Wang Hao is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He became the world champion in men's singles in Yokohama, Japan, in May 2009, defeating three-time World Champion Wang Liqin 4–0. His other notable accomplishments include being a three-time World Cup Champion in 2007, 2008 and 2010, a singles silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In January 2010, he was replaced by Ma Long as the #1 rank on the official ITTF world rankings. He was previously ranked #1 on the official ITTF world rankings for 27 consecutive months, from October 2007 to December 2009. In April 2011, he was again the top ranked male player in the world. He is known to execute the Reverse Penhold Backhand (RPB) with exceptional skill.
Richard Bergmann 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 considered to be one of the greatest players in history, only Viktor Barna has won more World Championship gold medals in singles.
Zoran Primorac 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 was number 2, in 1998.
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's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in even numbered years.
Mitsuru Kohno is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Milan Orlowski is a male former international table tennis player from Czechoslovakia.
Alexey Smirnov is a male table tennis player from Russia. Since 2003 he won several medals in doubles events in the Table Tennis European Championships. He also won the gold medal at the Europe Top-12 in 2005 at Rennes.
Ferenc Soos is a male former international table tennis player from Hungary.
Nobuya Hoshino was an international table tennis player from Japan.
Ken Konaka is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Huang Liang was a male Chinese international table tennis player.
Lu Yuansheng also Lu Yuan-sheng, is a male Chinese former international table tennis player and current coach.
István Boros was a male Hungarian international table tennis player.
Václav Tereba (1918-1990), was a Czechoslovak international table tennis player.
Ludvík Vyhnanovský (1927-2010) was a male Czech international table tennis player.
Jindřich Lauterbach was a male Czech international table tennis player.
Helmut Goebel was a male Austrian international table tennis player.
Elemér Gyetvai is a male former international table tennis player from Hungary.
Toshihiko Miyata is a Japanese former international table tennis player.
Fan Changmao is a male former Chinese international table tennis player.
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