This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official

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(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

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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 var ...

: gold, silver, and bronze medals in single events *

World Table Tennis Championships The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men ...

: gold medal in single events *

Table Tennis World Cup The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the rela ...

: gold medal in single events *

Table Tennis European Championships The European Table Tennis Championships is an international table tennis competition for the national teams of the member associations of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). First held in 1958, the ETTU organised the European Championships ever ...

: gold medal in single events * Asian Table Tennis Championships: gold medal in single events

Player index

A

Ruth Aarons Ruth Hughes Aarons (June 11, 1918 – June 6, 1980) was a US table tennis player, vaudeville entertainer, and talent manager. Early life Ruth Aarons was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Leila (née Hughes), an opera singer, and Alfred E. Aaron ...

: winner of

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 1936, 1937 *

Fliura Abbate-Bulatova Fliura Abbate-Bulatova is a former Soviet and then Italian table tennis player. Born in 1963 in Uzbekistan, then part of USSR, her main achievement has been the gold medal in the single competition at the Table Tennis European Championships in 19 ...

: 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 Champio ...

: 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 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 ...

Skylet Andrew Skylet Andrew (born 31 March 1962), often known as Sky Andrew, is an English former Olympian who won three gold medals at the 1989 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships and was the first Black British sports agent. Biography Andrew was born ...

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 Kent Mikael Appelgren (born 15 October 1961 in Stockholm) is a Swedish former table tennis player. Table tennis career He was 4-times World Table Tennis Championships, World Champion, 9-times Table Tennis European Championships, European Champi ...

: winner of

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

in 1983; winner of European Championships in 1982, 1988, 1990 *

Atanda Musa Atanda Ganiyu Musa (born 3 February 1960) is a Nigerian table tennis player. He represented Nigeria at two Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992, taking part in both the singles and doubles events. He was once ranked 20th in the world at his peak. ...

B

* Otilia Badescu: winner of European Championships in 2003 * Bao Guio Wong Bik Yiu: winner of

Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics * Asia ...

in 1954 *

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 O ...

: winner of

in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 *

Chester Barnes George "Chester" Barnes (27 January 1947 – 18 March 2021) was an English table tennis champion, who was England No. 1 player for many years during the 1960s and 1970s. When he retired from professional table tennis he took up a post with the ...

Csilla Batorfi Csilla () is a Hungarian feminine given name that comes from the Hungarian word ''csillag'', literally meaning ''star''. The name may refer to people: * Csilla Balázs (born 1996), Hungarian–Romanian footballer *Csilla Bátorfi (born 1969), Hun ...

: winner of European Championships in 1986 * Patrick Baum *

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

* Stellan Bengtsson: winner of

in 1971; winner of European Championships in 1972 *

Ulf Bengtsson Ulf Bengtsson (26 January 1960 – 17 March 2019) was a Swedish table tennis player and coach. From 1983 to 1988 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events at the European Championships, two silver medals with the Swedish team i ...

: 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 cons ...

: winner of

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 reti ...

Timo Boll Timo Boll (, ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is ranked second in the German Table Tennis National League, and fifteen in the ITTF world rankings as of October 20 ...

: winner of

in 2002, 2005; winner of European Championships in 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 * Tamara Boroš

C

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 ...

: winner of

in 1982 * Hugo Calderano: 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 held ...

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

in 1983, 1985; winner of

in 1978, 1982 *

Cao Zhen Cao Zhen (died April or May 231), courtesy name Zidan, was a military general of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was an adopted son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power in the late Eastern Han dynasty and l ...

* Ulf Carlsson * Chen Jing: Olympic gold medal at

Seoul 1988 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

; Olympic silver medal at Atlanta 1996; Olympic bronze medal at

Sydney 2000 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

* Chen Longcan: winner of

in 1986; winner of

in 1988 * Chen Pao-Poe: winner of

in 1953 * Chen Qi *

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 i ...

* Chen Xinhua: winner of

in 1985 *

Chen Zihe Chen Zihe (; born 29 February 1968) is a Chinese international table tennis player. Table tennis career She won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's double event with Gao Jun. She has won six World Championship meda ...

Chiang Peng-Lung Chiang Peng-lung (; born 24 July 1976, in Penghu) is a Taiwanese male professional table tennis player. Career highlights Singles (as of August 15, 2010) * Olympics: round of 16 (2000, 04). * World Championships: SF (2001). * World Cup appeara ...

: winner of

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. H ...

* Choi Kyong Ja: winner of

in 1957 *

Chuang Chih-Yuan Chuang Chih-yuan (; born 2 April 1981) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2002 and doubles title at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. He participated in the Summer Olympics five times, making ...

D

* Dang Ye-Seo *

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. ...

: 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; winner of

in 1991, 1995, 1997; winner of

in 1996; winner of

in 1994 * Vlasta Depetrisova: winner of

in 1939 *

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 ...

: Olympic gold medal at

Rio 2016 ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

; Olympic silver medal at

London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

; winner of

in 2011, 2015 and 2017; winner of

in 2011, 2014 and 2018; winner of

in 2009 * Ding Song *

Daniela Dodean Daniela Monteiro, née Dodean (born January 13, 1988 in Arad), is a Romanian professional table tennis player and European champion. She competed for Romania in the women's singles and team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the women's singles at t ...

* Žarko Dolinar * Desmond Douglas

E

Tomie Edano is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1973 to 1976 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and in the Asian Table Tennis Championships. ...

: winner of

in 1974 *

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 ...

: winner of

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 Tabl ...

* Helen Elliot * Silvija Erdelji

F

* Oxana Fadeeva * Fan Ying *

Fan Zhendong Fan Zhendong (; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 for men's singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team i ...

Fang Bo Fang Bo (; born November 6, 1992) is a Chinese male table tennis player. In 2002, Fang Bo became a member of the Shandong Luneng table tennis club. In 2009, he joined the China national table tennis first team. In the same year December 2009, h ...

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 Ta ...

: winner of

in 1947, 1948, 1949 * Jasna Fazlic *

Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei (, ) is a Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Harbin, China, she permanently moved to Singapore at the age of 20 under the former Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competi ...

: Olympic bronze medal at

* Steffen Fetzner * Marcos Freitas * Naoko Fukazu: winner of

in 1965 *

Ai Fukuhara is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic medalist, winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Japanese women's team. She is sponsored by All Nippon Airways. Table tennis career Fuk ...

G

* Andrej Gacina * Svetlana Ganina *

Gao Jun Gao Jun (; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player. Biography Gao Jun was born in Baoding, Hebei province of China. She now resides in Southern California. She is the owner of California Table Tennis club in Rosemead, ...

Jean-Philippe Gatien Jean-Philippe Gatien (, born 16 October 1968 in Alès, France) is a retired French table tennis player. He competed at four Olympics from 1988 to 2000, winning silver in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and bronze in doubles (with Patri ...

: Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 1993; winner of

in 1994 *

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 ...

: winner of

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 Germa ...

* Sandor Glancz * Qianhong Gotsch-He: winner of European Championships in 2000 * Andrzej Grubba: winner of

in 1988 * Slobodan Grujić * Daniela Guergueltcheva: winner of European Championships in 1990 *

Guo Yan Guo Yan (, born June 24, 1982 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese table tennis player. Two-time winner of World Cup in 2006 and 2010. In February 2011, she ranked 2nd in the ITTF world ranking. Career records Singles (as of February 3, 2011) *Worl ...

: winner of

in 2006, 2010; winner of

in 2012 * Guo Yue: Olympic bronze medal at

Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

; winner of

in 2007 * Guo Yuehua: winner of

in 1981, 1983; winner of

in 1980, 1982; winner of

in 1978

H

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 ...

: winner of

in 1967; winner of

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 Op ...

Vilim Harangozo Vilim Harangozo ( hu, Harangozó Vilim, sr-cyr, Вилим Харангозо) was an ethnic Hungarian male former table tennis player from Yugoslavia. Table tennis career From 1951 to 1958 Harangozo won several medals in singles, doubles, an ...

He Zhili He Zhili (; born 30 September 1964 in Shanghai),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 1987; winner of

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 Hong Cha-Ok (Hangul: 홍차옥, Hanja: 洪次玉) (born March 10, 1970 in Gunwi County, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea) is a former female table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

* Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg *

Hugo Hoyama Hugo Hoyama (born May 9, 1969) is a retired Brazilian table tennis player of Japanese origin who has won several medals in single, double and team events in the Latin American Table Tennis Championships. Along with Gustavo Tsuboi and Thiago M ...

* 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 Ten ...

: winner of

in 1973 * Wenguan Johnny Huang *

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 Jun ...

: Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 1993

I

Kasumi Ishikawa (born 23 February 1993) is a Japanese table tennis player. A regular member of the Japanese national team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

* Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi: winner of

in 1960 * Shigeo Itoh: winner of

in 1969

J

Roland Jacobi Roland Jacobi (9 March 1893 – 22 May 1951) was a male international table tennis player from Hungary. He was the first ever men's singles world champion at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships and won six medals in singles, doubles and t ...

: winner of

in 1926 * Jiang Huajun * Jiang Jialiang: winner of

in 1985, 1987; winner of

in 1984; winner of

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 was ...

: Olympic bronze medal at

* Jing Jun Hong * Kjell Johansson: winner of European Championships in 1964, 1966 *

István Jónyer István Jónyer (born 4 August 1950 in Miskolc) is a male former international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career He was one of the most dominant players of the sport in the 1970s and famous for inventing the sidespin loop sho ...

: winner of

in 1975 *

Joo Se-Hyuk Joo Sae-hyuk (, ; born 20 January 1980) is a South Korean table tennis player. As a singles player, he was a silver medalist at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships, a bronze medalist at the 2011 Table Tennis World Cup, and a bronze medali ...

Jung Young-Sik Jeoung Young-sik (also Jeong or Jung, ko, 정영식, born 20 January 1992) is a South Korean 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 ...

K

Zoran Kalinić Zoran Kalinić (born 20 July 1958) is a Serbian retired table tennis player who represented SFR Yugoslavia (1976–1991) and FR Yugoslavia (1991–1998). Table tennis career He began playing table tennis in 1969. He turned pro in 1976. He won 15 ...

Sharath Kamal Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian professional table tennis player. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight-time National Champion Kam ...

: won gold medal at

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

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* Kang Hee-Chan * Cláudio Kano *

Aleksandar Karakašević Aleksandar Karakašević ( sr-cyr, Александар Каракашевић; born 9 December 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal a ...

* Peter Karlsson: winner of European Championships in 2000 * Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi * Gerdie Keen * Istvan Kelen * Marie Kettnerová: winner of

in 1933, 1935 * Kim Hyang-Mi: Olympic silver medal at Athens 2004 * Kim Ki-Taik: Olympic silver medal at

* Kim Kyung-Ah: Olympic bronze medal at Athens 2004 * Kim Min-Seok * Kim Moo-Kyo * Kim Song-i: Olympic bronze medal at

Kim Taek-Soo Kim Taek-Soo (Hangul: 김택수, Hanja: 金擇洙) (born May 25, 1970) is a former table tennis player from South Korea. He used a one-sided penhold style, compared to the newer style of reverse-backhand looping that has become the Chinese penh ...

: Olympic bronze medal at

* Kim Wan * Koji Kimura: winner of

in 1964 * Seiya Kishikawa * Tibor Klampár: winner of

in 1981 * Ko Lai Chak * Eva Koczian: winner of European Championships in 1958, 1960, 1964 * Mitsuru Kohno: winner of

in 1977; winner of

in 1968 * Stanislav Kolar: winner of

in 1936 * Kong Linghui: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 1995; winner of

in 1994, 1996 * Toshiko Kowada: winner of

in 1969, winner of

in 1970 * Kalinikos Kreanga

L

* Lau Sek Fong: winner of

in 1957 * Johnny Leach: winner of

in 1949, 1951 * Lee Chul-Seung * Lee Eun-Sil * Li Bun-Hui: Olympic bronze medal at

* Li Ching (table tennis), Li Ching * Li Fen: winner of European Championships in 2013 * Li Furong * Li Huifen: Olympic silver medal at

* Li Jiao (table tennis), Li Jiao: winner of European Championships in 2007, 2011 * Li Jiawei * Li Jie (table tennis), Li Jie * Li Ju (table tennis), Li Ju: Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 2000; winner of

in 1998 * Li Li (table tennis), Li Li: winner of

in 1972 * Li Nan (table tennis), Li Nan * Li Ping (table tennis), Li Ping * Li Qian (Polish table tennis), Li Qian * Li Xiaoxia: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2013; winner of

in 2008 * Liang Geliang: winner of

in 1976 * Lin Huiqing: winner of

in 1971 * Lin Ling: winner of

in 2000, 2005 * Erik Lindh: Olympic bronze medal at

* Liu Guoliang: Olympic gold medal at Atlanta 1996; Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 1999; winner of

in 1996 * Liu Jia: winner of European Championships in 2005 * Liu Shiwen: winner of

in 2009, 2012; winner of

in 2013 * Liu Wei (table tennis), Liu Wei * Lü Lin (table tennis), Lü Lin * Ilija Lupulesku * Lyle

M

* Ma Lin (table tennis), Ma Lin: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 * Ma Long (table tennis), Ma Long: Olympic gold medal at

& Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo 2020; winner of

in 2009, 2012, 2013; winner of

in 2012, 2015; winner of 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, World Championships in 2015, 2017, 2019 * Ma Wenge: Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 1989, 1992 * Judit Magos-Havas: winner of European Championships in 1974, 1978 * Mai Văn Hòa: winner of

in 1953, 1954 * Kimiyo Matsuzaki: winner of

in 1959, 1963; winner of

in 1963 * Adrien Mattenet * Michael Maze: winner of European Championships in 2009 * James McClure (table tennis), James McClure * Zoltan Mechlovits: winner of

in 1928 * Maria Mednyanszky: winner of

in 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 * Erika Metzger * Jun Mizutani * Cornelia Molnar * Martin Monrad * João Monteiro (table tennis), João Monteiro * Sachiko Morisawa: winner of

in 1967 * Livia Mossoczy

N

* Gool Nasikwala: winner of

in 1952 * Ni Xialian: winner of European Championships in 1998, 2002 * Niu Jianfeng: winner of

in 2003 * Koki Niwa: 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

in 1954, 1956; winner of

in 1960 * Oh Sang-Eun * Yukie Ohzeki: winner of

in 1968 * Tomie Okawa: winner of

in 1956 * Seiji Ono: winner of

in 1979 * Milan Orlowski: winner of European Championships in 1974 * Dimitrij Ovtcharov: Olympic bronze medal at

, winner of European Championships in 2013

P

* Pak Yung-Sun: winner of

in 1975, 1977 * Park Hae-jung (table tennis), 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 * Viktoria Pavlovich: winner of European Championships in 2010, 2012 * Gordana Perkucin * Fred Perry: winner of

in 1929 * Jörgen Persson: winner of

in 1991; winner of

in 1991; winner of European Championships in 1986 * Margaryta Pesotska * Valentina Popova (table tennis), Valentina Popova: winner of European Championships in 1980, 1984 * Georgina Póta * Carl Prean * Zoran Primorac: winner of

in 1993, 1997 * Gertrude Pritzi: winner of

in 1937, 1938

Q

* Qi Baoxiang: winner of

in 1980 * Qiao Hong: Olympic silver medal at

; Olympic bronze medal at Atlanta 1996; winner of

in 1989; winner of

in 1990 * Qiao Yunping * Qiu Zhonghui: winner of

in 1961

R

* Rong Guotuan: winner of

in 1959 * Jörg Roßkopf: Olympic bronze medal at Atlanta 1996; winner of

in 1998; winner of European Championships in 1992 * Rosalind Rowe * Angelica Rozeanu: winner of

in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 * Zoja Rudnova: winner of European Championships in 1970, 1972 * Tan Ruiwu * Ryu Ji-Hae * Ryu Seung-Min: Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004

S

* Jean-Michel Saive: winner of European Championships in 1994 * Elizabeta Samara * Vladimir Samsonov: winner of

in 1999, 2001, 2009; winner of European Championships in 1998, 2003, 2005 * Hiroji Satoh: winner of

in 1952 * Werner Schlager: winner of

in 2003 * Diane Scholer-Rowe * Jacques Secrétin: winner of European Championships in 1976 * Masako Seki: winner of

in 1964 * Seok Eun-Mi * Shi Zhihao: winner of

in 1980 * Ferenc Sido: winner of

in 1953 * Agnes Simon: winner of European Championships in 1962 * Anna Sipos: winner of

in 1932, 1933 * Kirill Skachkov * Alexey Smirnov (table tennis), Alexey Smirnov * Nikoleta Stefanova * Mihaela Steff * Antun Stipančić * Ladislav Stipek * Nicole Struse: winner of European Championships in 1996 * Suh Sui Cho: winner of

in 1952 * Sun Beibei * Sun Jin * Dragutin Surbek: winner of European Championships in 1968 * Christian Süß * Marie Svensson: winner of European Championships in 1994 * Matthew Syed * Miklos Szabados: winner of

in 1931

T

* Hiroshi Takahashi (table tennis), Hiroshi Takahashi: winner of

in 1963 * Wenling Tan Monfardini * Toshiaki Tanaka: winner of

in 1955, 1957 * Tang Peng * Tang Weiyi: winner of

in 1992 * Teng Yi: winner of

in 1987 * Tian Yuan (table tennis), Tian Yuan * Tie Yana * Elena Timina * Frantisek Tokar * Bojan Tokic * Tong Ling (table tennis), Tong Ling: winner of

in 1981 * Krisztina Tóth (table tennis), Krisztina Tóth * Finn Tugwell

U

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

V

* Bohumil Vana: winner of

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

W

* Jan-Ove Waldner: Olympic gold medal at

; Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 1989, 1997; winner of

in 1990; winner of European Championships in 1996 * Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983), Wang Hao: Olympic silver medal at Athens 2004; Olympic silver medal at

; Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 2009; winner of

in 2007, 2008, 2010; winner of

in 2003, 2007 * Wang Liqin: Olympic bronze medal at Athens 2004; Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 2001, 2005, 2007; winner of

in 1998, 2005 * Wang Nan (table tennis), Wang Nan: Olympic gold medal at

; Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 1999, 2001, 2003; winner of

in 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007 * Wang Tao (table tennis), Wang Tao: Olympic silver medal at Atlanta 1996; winner of

in 1990 * Wang Yuegu * Wei Qingguang * Wu Jiaduo: winner of European Championships in 2009 * Wu Yang

X

* Xi Enting: winner of

in 1973 * Xie Chaojie: winner of

in 1992 * Xie Saike: winner of

in 1984 * Xu Jie (table tennis), Xu Jie * Xu Xin (table tennis), Xu Xin * Xu Yinsheng

Y

* Yan An (table tennis), Yan An * Yan Sen * Yang Ying (table tennis, born 1977), Yang Ying * Yang Young-Ja * Yoo Nam-Kyu: Olympic gold medal at

* Yoon Jae-Young * Yoon Ki-Sook: winner of

in 1967 * Kaii Yoshida * Yu Mengyu * Yu Sun-Bok

Z

* Ella Zeller * Zhang Deying * Zhang Jike: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2011, 2013; winner of

in 2011 * Zhang Li (table tennis), Zhang Li: winner of

in 1976 * Zhang Xielin * Zhang Yining: Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004; Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2005, 2009; winner of

in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005; winner of

in 2007 * Zhuang Zedong: winner of

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 Lists of sportspeople by sport, Table tennis Lists of table tennis players,