was an ethnic Hungarian international table tennis player from Slovakia. Table tennis career From 1947 to 1961 he won 26 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Wor ...

Ladislav Štípek Ladislav Štípek (1925 in Prague – 13 February 1998 in Barcelona) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Table tennis career From 1947 to 1959 he won some medals in team events in the Table Tennis European Champions ...

František Tokár František Tokár (25 May 1925 in Veľké Chrašťany – 29 October 1993 in Bratislava) was a male international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia. Table tennis career From 1947 to 1957 he won ten medals in singles, doubles, and team eve ...

Angelica Rozeanu Angelica Rozeanu (née Adelstein) (15 October 1921 – 21 February 2006) was a Romanian table tennis player of Jewish origin, the most successful female table tennis player in the history of the sport, winning the women's world singles title 6 ye ...

Gizella Farkas Gizella 'Gizi' Farkas (18 November 1925 in Miskolc – 17 June 1996 in Vienna) was a female international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career From 1947 to 1960 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Tab ...

Ella Zeller Ella Zeller (married name Ella Constantinescu; born 26 November 1933) is a retired Romanian table tennis player, coach and administrator. From 1952 to 1964 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European ...

Inducted in 1997

Ichiro Ogimura was a Japanese table tennis player, coach, president of the ITTF and former World No. 1 who won 12 World Championship titles during his career. Ogimura was also a key figure in the Ping Pong Diplomacy events of the early 1970s, as well as bei ...

Johnny Leach John Alfred Leach MBE (20 November 1922 – 5 June 2014) was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game an ...

Toshiaki Tanaka was a Japanese international table tennis player. Table tennis career From 1955 to 1957 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. He also won an English Open title. The nine World Cham ...

Roy Evans Roy Quentin Echlin Evans (born 4 October 1948) is an English former footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool. He eventually rose through the coaching ranks to become the team manager. While predominantly plyi ...

: inducted as officer. * A.K. Vint: inducted as officer. *

Fujie Eguchi Fujie Eguchi (江口冨士枝, ''Eguchi Fujie''; 18 November 1932 in Nagasaki – 28 May 2021) was an international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1954 to 1959 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events i ...

Kimiyo Matsuzaki Kimiyo Matsuzaki (Japanese: 松崎キミ代, born June 18, 1938 in Takase, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1959 to 1963 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and te ...

Inducted in 1999

Zhuang Zedong Zhuang Zedong (Chuang Tse-tung; August 25, 1940 – February 10, 2013) was a Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events and a well-known political personality during ...

Lin Huiqing Lin Huiqing (; born 16 July 1941) also known as Lin Hui-ching is a former female international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1965 to 1971 she won eight medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table T ...

* Li Furong

Inducted in 2001

* Guo Yuehua *

Jiang Jialiang Jiang Jialiang (; born March 3, 1964) is a male former international table tennis player from China. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Table tennis career From 1982 to 1989 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the A ...

* Zhang Xielin *

Liang Geliang Liang Geliang () is a male former international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1971 to 1979 he won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis ...

Cao Yanhua Cao Yanhua () also Tsao Yen-hua is a Chinese former international table tennis player. Career From 1978 to 1985, Yanhua won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis ...

Nobuhiko Hasegawa was one of the best table tennis players worldwide from 1966 to 1974. Table tennis career From 1966 until 1974 he won five gold medals at world championships and two golds at the Asian Games. In total he won ten World Championship medals Hi ...

Inducted in 2003

Jan-Ove Waldner Jan-Ove Waldner (; born 3 October 1965),Jan-Ove Waldner profile.'' Swedish Table Tennis Federation in Sweden commonly ''J-O Waldner'' (, is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis."Bishop, G. ...

Jörgen Persson Jörgen Persson (born 22 April 1966, in Halmstad, Sweden) is a Swedish table tennis player. In two memorable World Table Tennis Championships finals he faced fellow Swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter ...

* Peter Karlsson * Wang Tao *

Deng Yaping Deng Yaping (; born February 6, 1973) is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. ...

* Wang Nan *

Ge Xinai Ge Xin'ai (; born 1953) is a former female international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1975 to 1979 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, and in the World ...

* Liu Wei

Inducted in 2005

Liu Guoliang Liu Guoliang (; born January 10, 1976) is a retired Chinese table tennis player who has won all titles at major world tournaments including World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games. He is the second man to achieve a career grand slam of ...

Wang Liqin Wang Liqin (; born June 18, 1978, Shanghai) is a retired Mainland Chinese table tennis player. As of January 2014, he is ranked 12th in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Ch ...

* Li Ju *

Qiao Hong Qiao Hong (; born November 21, 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei) is a former female Chinese table tennis player. She is now the coach of the women's national table tennis team and a member of the Chinese Olympic Committee. Table tennis career She won four ...

Zhang Yining Zhang Yining (; born 5 October 1981) is a Chinese table tennis player who retired in 2009. She is considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history. In terms of achievements, she is one of the most successful female table tenn ...

Inducted in 2010

Xu Yinsheng Xu Yinsheng (; born 12 May 1938 in Shanghai) is a male former table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1959 to 1965 he won seven medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. His seven Wor ...

: inducted as officer. *

Cai Zhenhua Cai Zhenhua (; ; born 3 September 1961 in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is a male former table tennis player from China. He is the vice Chairman and the Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the former deputy Director of ...

Kazuko Ito is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1959 to 1963 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. ...

* Trude Pritzi *

Hyun Jung-Hwa Hyun Jung-hwa (; born October 6, 1969 in Busan, South Korea) is a retired table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career National South Korean table tennis player Hyun Jung ...

Zhang Deying Zhang Deying (, born July 1, 1953) also Chang Te-ying, is a former international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1977 to 1981 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Champion ...

Kong Linghui Kong Linghui (; born October 18, 1975) is a male Chinese table tennis player. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 1996, Kong won the gold medal in the men's doubles co ...

* Ma Lin * Chen Qi * Wang Hao * Guo Yue

Inducted in 2013

Li Xiaoxia Li Xiaoxia (; born 16 January 1988) is a Chinese table tennis Grand Slam champion. Career She trained in the Jiangsu Wuxi Shanhe Club in Wuxi, China. Her trainer is Li Sun, who is also the mentor of Olympic gold medal winner Zhang Yining. As o ...

Ma Long Ma Long (; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player and the reigning Olympic singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand ...

Zhang Jike Zhang Jike (; born 16 February 1988) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men's singles at the Olympic games in London 20 ...

Inducted in 2016

Ding Ning Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in ...

Liu Shiwen Liu Shiwen (; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is a five-time World Cup champion, one-time World Champion, three-time ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champion and four-time Asian Cup champion. She is known to be one of the ...

* Xu Xin

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