Jan-Ove Waldner,in Sweden commonly J-O Waldner,is a Swedish former professional table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis." A sporting legend in his native Sweden as well as in China,he is known in China as 老瓦Lǎo Wǎ or 常青树Cháng Qīng Shù,because of his extraordinary longevity and competitiveness.
Jing Junhong,also stylized as Jing Jun Hong,is a Chinese-born Singaporean former professional table tennis player. Born in Shanghai,she was a highly ranked player in China before she moved to Singapore with her husband,Singaporean table tennis player Loy Soo Han,whom she married in 1992. She represented Singapore in sporting events starting in the 1990s,and was naturalized as a Singaporean citizen in 1994. After retiring as a player,she served as deputy head coach,then as head coach,of the women's national table tennis team,before being reassigned to leading the country's table tennis youth development program in late 2015.
Wang Nan is a female Chinese table tennis player from Liaoning. Wang was ranked world #1 on the ITTF ranking system from January 1999 to November 2002. She is left-handed,and began playing table tennis when she was seven years old. Her particular skills are changing the placement of the ball during rallies and her loop drive,as well as her notable speed. Wang has been the leader of the women's table-tennis team of China after Deng Yaping's retirement. In terms of achievements,she is one of the most successful female table tennis players having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis World Cup,the Table Tennis World Championships,and the Olympic Games.
China's participation in the Olympic games is relatively recent. The People's Republic of China sent its first full athletic delegation to the Summer Olympic Games in the 1984 Summer Olympics which was held in Los Angeles,United States.
Li Xiaoxia is a Chinese table tennis Grand Slam champion.
Liu Guoliang is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He is the first Chinese male player to achieve a career grand slam of three majors. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest players and coaches of all time. He has also played with Kong Linghui in doubles.
Chen Longcan is a Chinese table tennis player.
Dimitrij Ovtcharov or Dmytro Ovtcharov is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail,a Soviet table tennis champion in 1982,moved his family to Germany shortly after Dimitrij was born.
Ma Wenge is a table tennis player from China. He won a bronze medal in 1992 Barcelona Olympics Games in men's single,as well as men's team champion of 1995 and 1997 world table tennis championship . He won the Men's singles in the Table Tennis World Cup in 1989 and 1992 and was a silver medalist in 1990.
Gao Ning is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is currently appointed as the Singapore Table Tennis National Coach for men. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016. He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships. In 2018,Gao and Yu Mengyu won the men's singles and mixed doubles at the Commonwealth Games.
Jun Mizutani is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic champion. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. He has the distinction of being the first male singles titlist to achieve five consecutive national championships:2007 to 2011.
Zhang Jike is a retired Chinese table tennis player.
Ding Ning is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships.
Jiang Jialiang is a male former international table tennis player from China. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Dai Lili is a former international table tennis player from China.
Zheng Huaiying also known as Cheng Huai Ying is a female former international table tennis player from China.
Zhou Lansun was a Chinese table tennis player and coach. He was a member of the Chinese team that won the men's team gold medal at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships in Ljubljana. As coach he trained several world champions and won the national honorary sports medal four times.
Zhang Chao is a male Chinese international table tennis player.
Huang Liang was a male Chinese international table tennis player.
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