List of naturalised Olympic table tennis players from China

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Wang Yuegu, Li Jiawei, and Feng Tianwei, who won Singapore's only medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, were all recruited from China through the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. SingaporeWomensTableTennisTeam-2008SummerOlympics-20080825-05.jpg
Wang Yuegu, Li Jiawei, and Feng Tianwei, who won Singapore's only medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, were all recruited from China through the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

Since table tennis was introduced to the Summer Olympics in 1988, only 38 table tennis players have represented China at the event. By contrast, at least 124 Chinese-born players have competed for other countries and territories. Table tennis is the only Olympic sport with over 30% of players representing an adopted country (more than double the rate for all other sports), and the vast majority hail from China. [1] This list includes Hong Kong players from mainland China but not foreign-born players of Chinese descent (e.g. the entire 2012 U.S. team: Timothy Wang, Ariel Hsing, Erica Wu and Lily Zhang), with the exception of Hui So Hung who was born in Indonesia but was already a Chinese citizen when she emigrated to British Hong Kong in 1978. [2]

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Male players

CountryPlayerOlympic appearances
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Liu Song 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Justin Han 2012
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Chris Yan 2016
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Ding Yi 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Qian Qianli 1996
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Chen Weixing 2004, 2008, 2012
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Wenguan Johnny Huang 1996, 2000, 2004
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shen Qiang 2008
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Wilson Zhang 2008
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Eugene Wang 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Wang Jianan 2016
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Tan Ruiwu 2008
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Lin Ju 2004, 2008, 2012
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Lo Chuen Tsung 1988, 1992, 1996
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Chan Kong Wah 1996
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Cheung Yuk 2000, 2004, 2008
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Leung Chu Yan 2000, 2004, 2012
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Ko Lai Chak 2004, 2008
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Li Ching 2004, 2008
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Tang Peng 2012, 2016
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Jiang Tianyi 2012
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Yang Min 2004
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Seiko Iseki 2000
represented China in 1988 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shu Arai 2004
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yo Kan 2008
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wang Zengyi 2012, 2016
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Li Ping 2016
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Gao Ning 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Yang Zi 2008, 2012
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Cai Xiaoli 2008
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Zhan Jian 2012
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Chen Feng 2016
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Wang Yang 2016, 2020
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain He Zhiwen 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Cem Zeng 2008
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Bora Vang 2012
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Ahmet Li 2016
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kou Lei 2008, 2016, 2020
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Chen Xinhua 1996
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States David Zhuang 1996, 2000, 2008
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cheng Yinghua 2000
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Feng Yijun 2016

Female players

CountryPlayerOlympic appearances
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ying Kwok 1992
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Shirley Zhou 1996, 2000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Stella Zhou 1996, 2000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jian Fang Lay 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Miao Miao 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Stephanie Sang 2008
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Vivian Tan 2012
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Ziyu Zhang 2016
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Liu Jia 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Li Qiangbing 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Gui Lin 2012
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Barbara Chiu 1992, 1996
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Geng Lijuan 1996, 2000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Chris Xu 2000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Xiao-Xiao Wang 2000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Zhang Mo 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Judy Long 2008
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Yang Fen 2008
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Han Xing 2012, 2016
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Tian Yuan 2012
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Wu Xue 2004, 2008
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Lian Qian 2008
Flag of France.svg  France Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou 1992, 1996
Flag of France.svg  France Xian Yi Fang 2008, 2012
Flag of France.svg  France Li Xue 2012, 2016
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Jie Schöpp 1996, 2000, 2004
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Qianhong Gotsch 2000
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Jing Tian-Zörner 2000
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Wu Jiaduo 2008, 2012
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Zhenqi Barthel 2008
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Han Ying 2016 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg , 2020
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Shan Xiaona 2016 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg , 2020
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Hui So Hung 1988
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Mok Ka Sha 1988
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui 1992, 1996
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Chai Po Wa 1992, 1996
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Song Ah Sim 2000
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Tie Ya Na 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Lau Sui Fei 2004, 2008
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Lin Ling 2004, 2008
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Jiang Huajun 2012
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Wenling Tan Monfardini 2004, 2008, 2012
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Chire Koyama 1996, 2000
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Taeko Todo 1996
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Dang Ye-seo 2008, 2012
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Seok Ha-jung 2012
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 2016
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Ni Xialian 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Li Jie 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Li Jiao 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Chunli Li 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Karen Li 2000, 2004
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Li Qian 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Xu Jie 2008
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lei Huang Mendes 2012
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Fu Yu 2016, 2020
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Shao Jieni 2016, 2020
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Jing Junhong 1996, 2000, 2004
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Li Jiawei 2000, 2004, 2008 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg , 2012 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Zhang Xueling 2004
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Feng Tianwei 2008 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg , 2012 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg , 2016, 2020
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Wang Yuegu 2008 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg , 2012 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Yu Mengyu 2016, 2020
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Zhou Yihan 2016
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Shen Yanfei 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Zhu Fang 2008
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Li Fen 2016
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Dai-Yong Tu 1996
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen Jing 1996 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg , 2000 Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg
represented China in 1988 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Xu Jing 1996, 2000
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen-Tong Fei-Ming 2000
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Melek Hu 2008, 2012, 2016
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Na Liu 2012
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Lily Yip 1992, 1996
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Amy Feng 1996
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wei Wang 1996
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Gao Jun 2000, 2004, 2008
represented China in 1992 Silver medal icon (S initial).svg
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Crystal Huang 2008
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wang Chen 2008
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wu Yue 2016
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Zheng Jiaqi 2016

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