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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.


Inclusion criteria

Only
table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
players included in the ITTF database who achieved at least one medal in one of the considered competitions can be listed here. A picture of players who achieved an Olympic gold medal in a single event is shown.


Other included information

The name of each player is preceded by the flag of all the countries for which the player has competed. Each player is listed with their achievements in the single event of the considered competitions. Members of the ITTF Hall of Fame are listed in bold.


Considered competitions and achievements

The considered competitions and the related achievements to be listed in this page are: *
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...
: gold, silver, and bronze medals in single events * World Table Tennis Championships: gold medal in single events * Table Tennis World Cup: gold medal in single events * Table Tennis European Championships: gold medal in single events *
Asian Table Tennis Championships The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament regarded as continental championships by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). From 1952 to 1972, the tournament was organized by the Table Tennis Federation of As ...
: gold medal in single events


Player index


A

* Ruth Aarons: winner of
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in 1936, 1937 * Fliura Abbate-Bulatova: winner of European Championships in 1988 * Ahn Jae-Hyung *
Maria Alexandru-Golopenta Maria Alexandru (née Golopența) (born 30 December 1939 in Plugova) is a former Romanian table tennis player. Table tennis career From 1957 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Cham ...
: winner of European Championships in 1966 *
Hans Alsér Hans Alsér (23 January 1942 – 15 January 1977) was a Swedish international table tennis player and later the head coach of West German (1971–1974) and Swedish (1974–1977) national teams. His nickname, Hasse (Alsér or Alser), was often us ...
: winner of European Championships in 1962, 1970 * Ivan Andreadis * Skylet Andrew *
Tiago Apolónia Tiago André Barata Feio Peixoto Apolónia (born 28 July 1986) is a Portuguese table tennis player for German club TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen and Portugal. As of August 2016, he is ranked the number eighteenth player in the world. Career Born i ...
* Mikael Appelgren: winner of World Cup in 1983; winner of European Championships in 1982, 1988, 1990 * Atanda Musa


B

*
Otilia Badescu Otilia is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Otilia Bădescu (born 1970), Romanian table tennis player * Otilia Cazimir (1894–1967), Romanian poet * Otilia Larrañaga, Mexican dancer and actress * Otilia Lux, Guatemala ...
: winner of European Championships in 2003 *
Bao Guio Wong Bik Yiu Baguio Wong Bik Yiu () is a former table tennis player from Hong Kong. From 1952 to 1956 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial ta ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1954 * Viktor Barna: winner of
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in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 * Chester Barnes * Csilla Batorfi: winner of European Championships in 1986 * Patrick Baum * Laszlo Bellak *
Stellan Bengtsson Stellan Bengtsson (born 26 July 1952) is a Swedish former table tennis player. He became the first Swede to win the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships in 1971.World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
in 1971; winner of European Championships in 1972 * Ulf Bengtsson: winner of European Championships in 1984 * Zoltan Berczik: winner of European Championships in 1958, 1960 *
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 co ...
: winner of
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in 1937, 1939, 1947, 1950 *
Buddy Blattner Robert Garnett "Buddy" Blattner (February 8, 1920 – September 4, 2009), was an American table tennis and professional baseball player. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the New York Giants. After his retir ...
* Timo Boll: winner of World Cup in 2002, 2005; winner of European Championships in 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 *
Tamara Boroš Tamara Boroš (born 19 December 1977) is a Croatian table tennis player. She is one of the relatively rare European players who competed at the highest level of the sport together with the players from the Far East. Boroš was born in a Hungari ...


C

* Cai Zhenhua: winner of Asian Championships in 1982 *
Hugo Calderano Hugo Marinho Borges Calderano (born 22 June 1996, in Rio de Janeiro) is a table tennis player from Brazil. In January 2022, he peaked at number 3 in the world rankings, becoming the greatest Americas player of all time. He is the first-ever pl ...
: bronze medalist at the
2014 Youth Olympic Games The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, ...
, two-time
Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is hel ...
champion *
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 ...
: winner of
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in 1983, 1985; winner of Asian Championships in 1978, 1982 * Cao Zhen *
Ulf Carlsson Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for " wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The ...
* Chen Jing: Olympic gold medal at Seoul 1988; Olympic silver medal at
Atlanta 1996 The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
; Olympic bronze medal at Sydney 2000 * Chen Longcan: winner of World Cup in 1986; winner of Asian Championships in 1988 *
Chen Pao-Poe Chen Pao-pei () is a former table tennis player from Taiwan. She won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament regard ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1953 *
Chen Qi Chen Qi may refer to: *Chen Qi (artist) (born 1956), Chinese/Singaporean oil painting and ink painting artist *Chen Qi (actress), Chinese actress *Chen Qi (baseball), Chinese national baseball team infielder, see China national baseball team *Chen Q ...
*
Chen Weixing Chen Weixing (Simplified Chinese: 陈卫星 Hanyu Pinyin: Chén Wèixīng, born April 27, 1972, Inner Mongolia, China) is an Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin. He has played for SVS Lower Austria for several years. Chen found it d ...
* Chen Xinhua: winner of World Cup in 1985 * Chen Zihe * Chiang Peng-Lung: winner of Asian Championships in 2000 *
Patrick Chila Patrick Antoine Edouard Chila (born 27 November 1969 in Ris-Orangis, Essonne) is a French table tennis player who has competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008. He won a bronze medal with Jean-Philippe Gatien in doubles at the 2000 Olympics ...
*
Choi Kyong Ja Choi Kyung-Ja also Choi Kyong-ja is a former international table tennis player from South Korea. Table tennis career From 1957 to 1964 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. She als ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1957 * Chuang Chih-Yuan


D

* Dang Ye-Seo * Deng Yaping: Olympic gold medal at
Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
; Olympic gold medal at
Atlanta 1996 The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
; winner of
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in 1991, 1995, 1997; winner of World Cup in 1996; winner of Asian Championships in 1994 *
Vlasta Depetrisova Vlasta may refer to: *Vlasta (given name) * Vlasta (mythology), a leader in the Maidens' War in Czech mythology * ''The Death of Vlasta ''The Death of Vlasta'' (Czech: Vlasty skon) is a 1903 opera by Otakar Ostrčil. The story concerns Vlasta, lea ...
: winner of
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in 1939 * Ding Ning: Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016; Olympic silver medal at London 2012; winner of
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in 2011, 2015 and 2017; winner of World Cup in 2011, 2014 and 2018; winner of Asian Championships in 2009 *
Ding Song Ding Song (; born 1971) is a former male Chinese people, Chinese table tennis player, he is famous due to his eccentric "modern defensive" style. He is best known for having defeated Peter Karlsson (table tennis), Peter Karlsson in the men's team ...
* Daniela Dodean * Žarko Dolinar *
Desmond Douglas Desmond Douglas MBE (born 20 July 1955 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 ...


E

* Tomie Edano: winner of Asian Championships in 1974 * Fujie Eguchi: winner of
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in 1957 *
Alojzy Ehrlich Alojzy "Alex" Ehrlich (1914 – 7 December 1992), also called "King of the Chiselers," was a Polish table tennis player, widely regarded as one of the best players in Polish history of this sport, who three times won silver in the World Tab ...
* Helen Elliot *
Silvija Erdelji Silvija Erdelji (Serbian Cyrillic: Силвија Ердељи, Hungarian: Erdélyi Szilvia; May 28, 1979 in Senta) is a Serbian table tennis player. She won 2 bronze medals, in singles and doubles, at the 2003 European Table Tenn ...


F

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Oxana Fadeeva Oksana Fadeyeva (born 16 March 1975) (née Kushch) is a Russian table tennis player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the first round of the singles competition. She competed in both singles Singles are people not in a com ...
*
Fan Ying Fan Ying (; born February 12, 1986) is a Chinese table tennis player. Career records Singles (as of July 31, 2010) * World Championships: round of 16 (2005). * Pro Tour winner (1): Polish Open 2009. Runner-up (3): German Open 2002; German Open ...
* Fan Zhendong * Fang Bo * Gizella Farkas: winner of
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in 1947, 1948, 1949 *
Jasna Fazlic Jasna may refer to: Places * Jasna, a village in Poland * Jasná, a village and ski resort in Slovakia Other uses * Jasna (given name), a Slavic female given name * JASNA, the Jane Austen Society of North America See also * Yasna Yasna (;< ...
* Feng Tianwei: Olympic bronze medal at London 2012 *
Steffen Fetzner Steffen Fetzner is a male former table tennis player from Germany. From 1989 to 2000 he won several medals in doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships, in the World Table Tennis Championships, and in the Table Tennis Wo ...
* Marcos Freitas *
Naoko Fukazu is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1964 to 1967 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. The ...
: winner of
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in 1965 * Ai Fukuhara


G

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Andrej Gacina Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: * Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman ...
*
Svetlana Ganina Svetlana Ganina (born 11 July 1978) is a Russian table tennis player. Since 2002 she won several medals in double and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships. She was qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, scheduled to play in t ...
* Gao Jun * Jean-Philippe Gatien: Olympic silver medal at
Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
; winner of
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in 1993; winner of World Cup in 1994 * Ge Xinai: winner of
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in 1979 * Gabor Gergely: winner of European Championships in 1978 *
Panagiotis Gionis Panagiotis Gionis (born 7 January 1980) is a Greek table tennis player and a dentist. He is a member in the Greece National Team and has competed in 4 Olympics and many World and European Championships. He has been playing professionally in Ger ...
* Sandor Glancz *
Qianhong Gotsch-He Qianhong Gotsch, born He Qianhong, is a former female table tennis player from Germany. She won two medals in singles, and team events at the Table Tennis European Championships in 2000. She also won several tournaments of the ITTF Pro Tour ...
: winner of European Championships in 2000 * Andrzej Grubba: winner of World Cup in 1988 *
Slobodan Grujić Slobodan Grujić (born July 24, 1973, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a male Serbian table tennis player. He plays for Fenerbahçe TT since 2007 and also played for ''Novi Sad TT'' in Serbia and ''TTV RE-BAU Gönnern'' in Germany. Major ach ...
*
Daniela Guergueltcheva Daniela Guergueltcheva (Bulgarian: Даниела Гергелчева) (born 20 May 1964) is a former female table tennis player from Bulgaria. In 1990 she won two medals in singles and mixed double events in the Table Tennis European Champion ...
: winner of European Championships in 1990 * Guo Yan: winner of World Cup in 2006, 2010; winner of Asian Championships in 2012 * Guo Yue: Olympic bronze medal at Beijing 2008; winner of
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in 2007 *
Guo Yuehua Guo Yuehua (Kuo Yao-Hua) is a former Chinese table tennis player. Table tennis career From 1976 to 1983, Yuehua won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, Table Tennis World Cup, and World T ...
: winner of
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in 1981, 1983; winner of World Cup in 1980, 1982; winner of Asian Championships in 1978


H

* Nobuhiko Hasegawa: winner of
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in 1967; winner of Asian Championships in 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974 *
Hao Shuai Hao Shuai (born October 1, 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese table tennis player. Career records Singles (as of May 13, 2010) * World Championships: QF (2005, 2007). * Pro Tour winner (3): Serbian Open 2007. China (Shanghai) Open 2008. Slovenian O ...
* Vilim Harangozo * He Zhili: winner of
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in 1987; winner of Asian Championships in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1996 * John Hilton: winner of European Championships in 1980 *
Miu Hirano (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won Women's World Cup in 2016 as the youngest ever winner. She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships by sweeping away three top Chinese players. She comp ...
: winner of the Women's World Cup in 2016, the first non-Chinese player to win the title *
Sayaka Hirano is a Japanese five-time national table tennis champion. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition, reaching the bronze medal final but losing to So ...
* Hong Cha-Ok *
Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg (born 4 January 1966) is a former female table tennis player from Netherlands. She won three medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships at Stuttgart in 1992. She also achieved ...
* Hugo Hoyama * Hu Melek *
Hu Yulan Hu Yulan also known as Hu Yu-lan (; 1945 – 18 October, 2021) was a female international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1972 to 1975 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tenn ...
: winner of
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in 1973 *
Wenguan Johnny Huang Wenguan Johnny Huang (born October 5, 1962) is a Chinese-born Canadian male former table tennis player. From 1991 to 2004 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the North American Table Tennis Championships. He won a br ...
* Hyun Jung-Hwa: Olympic bronze medal at
Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
; winner of
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in 1993


I

* Kasumi Ishikawa *
Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi 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. T ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1960 *
Shigeo Itoh is a male former table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1967 to 1975 he won eight medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. The eight meda ...
: winner of
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in 1969


J

* Roland Jacobi: winner of
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in 1926 *
Jiang Huajun Jiang Huajun (; born 8 October 1984) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. Career records Singles (as of September 4, 2015) *Olympic Games: Round of 16 (2012) *World Championships: Round of 16 (2009, 11, 13, 15). *World Cup appearances ...
* Jiang Jialiang: winner of
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in 1985, 1987; winner of World Cup in 1984; winner of Asian Championships in 1986 *
Jiao Zhimin Jiao Zhimin ( Chinese: 焦志敏; born December 1, 1963) is a Chinese-born naturalised- Korean former table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in women's singles and a silver medal in women's doubles at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. She wa ...
: Olympic bronze medal at Seoul 1988 * Jing Jun Hong * Kjell Johansson: winner of European Championships in 1964, 1966 * István Jónyer: winner of
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in 1975 * Joo Se-Hyuk * Jung Young-Sik


K

* Zoran Kalinić * Sharath Kamal: won gold medal at
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in 2006 *
Kang Hee-Chan Kang Hee-Chan ( Hangul: 강희찬, Hanja: 姜煕燦, born 10 May 1970) is a former table tennis player from South Korea. At the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics ...
*
Cláudio Kano Cláudio Mitsuhiro Kano (18 December 1965 – 1 July 1996) was a Japanese Brazilian table tennis player who helped popularize the sport in Brazil and "spearheaded Brazilian table tennis in the 1990s". Aged 17, he shared two gold medal, in me ...
* Aleksandar Karakašević * Peter Karlsson: winner of European Championships in 2000 *
Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi 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. T ...
*
Gerdie Keen Gerdie Keen (born 29 September 1969, Wageningen) is a Dutch professional table tennis player. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is the older sister of Trinko Keen. Career highlights ;Summer Olympic Games: :1996, Atlanta, women's sin ...
*
Istvan 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 ...
*
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. ...
: winner of
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in 1933, 1935 * Kim Hyang-Mi: Olympic silver medal at Athens 2004 * Kim Ki-Taik: Olympic silver medal at Seoul 1988 * Kim Kyung-Ah: Olympic bronze medal at Athens 2004 * Kim Min-Seok * Kim Moo-Kyo *
Kim Song-i Kim Song-i (; born 10 August 1994) is a North Korean table tennis player. As of November 2017, she is ranked 23rd in the world based on ITTF rankings. Kim plays a highly defensive style with plenty of slice, occasionally injecting pace with top ...
: Olympic bronze medal at Rio 2016 * Kim Taek-Soo: Olympic bronze medal at
Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
*
Kim Wan Kim Wan (born 27 March 1961) is a former table tennis player from South Korea. From 1984 to 1988, he won several medals in double events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. He also won a silver and a bronze medal in the Table Tennis World ...
* Koji Kimura: winner of Asian Championships in 1964 * Seiya Kishikawa * Tibor Klampár: winner of World Cup in 1981 *
Ko Lai Chak Ko Lai-chak (; born 10 May 1976 in Chancheng, Foshan, Guangdong, China) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong. He won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles alongside Li Ching. At the 2006 Asian Games he won two ...
* Eva Koczian: winner of European Championships in 1958, 1960, 1964 * Mitsuru Kohno: winner of
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in 1977; winner of Asian Championships in 1968 *
Stanislav Kolar Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...
: winner of
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in 1936 *
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 ...
: Olympic gold medal at Sydney 2000; winner of
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in 1995; winner of World Cup in 1995; winner of Asian Championships in 1994, 1996 * Toshiko Kowada: winner of
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in 1969, winner of Asian Championships in 1970 *
Kalinikos Kreanga Kalinikos Kreanga (born March 8, 1972) is a Greek (formerly Romanian) table tennis player. Born as Călin Creangă, he chose to defect from Communist-ruled Romania at the age of 17 (with his father) while he was participating in the European Ta ...


L

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Lau Sek Fong Lau Sek Fong (1929 – 6 May 2017) was a Hong Kong male table tennis player. From 1954 to 1957 he won two gold medals in singles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. See also * List of table tennis players This list of ta ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1957 * Johnny Leach: winner of
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in 1949, 1951 * Lee Chul-Seung * Lee Eun-Sil * Li Bun-Hui: Olympic bronze medal at
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* Li Ching *
Li Fen Li Fen (; born 25 August 1976) is a Chinese-born Swedish table tennis player. At the 2013 Table Tennis European Championships The 2013 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Schwechat, Austria from 4–13 October 2013. Venue for the ...
: winner of European Championships in 2013 *
Li Furong Li Furong (; born 1942 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese male table tennis player. He was a native of Zhejiang province starting to play table tennis at 15 and joined the national team in 1959. Li helped the Chinese men's team win four team tit ...
*
Li Huifen Li Huifen (; born October 14, 1963) is a Chinese table tennis player. She won a silver medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games in women's singles. She also won two English Open titles. In her 15-year athletic career, she won a total of ...
: Olympic silver medal at Seoul 1988 * Li Jiao: winner of European Championships in 2007, 2011 * Li Jiawei * Li Jie * Li Ju: Olympic silver medal at Sydney 2000; winner of World Cup in 2000; winner of Asian Championships in 1998 * Li Li: winner of Asian Championships in 1972 * Li Nan * Li Ping * Li Qian * Li Xiaoxia: Olympic gold medal at London 2012; winner of
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in 2013; winner of World Cup in 2008 * Liang Geliang: winner of Asian Championships in 1976 *
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 ...
: winner of
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in 1971 *
Lin Ling Lin Ling (; born 9 September 1977) is a table tennis player from China. She started competing for Hong Kong in 2002. Since 2000, she has won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships, the Table T ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 2000, 2005 * Erik Lindh: Olympic bronze medal at Seoul 1988 * Liu Guoliang: Olympic gold medal at
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; Olympic bronze medal at Sydney 2000; winner of
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in 1999; winner of World Cup in 1996 * Liu Jia: winner of European Championships in 2005 *
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 ...
: winner of World Cup in 2009, 2012; winner of Asian Championships in 2013 * Liu Wei * Lü Lin * Ilija Lupulesku * Lyle


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* Ma Lin: Olympic gold medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Cup in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 * Ma Long: Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016 & Tokyo 2020; winner of Asian Championships in 2009, 2012, 2013; winner of World Cup in 2012, 2015; winner of
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in 2015, 2017, 2019 * Ma Wenge: Olympic bronze medal at
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; winner of World Cup in 1989, 1992 * Judit Magos-Havas: winner of European Championships in 1974, 1978 * Mai Văn Hòa: winner of Asian Championships in 1953, 1954 *
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 ...
: winner of
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in 1959, 1963; winner of Asian Championships in 1963 * Adrien Mattenet *
Michael Maze Michael Maze (born 1 September 1981) is a professional table tennis player from Faxe, Denmark, in men's singles and doubles. In 2005 he was one of the top five left-handed players in the world. His strength was in his strong forehand loop and lo ...
: winner of European Championships in 2009 * James McClure * Zoltan Mechlovits: winner of
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in 1928 *
Maria Mednyanszky Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
: winner of
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in 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 * Erika Metzger * Jun Mizutani *
Cornelia Molnar Cornelia Molnar ( hr, Kornelija Molnar-Vajda, born 26 November 1983) is a Croatian table tennis player. She competed for Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X ...
* Martin Monrad * João Monteiro * Sachiko Morisawa: winner of
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in 1967 * Livia Mossoczy


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* Gool Nasikwala: winner of Asian Championships in 1952 *
Ni Xialian Ni Xia Lian (; born 4 July 1963) is a Chinese-born table tennis player who represents Luxembourg since 1991. She was born in Shanghai, and resides in Ettelbruck. Career Ni won team and mixed doubles gold medals for China in the 1983 World ...
: winner of European Championships in 1998, 2002 * Niu Jianfeng: winner of Asian Championships in 2003 *
Koki Niwa is a Japanese male table tennis player. He is the gold medalist at the 2010 Youth Olympics and he won the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2010 (doubles) and 2011 (singles). On 21 April 2012, he defeated Ma Long of China, World Ran ...
: two times world junior champion (2010 doubles, 2011 singles); several silver medals in doubles and in teams sections of the most important competitions


O

* Ichiro Ogimura: winner of
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in 1954, 1956; winner of Asian Championships in 1960 * Oh Sang-Eun * Yukie Ohzeki: winner of Asian Championships in 1968 *
Tomie Okawa Tomi Okawa (born 26 February 1932) is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Career From 1953 to 1961 Okawa won five medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. The five World Champions ...
: winner of
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in 1956 * Seiji Ono: winner of
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in 1979 * Milan Orlowski: winner of European Championships in 1974 *
Dimitrij Ovtcharov Dimitrij Ovtcharov (russian: Дмитрий Овчаров) or Dmytro Ovtcharov ( uk, Дмитро Овчаров; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis cha ...
: Olympic bronze medal at London 2012, winner of European Championships in 2013


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* Pak Yung-Sun: winner of
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in 1975, 1977 * Park Hae-Jung * Park Mi-Young * Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley: winner of European Championships in 1976 * Natalia Partyka * Rūta Paškauskienė: winner of European Championships in 2008 *
Veronika Pavlovich Veronika Pavlovich (Belarusian: ''Вераніка Паўлавіч''; born 8 May 1978) is a Belarusian table tennis player. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. She competed in doubles ...
*
Viktoria Pavlovich Viktoria Pavlovich ( be, Вікторыя Уладзіміраўна Паўловіч; Łacinka: Viktoryja Uładzimiraŭna Paŭłovič; born 8 May 1978) is a Belarusian table tennis player who plays for Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe SK. She wo ...
: winner of European Championships in 2010, 2012 * Gordana Perkucin * Fred Perry: winner of
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in 1929 *
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 latt ...
: winner of
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in 1991; winner of World Cup in 1991; winner of European Championships in 1986 * Margaryta Pesotska * Valentina Popova: winner of European Championships in 1980, 1984 * Georgina Póta *
Carl Prean Carl Lustig Prean (born 20 August 1967 in Ryde, Isle of Wight) is a former international table tennis player. He competed at the three Olympic Games. Table tennis career He is former England senior no.1 table tennis player, a feat he first achi ...
*
Zoran Primorac Zoran Primorac (born 10 May 1969) is a retired male table tennis player from Croatia. He is a two-time winner of the World Cup and one of only three table tennis players to have competed at seven Olympic Games. His highest ITTF world ranking w ...
: winner of World Cup in 1993, 1997 *
Gertrude Pritzi Gertrude Pritzi (15 January 1920 - 21 October 1968) was a female international table tennis player from Austria. Table tennis career From 1937 to 1953, she won fourteen medals in singles, doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Champio ...
: winner of
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in 1937, 1938


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Qi Baoxiang Qi Baoxiang is a female former international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1981 to 1985 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and four medals in the World T ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1980 * Qiao Hong: Olympic silver medal at
Barcelona 1992 The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
; Olympic bronze medal at
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; winner of
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in 1989; winner of Asian Championships in 1990 * Qiao Yunping * Qiu Zhonghui: winner of
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in 1961


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*
Rong Guotuan Rong Guotuan (; August 10, 1937 – June 20, 1968) was a Chinese table tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund, the first world championship winner representing the People's Republic ...
: winner of
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in 1959 *
Jörg Roßkopf Jörg Roßkopf (born May 22, 1969 in Dieburg, Hesse) is a former professional German table tennis player who is currently the head coach of the German Men's National Table Tennis Team. As a player, he won the title in Men's Doubles at the 198 ...
: Olympic bronze medal at
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; winner of World Cup in 1998; winner of European Championships in 1992 * Rosalind Rowe * Angelica Rozeanu: winner of
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in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 * Zoja Rudnova: winner of European Championships in 1970, 1972 *
Tan Ruiwu Tan Ruiwu (born 30 June 1983) is a Croatian table tennis player of Chinese origin. As of December 2012, he is ranked no. 48 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He is also left-handed, and uses the shakehand grip. T ...
*
Ryu Ji-Hae Ryu Ji-Hye ( Hangul: 류지혜, Hanja: 柳智恵) (born February 10, 1976 in Busan, South Korea) is a former female table tennis player from South Korea. External linksprofileRyu Seung-Min: Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004


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Jean-Michel Saive Jean-Michel Saive (born 17 November 1969) is a Belgian former professional table tennis. Saive competed at seven consecutive Olympics between 1988 and 2012, and he was also a winner in singles at European Championship 1994. Personal life Born ...
: winner of European Championships in 1994 *
Elizabeta Samara Elizabeta Samara (born 15 April 1989 in Constanța) is a professional Romanian table tennis and a three-time European champion. She is currently the player of CSA Steaua București. Samara previously represented Fenerbahçe SK. She has repr ...
*
Vladimir Samsonov Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonaŭ ( be, Уладзімір Віктаравіч Самсонаў, russian: Владимир Викторович Самсонов, born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player ...
: winner of World Cup in 1999, 2001, 2009; winner of European Championships in 1998, 2003, 2005 * Hiroji Satoh: winner of
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in 1952 * Werner Schlager: winner of
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in 2003 * Diane Scholer-Rowe * Jacques Secrétin: winner of European Championships in 1976 * Masako Seki: winner of Asian Championships in 1964 *
Seok Eun-Mi Seok Eun-Mi (born December 25, 1976) is a female South Korean table tennis player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of t ...
*
Shi Zhihao Shi Zhihao (; born September 26, 1959) is a male former table tennis player from China. He won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events at the 1980 Asian Table Tennis Championships. He also won a gold medal in the men's team event a ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1980 * Ferenc Sido: winner of
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in 1953 *
Agnes Simon Agnes Simon (''née'' Almási; 21 June 1935 – 19 August 2020) was an international table tennis player from Hungary. Personal life After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, she fled to Sweden to seek political asylum, together with her husband ...
: winner of European Championships in 1962 * Anna Sipos: winner of
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in 1932, 1933 * Kirill Skachkov * Alexey Smirnov *
Nikoleta Stefanova Nikoleta Stefanova (born 22 April 1984) is a Bulgarian-born female table tennis player competing for Italy. From 2003 she won several medals in single, double, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships. She competed at the 2008 ...
*
Mihaela Steff Mihaela Steff is a former female table tennis player from Romania. From 1998 to 2005, she has won two medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships, in the Table Tennis World Cup, and in the Table Tennis Euro ...
* Antun Stipančić * Ladislav Stipek *
Nicole Struse Nicole Struse (born 31 May 1971 in Haan, North Rhine Westphalia) is a German table tennis player, who won several national contests and reached round three with Elke Wosik in the Women's Doubles Competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She repre ...
: winner of European Championships in 1996 *
Suh Sui Cho Suh Sui Cho () was a male table tennis player from Hong Kong. From 1952 to 1957 he won one medal in singles, three medals in doubles, and three medals in team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Tennis Champions ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1952 * Sun Beibei *
Sun Jin Sun Jin ( Chinese: 孙晋; born March 13, 1980) is a Chinese table tennis player. She won a silver medal at 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in women's doubles, with Yang Ying. Further reading "Sun Jin Enters Top Eight at Table Tennis Qualifying To ...
* Dragutin Surbek: winner of European Championships in 1968 *
Christian Süß Christian Süß (born 28 July 1985 in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German table tennis player. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Süß won the silver medal as part of the German men's team, together with Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtch ...
*
Marie Svensson Marie Svensson (born 9 August 1967) is a female former international table tennis player from Sweden. Table tennis career From 1986 to 2000 she won seven medals in singles, and doubles events in the Table Tennis European Championships, and a bro ...
: winner of European Championships in 1994 * Matthew Syed * Miklos Szabados: winner of
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in 1931


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* Hiroshi Takahashi: winner of Asian Championships in 1963 *
Wenling Tan Monfardini Wenling Tan Monfardini (born 28 October 1972) is a Chinese-born naturalised Italian professional table tennis player. Biography Since 2003 she has won several medals in single, double, and team events at the Table Tennis European Championships ...
* Toshiaki Tanaka: winner of
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in 1955, 1957 * Tang Peng * Tang Weiyi: winner of Asian Championships in 1992 * Teng Yi: winner of World Cup in 1987 * Tian Yuan *
Tie Yana Tie Ya Na or Tie Yana (; born 13 May 1979) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China who won two silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the singles and doubles competitions. Tie played for China in the Universiade before emigrating to ...
* Elena Timina * Frantisek Tokar *
Bojan Tokic Bojan (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently found ...
*
Tong Ling Tong Ling (童玲) is a former female international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1980 to 1985 she won many medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table ...
: winner of
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in 1981 * Krisztina Tóth * Finn Tugwell


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* Ilona Uhlikova-Vostova: winner of European Championships in 1968


V

* Bohumil Vana: winner of
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in 1938, 1947 * Aljay Villena * Vera Votrubcova * Bela Von Kehrling * Thomas von Scheele * Bettine Vriesekoop: winner of European Championships in 1982, 1992


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*
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. ...
: Olympic gold medal at
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; Olympic silver medal at Sydney 2000; winner of
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in 1989, 1997; winner of World Cup in 1990; winner of European Championships in 1996 * Wang Hao: Olympic silver medal at Athens 2004; Olympic silver medal at Beijing 2008; Olympic silver medal at London 2012; winner of
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in 2009; winner of World Cup in 2007, 2008, 2010; winner of Asian Championships in 2003, 2007 * Wang Liqin: Olympic bronze medal at Athens 2004; Olympic bronze medal at Beijing 2008; winner of
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in 2001, 2005, 2007; winner of Asian Championships in 1998, 2005 * Wang Nan: Olympic gold medal at Sydney 2000; Olympic silver medal at Beijing 2008; winner of
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in 1999, 2001, 2003; winner of World Cup in 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007 * Wang Tao: Olympic silver medal at
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; winner of Asian Championships in 1990 * Wang Yuegu * Wei Qingguang *
Wu Jiaduo Wu Jiaduo (; born 19 September 1977) is a Chinese-born German table tennis player. Personal At age seven, Wu received specialised table tennis training. In 1995, she became the Zhejiang provincial champion. She enrolled at the East China Univer ...
: winner of European Championships in 2009 * Wu Yang


X

*
Xi Enting Xi Enting ( 3 January 1946 – 27 October 2019) was a male table tennis player from China. Xi was born in 1946 in Tangshan, Hebei, Republic of China. He trained at Baoding Amateur Sports School and entered the Chinese National Table Tennis Team ...
: winner of
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in 1973 * Xie Chaojie: winner of Asian Championships in 1992 *
Xie Saike Xie Saike (born 1961/62) is a male former table tennis player from China. He was the 1981 World Champion in mixed doubles. Career Xie won the 1982 Asian Games singles title in New Delhi, India. Xie was twice runner-up at these Cham ...
: winner of Asian Championships in 1984 * Xu Jie * Xu Xin * Xu Yinsheng


Y

* Yan An * Yan Sen * Yang Ying *
Yang Young-Ja Yang Young-Ja (; born July 6, 1964) is a retired female table tennis player from South Korea. Table tennis career She won gold medals in women's doubles at the 1987 ITTF World Championships and the 1988 Summer Olympics, together with Hyun ...
* Yoo Nam-Kyu: Olympic gold medal at Seoul 1988 * Yoon Jae-Young * Yoon Ki-Sook: winner of Asian Championships in 1967 * Kaii Yoshida * Yu Mengyu * Yu Sun-Bok


Z

* Ella Zeller *
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 Champio ...
* Zhang Jike: Olympic gold medal at London 2012; winner of
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in 2011, 2013; winner of World Cup in 2011 * Zhang Li: winner of Asian Championships in 1976 *
Zhang Xielin Zhang Xielin (born 1940) is a Chinese table-tennis player who carried the Olympic flag in 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. Table tennis career He was active in the 1960s and uses a rare pen-grip chopping style. Utilizing steady chops and ...
* Zhang Yining: Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004; Olympic gold medal at Beijing 2008; winner of
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in 2005, 2009; winner of World Cup in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005; winner of Asian Championships in 2007 * Zhuang Zedong: winner of
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in 1961, 1963, 1965


External links


Official ITTF webpage

Official ITTF statistics
for complete statistics of each player
ITTF Museum webpage

ITTF Museum webpage
for the official ITTF hall of fame


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Table Tennis Players
Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...