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 multi ...

: 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 me ...

: 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 Asi ...

: 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: winner of

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

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

in 1966 * Hans Alsér: winner of

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

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

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. See also * List of table tennis players This list of t ...

: winner of Asian Championships 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 Op ...

: 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

in 1986 * Patrick Baum *

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 ...

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

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 in ...

: winner of

in 1984 * Zoltan Berczik: winner of

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 retir ...

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

in 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 * Tamara Boroš

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 The Americas, which are sometimes c ...

: 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: winner of

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 fe ...

* 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 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 Chen Longcan (, Pinyin: Chén Lóng-càn; born March 21, 1965) is a Chinese table tennis player. Table tennis career He won a gold medal in the men's doubles with Wei Qingguang in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. His seven World Championship me ...

: winner of

in 1986; winner of Asian Championships in 1988 * Chen Pao-Poe: winner of Asian Championships 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 it ...

Chen Xinhua Chen Xinhua (born 30 January 1960) is a former international table tennis player. He competed for Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Table tennis career He is from China, but obtained the British citizenship in 1990. From 1978 to 1992 ...

: 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 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: winner of Asian Championships 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

; winner of

in 1991, 1995, 1997; winner of

in 1996; winner of Asian Championships 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 w ...

: 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, th ...

; winner of

in 2011, 2015 and 2017; winner of

in 2011, 2014 and 2018; winner of Asian Championships 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 th ...

* Žarko Dolinar * Desmond Douglas

E

* Tomie Edano: winner of Asian Championships in 1974 * Fujie Eguchi: 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 Helen Elliot (20 January 1927 – 12 January 2013) was an international table tennis player from Scotland. Table tennis career Helen started playing table tennis aged 16. In 1946 she won the first of 13 consecutive Scottish Open women's sin ...

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

* 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 *

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 ...

: 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 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 W ...

Marcos Freitas Marcos André Sousa da Silva Freitas (born 8 April 1988) is a Portuguese table tennis player who has won European Table Tennis Championships, European Championships in singles, doubles, and team events. He participated at the Table tennis at ...

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

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 Fukuh ...

G

* Andrej Gacina * Svetlana Ganina * Gao Jun *

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 Pat ...

: Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 1993; winner of

in 1994 * Ge Xinai: winner of

in 1979 * Gabor Gergely: winner of

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 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 T ...

: winner of

in 2000 *

Andrzej Grubba Andrzej Stanisław Grubba (14 May 1958 – 21 July 2005) was a Polish table tennis player. Profile Grubba was born in Brzeźno Wielkie near Starogard Gdański. He was the recipient of numerous medals for the world competition in table tenni ...

: winner of

in 1988 * Slobodan Grujić * Daniela Guergueltcheva: winner of

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 Asian Championships 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 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 ...

: winner of

in 1981, 1983; winner of

in 1980, 1982; winner of Asian Championships 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 His ...

: winner of

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 Op ...

* Vilim Harangozo *

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 Asian Championships in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1996 * John Hilton: winner of

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 compe ...

: 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 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: 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 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

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 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 appearanc ...

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 ...

: winner of

in 1985, 1987; winner of

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 was a ...

: Olympic bronze medal at Seoul 1988 * Jing Jun Hong * Kjell Johansson: winner of

in 1964, 1966 * István Jónyer: 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 1 ...

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 ex ...

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* Kang Hee-Chan *

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 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 ...

* Peter Karlsson: winner of

in 2000 * Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi * Gerdie Keen *

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 195 ...

: winner of

in 1933, 1935 * Kim Hyang-Mi: Olympic silver medal at

Athens 2004 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

* Kim Ki-Taik: Olympic silver medal at Seoul 1988 * Kim Kyung-Ah: Olympic bronze medal at

* 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

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 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 is a male Japanese table tennis player. He paired with Jun Mizutani in men's doubles competitions, the duo won four consecutive national titles from 2007 to 2010. They also won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and two titles at th ...

* Tibor Klampár: winner of

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 m ...

* Eva Koczian: winner of

in 1958, 1960, 1964 * Mitsuru Kohno: winner of

in 1977; winner of Asian Championships in 1968 * Stanislav Kolar: winner of

in 1936 * Kong Linghui: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 1995; winner of

in 1995; winner of Asian Championships in 1994, 1996 *

Toshiko Kowada Toshiko Kowada (小和田敏子, ''Kowada Toshiko''; born 1949) is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1968 to 1971 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Ten ...

: winner of

in 1969, winner of Asian Championships in 1970 * Kalinikos Kreanga

L

* Lau Sek Fong: winner of Asian Championships in 1957 *

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 ...

: winner of

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

* Li Ching * Li Fen: winner of

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 3 ...

: Olympic silver medal at Seoul 1988 * Li Jiao: winner of

in 2007, 2011 * Li Jiawei * Li Jie * Li Ju: Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 2000; winner of Asian Championships in 1998 * Li Li: winner of Asian Championships in 1972 * Li Nan * Li Ping * Li Qian *

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 ...

: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2013; winner of

in 2008 *

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 Tenni ...

: 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 T ...

: winner of

in 1971 * Lin Ling: winner of Asian Championships in 2000, 2005 *

Erik Lindh Erik Lindh (born 24 May 1964, in Kungälv) is a former international Swedish table tennis player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul he finished in third place and won ...

: Olympic bronze medal at Seoul 1988 *

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 ...

: Olympic gold medal at

; Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 1999; winner of

in 1996 *

Liu Jia Liu Jia ( Chinese: 刘佳; born 16 February 1982 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese-born Austrian left-handed table tennis player. Early life From 1992 to 1995, Liu attended Shichahai Sporting High School in Beijing. Afterward she became a member ...

: winner of

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

in 2009, 2012; winner of Asian Championships in 2013 * Liu Wei * Lü Lin *

Ilija Lupulesku Ilija Lupulesku ( sr-cyr, Илија Лупулеску; born October 30, 1967) is a former Serbian and later American table tennis player who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in ...

* Lyle

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* Ma Lin: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 *

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 ...

: Olympic gold medal at

Tokyo 2020 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

; winner of Asian Championships in 2009, 2012, 2013; winner of

in 2012, 2015; winner of

in 2015, 2017, 2019 * Ma Wenge: Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 1989, 1992 *

Judit Magos-Havas Judit Magos-Havas (19 February 1951 — 18 October 2018), was a female international table tennis player from Hungary. Table tennis career From 1972 to 1982, she won eleven medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis Europ ...

: winner of

in 1974, 1978 *

Mai Văn Hòa Mai Văn Hòa (Hanoi, 1 June 1927 - Saigon, 14 May 1971) was a table tennis player from South Vietnam. From 1953 to 1957 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World Table Te ...

: winner of Asian Championships in 1953, 1954 * Kimiyo Matsuzaki: winner of

in 1959, 1963; winner of Asian Championships in 1963 * Adrien Mattenet * Michael Maze: winner of

in 2009 * James McClure * Zoltan Mechlovits: winner of

in 1928 * Maria Mednyanszky: winner of

in 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 *

Erika Metzger Erika Metzger was a German people, German international table tennis player. Table tennis career She lived in Berlin. In 1929 she and Mona Rüster won the first place medal for Germany in doubles in the World Championship, Table Tennis World Cha ...

Jun Mizutani is a retired Japanese table tennis player. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. His consecutive singles titles at the national championships from 2007 to 2011 made him the first man to win the event five times in ...

* Cornelia Molnar * Martin Monrad * João Monteiro * Sachiko Morisawa: winner of

in 1967 * Livia Mossoczy

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Gool Nasikwala Gool Nasikwala is a former table tennis player from India. In 1952, she won several medals in singles, and doubles events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Singapore. See also * List of table tennis players This list of table tennis ...

: 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 Tabl ...

: winner of

in 1998, 2002 *

Niu Jianfeng Niu Jianfeng (; born on April 3, 1981, in Baoding, Hebei) is a Chinese table tennis player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the ...

: 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 Rank n ...

: 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 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 be ...

: winner of

in 1954, 1956; winner of Asian Championships in 1960 *

Oh Sang-Eun Oh Sang-eun (; ; born April 13, 1977, in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. He is currently sponsored by the table tennis product company, Butterfly. His World Ranking had been in the top 10 since the 2005 World Champio ...

Yukie Ohzeki is a former international table tennis player from Japan. Table tennis career From 1971 to 1975 she won six medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships and seven medals in the Asian Table Tennis Champion ...

: winner of Asian Championships in 1968 * Tomie Okawa: winner of

in 1956 * Seiji Ono: winner of

in 1979 *

Milan Orlowski Milan Orlowski (born 7 September 1952 in Prague) is a former Czech table tennis player. He is a former representative of Czechoslovakia. vice-champion of the world, champion of Europe, meritorious master of sports and member of the Hall of Fame ...

: winner of

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

, winner of

in 2013

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* Pak Yung-Sun: winner of

in 1975, 1977 * Park Hae-Jung *

Park Mi-Young Park Mi-Young ( or ; born November 17, 1981 in Daegu, Republic of Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. She was part of the table tennis team that won a bronze medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Park currently plays for the Samsung ...

Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley Jill Parker-Hammersley-Shirley is a former female table tennis player from England. Table tennis From 1972 to 1982 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships and in the World Table Te ...

: winner of

in 1976 *

Natalia Partyka Natalia Dorota Partyka (born 27 July 1989) is a Polish table tennis player. Born without a right hand and forearm, she participates in competitions for able-bodied athletes as well as in competitions for athletes with disabilities. Partyka reach ...

* Rūta Paškauskienė: winner of

in 2008 * Veronika Pavlovich * Viktoria Pavlovich: winner of

in 2010, 2012 * Gordana Perkucin *

Fred Perry Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well ...

: winner of

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 latte ...

: winner of

in 1991; winner of

in 1986 * Margaryta Pesotska *

Valentina Popova Valentina Vadimovna Popova (russian: Валентина Вадимовна Попова) (born September 25, 1972 in Bratsk) is a Russian weightlifter who won two olympic medals: the silver medal in the 63 kg class at the 2 ...

: winner of

in 1980, 1984 *

Georgina Póta Georgina Póta (; born 13 January 1985 in Budapest) is a multiple European Champion table tennis player from Hungary. Career Póta was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest in 1985 and began practicing table tennis in 1990. Between 1994 and ...

* Carl Prean *

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 ...

: winner of

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

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 ...

: winner of Asian Championships in 1980 *

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 ...

: Olympic silver medal at

; Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 1989; winner of Asian Championships in 1990 * Qiao Yunping *

Qiu Zhonghui Qiu Zhonghui also known as Chiu Chung-Hui is a former international table-tennis player from China and won China's first women's world title in the World Table Tennis Championships of 1961. Table tennis career From 1956 to 1963 she won ten meda ...

: winner of

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

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 1989 W ...

: Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 1998; winner of

in 1992 *

Rosalind Rowe Rosalind Cornett (née Rowe) (14 April 193315 June 2015) was a British table tennis player who multiple competitions at the World Table Tennis Championships between 1951 and 1955. Table tennis career Rowe, and her twin sister Diane, were sele ...

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 ...

: winner of

in 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 * Zoja Rudnova: winner of

in 1970, 1972 * Tan Ruiwu *

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 South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in Eas ...

Ryu Seung-Min Ryu Seung-min (; born August 5, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from the Chinese ...

: Olympic gold medal at

S

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

in 1994 * Elizabeta Samara *

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

in 1999, 2001, 2009; winner of

in 1998, 2003, 2005 * Hiroji Satoh: winner of

in 1952 *

Werner Schlager Werner Schlager (born September 28, 1972 in Wiener Neustadt, Austria) is a table tennis player and former world champion from Austria. Career Schlager began playing table tennis when he was six years old, learning from his father, Rudolph Schl ...

: winner of

in 2003 *

Diane Scholer-Rowe Diane Schöler (née Rowe on 14 April 1933) is a retired table tennis player from England. In 1966 she married German table tennis player Eberhard Schöler, and since then competed for West Germany. From 1951 to 1972 she won several medals in ...

Jacques Secrétin Jacques Secrétin (; 18 March 1949 – 25 November 2020) was a French international table tennis player. He was selected for the French national team at the age of 13 and became one of the most successful table tennis players in French history. ...

: winner of

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 the ...

* Shi Zhihao: winner of Asian Championships in 1980 * Ferenc Sido: winner of

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

in 1962 *

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 do ...

: winner of

in 1932, 1933 * Kirill Skachkov * Alexey Smirnov * Nikoleta Stefanova * Mihaela Steff *

Antun Stipančić Antun "Tova" Stipančić ( Duga Resa, 18 May 1949 – Zagreb, 20 November 1991) was a highly accomplished Croatian / Yugoslav professional table tennis player. Table Tennis career He was one of the most renowned personalities in the history of ...

* Ladislav Stipek * Nicole Struse: winner of

in 1996 * Suh Sui Cho: winner of Asian Championships in 1952 *

Sun Beibei Sun Beibei (; born 28 January 1984 in Shandong, China) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former table tennis player. She occupies the 20th place in the ITTF women's world ranking, as of October 2011. Career records Singles (as of 31 July 2010) * ...

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

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 Timo Boll (, ; ...

* Marie Svensson: winner of

in 1994 * Matthew Syed * Miklos Szabados: winner of

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 China, Chinese-born naturalised Italy, Italian professional table tennis player. Biography Since 2003 she has won several medals in single, double, and team events at the Table Tennis European ...

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 Cha ...

: winner of

in 1955, 1957 *

Tang Peng Tang Peng (; born 4 February 1981 in Beijing, China) is mainland Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Hong Kong. He recently married Tie Yana, another Chinese-born table tennis player representing Hong Kong. As of December 2016 ...

* Tang Weiyi: winner of Asian Championships in 1992 *

Teng Yi Teng Yi () is a male former international table tennis player from China. Table tennis career From 1985 to 1989 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and five medals in the World Tab ...

: winner of

in 1987 * Tian Yuan * Tie Yana * Elena Timina * Frantisek Tokar * Bojan Tokic * Tong Ling: winner of

in 1981 * Krisztina Tóth *

Finn Tugwell Finn Tugwell (born 18 March 1976) is a Danish table tennis player who currently plays for Roskilde BTK. He paired up with Danish Michael Maze in doubles, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, beating the Russian pair Dmi ...

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Ilona Uhlikova-Vostova ''Ilona'' is a Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore. Its etymology is uncertain. A common theory is that Ilona is cognate with the Greek given name '' Helen''. Diminutive forms include ...

: winner of

in 1968

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* Bohumil Vana: winner of

in 1938, 1947 * Aljay Villena * Vera Votrubcova * Bela Von Kehrling *

Thomas von Scheele Thomas von Scheele (born March 13, 1969 in Bollnäs) is a left-handed Swedish table tennis player. He competed in the men's doubles event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in the double event of the World Table Tennis Champions ...

Bettine Vriesekoop Hubertina Petronella Maria "Bettine" Vriesekoop (born 13 August 1961) is a former table tennis player from the Netherlands. She was European champion in 1982 and 1992 individually and in 1982 in mixed doubles. She competed at the 1988, 1992 and 1 ...

: winner of

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

; Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 1989, 1997; winner of

in 1990; winner of

in 1996 * Wang Hao: Olympic silver medal at

; Olympic silver medal at

; winner of

in 2009; winner of

in 2007, 2008, 2010; winner of Asian Championships in 2003, 2007 *

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 ...

: Olympic bronze medal at

; Olympic bronze medal at

; winner of

in 2001, 2005, 2007; winner of Asian Championships in 1998, 2005 * 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: Olympic silver medal at

; winner of Asian Championships in 1990 *

Wang Yuegu Wang Yuegu (, ; born 10 June 1980) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player who was ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean table tennis player on the International T ...

Wei Qingguang Wei Qingguang, () later Seiko Iseki ( ja, 偉関晴光; born July 2, 1962) is a Chinese table tennis player. Table tennis player He won the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games in the doubles with Chen Longcan. Later he represented Japan and changed h ...

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

in 2009 *

Wu Yang Wu Yang (; born January 5, 1992) is a Chinese table tennis player. She won the gold medal in the team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament regarded as continen ...

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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

in 1973 * Xie Chaojie: winner of Asian Championships in 1992 * Xie Saike: winner of Asian Championships in 1984 * Xu Jie * Xu Xin *

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 ...

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* Yan An *

Yan Sen Yan Sen (阎森; born August 16, 1975) is a Chinese table tennis player. Major performances *1996 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - 1st doubles *1997 Yugoslavian Open - 1st doubles *1997 World Championships in Manchester - bronze singles *1998 Asian ...

* 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 Jun ...

* Yoo Nam-Kyu: Olympic gold medal at Seoul 1988 * Yoon Jae-Young * Yoon Ki-Sook: winner of Asian Championships in 1967 *

Kaii Yoshida Kaii Yoshida ( ja, 吉田海偉; zh, s=宋海伟, p=Sòng Hǎiwěi; born 16 May 1981) is a Chinese-born Japanese table tennis player who is ranked among the top fifty athletes in his sport. Yoshida started playing table tennis at the age of 7 in ...

Yu Mengyu Yu Mengyu (; born 18 August 1989) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Liaoning, China, Yu left China in 2006 at the age of 17 to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). She was part of the team that w ...

Yu Sun-Bok Yu Sun-bok (Hangul: 유순복; born August 2, 1970) is a former table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olím ...

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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 ...

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 ...

* Zhang Jike: Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2011, 2013; winner of

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 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 ...

: Olympic gold medal at

; Olympic gold medal at

; winner of

in 2005, 2009; winner of

in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005; winner of Asian Championships 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

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 ...