This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (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 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 ITTF Hall of Fame are listed in bold.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Considered competitions and achievements
The considered competitions and the related achievements to be listed in this page are:
- Olympic Games: gold, silver, and bronze medals in single events
- World Table Tennis Championships: 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: gold medal in single events
Player index
A
Ruth Aarons: winner of World Championships in 1936, 1937
Fliura Abbate-Bulatova: winner of European Championships in 1988
Ahn Jae-Hyung
Maria Alexandru-Golopenta: winner of European Championships in 1966
Hans Alsér: winner of European Championships in 1962, 1970
Ivan Andreadis[2]
Skylet Andrew
Tiago Apolónia
Mikael Appelgren: winner of World Cup in 1983; winner of European Championships in 1982, 1988, 1990
Atanda Musa
B
Otilia Badescu: winner of European Championships in 2003
Bao Guio Wong Bik Yiu: winner of Asian Championships in 1954
Viktor Barna:[1] winner of World Championships in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935
Chester Barnes
Csilla Batorfi: winner of European Championships in 1986
Patrick Baum
Laszlo Bellak[1]
Stellan Bengtsson: winner of World Championships in 1971; winner of European Championships in 1972
Ulf Bengtsson: winner of European Championships in 1984
Zoltan Berczik: winner of European Championships in 1958, 1960
Richard Bergmann:[1] winner of World Championships in 1937, 1939, 1947, 1950
Buddy Blattner
Timo Boll: winner of World Cup in 2002, 2005; winner of European Championships in 2002, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018
Tamara Boroš
C
Cai Zhenhua:[8] winner of Asian Championships in 1982
Hugo Calderano: bronze medalist at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, two-time Pan American Games champion
Cao Yanhua:[5] winner of World Championships in 1983, 1985; winner of Asian Championships in 1978, 1982
Cao Zhen
Ulf Carlsson
Chen Jing: Olympic gold medal at Seoul 1988; Olympic silver medal at Atlanta 1996; Olympic bronze medal at Sydney 2000
Chen Longcan: winner of World Cup in 1986; winner of Asian Championships in 1988
Chen Pao-Poe: winner of Asian Championships in 1953
Chen Qi[8]
Chen Weixing
Chen Xinhua: winner of World Cup in 1985
Chen Zihe
Chiang Peng-Lung: winner of Asian Championships in 2000
Patrick Chila
Choi Kyong Ja: winner of Asian Championships in 1957
Chuang Chih-Yuan
D
Dang Ye-Seo
Deng Yaping:[6] Olympic gold medal at Barcelona 1992; Olympic gold medal at Atlanta 1996; winner of World Championships in 1991, 1995, 1997; winner of World Cup in 1996; winner of Asian Championships in 1994
Vlasta Depetrisova: winner of World Championships in 1939
Ding Ning: Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016; Olympic silver medal at London 2012; winner of World Championships in 2011, 2015 and 2017; winner of World Cup in 2011, 2014 and 2018; winner of Asian Championships in 2009
Ding Song
Daniela Dodean
Žarko Dolinar
Desmond Douglas
E
Tomie Edano: winner of Asian Championships in 1974
Fujie Eguchi:[3] winner of World Championships in 1957
Alojzy Ehrlich
Helen Elliot
Silvija Erdelji
F
Oxana Fadeeva
Fan Ying
Fan Zhendong
Fang Bo
Gizella Farkas:[2] winner of World Championships in 1947, 1948, 1949
Jasna Fazlic
Feng Tianwei: Olympic bronze medal at London 2012
Steffen Fetzner
Marcos Freitas
Naoko Fukazu: winner of World Championships in 1965
Ai Fukuhara
G
Andrej Gacina
Svetlana Ganina
Gao Jun
Jean-Philippe Gatien: Olympic silver medal at Barcelona 1992; winner of World Championships in 1993; winner of World Cup in 1994
Ge Xinai:[6] winner of World Championships in 1979
Gabor Gergely: winner of European Championships in 1978
Panagiotis Gionis
Richard Gonzales
Sandor Glancz
Qianhong Gotsch-He: winner of European Championships in 2000
Andrzej Grubba: winner of World Cup in 1988
Slobodan Grujić
Daniela Guergueltcheva: winner of European Championships in 1990
Guo Yan: winner of World Cup in 2006, 2010; winner of Asian Championships in 2012
Guo Yue:[8] Olympic bronze medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Championships in 2007
Guo Yuehua:[5] winner of World Championships in 1981, 1983; winner of World Cup in 1980, 1982; winner of Asian Championships in 1978
H
Nobuhiko Hasegawa:[5] winner of World Championships in 1967; winner of Asian Championships in 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974
Hao Shuai
Vilim Harangozo
He Zhili: winner of World Championships in 1987; winner of Asian Championships in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1996
John Hilton: winner of European Championships in 1980
Miu Hirano: winner of the Women's World Cup in 2016, the first non-Chinese player to win the title
Sayaka Hirano
Hong Cha-Ok
Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg
Hugo Hoyama
Hu Melek
Hu Yulan: winner of World Championships in 1973
Wenguan Johnny Huang
Hyun Jung-Hwa:[8] Olympic bronze medal at Barcelona 1992; winner of World Championships in 1993
I
Kasumi Ishikawa
Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi: winner of Asian Championships in 1960
Shigeo Itoh: winner of World Championships in 1969
J
Roland Jacobi: winner of World Championships in 1926
Jiang Huajun
Jiang Jialiang:[5] winner of World Championships in 1985, 1987; winner of World Cup in 1984; winner of Asian Championships in 1986
Jiao Zhimin: Olympic bronze medal at Seoul 1988
Jing Jun Hong
Kjell Johansson: winner of European Championships in 1964, 1966
István Jónyer: winner of World Championships in 1975
Joo Se-Hyuk
Jung Young-Sik
Jishan Liang: 2nd in the USA National Team, Pro Coach, and Top 150 in WTT (2023)
K
Zoran Kalinić
Sharath Kamal: won gold medal at Commonwealth Games in 2006
Kang Hee-Chan
Cláudio Kano
Aleksandar Karakašević
Peter Karlsson:[6] winner of European Championships in 2000
Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi[8]
Gerdie Keen
Istvan Kelen[1]
Marie Kettnerová:[1] winner of World Championships in 1933, 1935
Kim Hyang-Mi: Olympic silver medal at Athens 2004
Kim Ki-Taik: Olympic silver medal at Seoul 1988
Kim Kyung-Ah: Olympic bronze medal at Athens 2004
Kim Min-Seok
Kim Moo-Kyo
Kim Song-i: Olympic bronze medal at Rio 2016
Kim Taek-Soo: Olympic bronze medal at Barcelona 1992
Kim Wan
Koji Kimura: winner of Asian Championships in 1964
Seiya Kishikawa
Tibor Klampár: winner of World Cup in 1981
Ko Lai Chak
Eva Koczian: winner of European Championships in 1958, 1960, 1964
Mitsuru Kohno: winner of World Championships in 1977; winner of Asian Championships in 1968
Stanislav Kolar: winner of World Championships in 1936
Kong Linghui:[8] Olympic gold medal at Sydney 2000; winner of World Championships in 1995; winner of World Cup in 1995; winner of Asian Championships in 1994, 1996
Toshiko Kowada: winner of World Championships in 1969, winner of Asian Championships in 1970
Kalinikos Kreanga
L
Ian Lariba: Philippines' First-Ever Table Tennis Olympian (Rio 2016)
Lau Sek Fong: winner of Asian Championships in 1957
Johnny Leach:[3] winner of World Championships in 1949, 1951
Lee Chul-Seung
Lee Eun-Sil
Li Bun-Hui: Olympic bronze medal at Barcelona 1992
Li Ching
Li Fen: winner of European Championships in 2013
Li Furong[4]
Li Huifen: Olympic silver medal at Seoul 1988
Li Jiao: winner of European Championships in 2007, 2011
Li Jiawei
Li Jie
Li Ju:[7] Olympic silver medal at Sydney 2000; winner of World Cup in 2000; winner of Asian Championships in 1998
Li Li: winner of Asian Championships in 1972
Li Nan
Li Ping
Li Qian
Li Xiaoxia: Olympic gold medal at London 2012; winner of World Championships in 2013; winner of World Cup in 2008
Liang Geliang:[5] winner of Asian Championships in 1976
Lin Huiqing:[4] winner of World Championships in 1971
Lin Ling: winner of Asian Championships in 2000, 2005
Erik Lindh: Olympic bronze medal at Seoul 1988
Liu Guoliang:[7] Olympic gold medal at Atlanta 1996; Olympic bronze medal at Sydney 2000; winner of World Championships in 1999; winner of World Cup in 1996
Liu Jia: winner of European Championships in 2005
Liu Shiwen: winner of World Cup in 2009, 2012; winner of Asian Championships in 2013
Liu Wei[6]
Lü Lin
Ilija Lupulesku
M
Ma Lin:[8] Olympic gold medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Cup in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006
Ma Long: Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016 & Tokyo 2020; winner of Asian Championships in 2009, 2012, 2013; winner of World Cup in 2012, 2015; winner of World Championships in 2015, 2017, 2019
Ma Wenge: Olympic bronze medal at Barcelona 1992; winner of World Cup in 1989, 1992
Judit Magos-Havas: winner of European Championships in 1974, 1978
Mai Văn Hòa: winner of Asian Championships in 1953, 1954
Kimiyo Matsuzaki:[3] winner of World Championships in 1959, 1963; winner of Asian Championships in 1963
Adrien Mattenet
Michael Maze: winner of European Championships in 2009
James McClure[1]
Zoltan Mechlovits:[1] winner of World Championships in 1928
Maria Mednyanszky:[1] winner of World Championships in 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931
Erika Metzger
Jun Mizutani
Cornelia Molnar
Martin Monrad
João Monteiro
Sachiko Morisawa: winner of World Championships in 1967
Livia Mossoczy
N
Gool Nasikwala: winner of Asian Championships in 1952
Ni Xialian: winner of European Championships in 1998, 2002
Niu Jianfeng: winner of Asian Championships 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:[3] winner of World Championships in 1954, 1956; winner of Asian Championships in 1960
Oh Sang-Eun
Yukie Ohzeki: winner of Asian Championships in 1968
Tomie Okawa: winner of World Championships in 1956
Seiji Ono: winner of World Championships in 1979
Milan Orlowski: winner of European Championships in 1974
Dimitrij Ovtcharov: Olympic bronze medal at London 2012, winner of European Championships in 2013
P
Pak Yung-Sun: winner of World Championships in 1975, 1977
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 World Championships in 1929
Jörgen Persson:[6] winner of World Championships in 1991; winner of World Cup in 1991; winner of European Championships in 1986
Margaryta Pesotska
Valentina Popova: winner of European Championships in 1980, 1984
Georgina Póta
Carl Prean
Zoran Primorac: winner of World Cup in 1993, 1997
Gertrude Pritzi:[8] winner of World Championships in 1937, 1938
Q
Qi Baoxiang: winner of Asian Championships in 1980
Qiao Hong:[7] Olympic silver medal at Barcelona 1992; Olympic bronze medal at Atlanta 1996; winner of World Championships in 1989; winner of Asian Championships in 1990
Qiao Yunping
Qiu Zhonghui: winner of World Championships in 1961
R
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Rong Guotuan: winner of World Championships in 1959
Jörg Roßkopf: Olympic bronze medal at Atlanta 1996; winner of World Cup in 1998; winner of European Championships in 1992
Rosalind Rowe
Angelica Rozeanu:[2] winner of World Championships 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 World Cup in 1999, 2001, 2009; winner of European Championships in 1998, 2003, 2005
Hiroji Satoh: winner of World Championships in 1952
Werner Schlager: winner of World Championships in 2003
Diane Scholer-Rowe
Jacques Secrétin: winner of European Championships in 1976
Masako Seki: winner of Asian Championships in 1964
Seok Eun-Mi
Shi Zhihao: winner of Asian Championships in 1980
Ferenc Sido:[2] winner of World Championships in 1953
Agnes Simon: winner of European Championships in 1962
Anna Sipos:[1] winner of World Championships in 1932, 1933
Kirill Skachkov
Alexey Smirnov
Nikoleta Stefanova
Mihaela Steff
Antun Stipančić
Ladislav Stipek[2]
Nicole Struse: winner of European Championships in 1996
Suh Sui Cho: winner of Asian Championships 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:[1] winner of World Championships in 1931
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Hiroshi Takahashi: winner of Asian Championships in 1963
Wenling Tan Monfardini
Toshiaki Tanaka:[3] winner of World Championships in 1955, 1957
Tang Peng
Tang Weiyi: winner of Asian Championships in 1992
Teng Yi: winner of World Cup in 1987
Tian Yuan
Tie Yana
Elena Timina
Frantisek Tokar[2]
Bojan Tokic
Tong Ling: winner of World Championships in 1981
Krisztina Tóth
Finn Tugwell
U
Ilona Uhlikova-Vostova: winner of European Championships in 1968
V
Bohumil Vana:[1] winner of World Championships in 1938, 1947
Aljay Villena
Vera Votrubcova[1]
Bela Von Kehrling
Thomas von Scheele
Bettine Vriesekoop: winner of European Championships in 1982, 1992
W
Jan-Ove Waldner:[6] Olympic gold medal at Barcelona 1992; Olympic silver medal at Sydney 2000; winner of World Championships in 1989, 1997; winner of World Cup in 1990; winner of European Championships in 1996
Wang Hao:[8] Olympic silver medal at Athens 2004; Olympic silver medal at Beijing 2008; Olympic silver medal at London 2012; winner of World Championships in 2009; winner of World Cup in 2007, 2008, 2010; winner of Asian Championships in 2003, 2007
Wang Liqin:[7] Olympic bronze medal at Athens 2004; Olympic bronze medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Championships in 2001, 2005, 2007; winner of Asian Championships in 1998, 2005
Wang Nan:[6] Olympic gold medal at Sydney 2000; Olympic silver medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Championships in 1999, 2001, 2003; winner of World Cup in 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007
Wang Tao:[6] Olympic silver medal at Atlanta 1996; winner of Asian Championships in 1990
Wang Yuegu
Wei Qingguang
Wu Jiaduo: winner of European Championships in 2009
Wu Yang
X
Xi Enting: winner of World Championships in 1973
Xie Chaojie: winner of Asian Championships in 1992
Xie Saike: winner of Asian Championships in 1984
Xu Jie
Xu Xin
Xu Yinsheng[8]
Y
Yan An
Yan Sen
Yang Ying
Yang Young-Ja
Yoo Nam-Kyu: Olympic gold medal at Seoul 1988
Yoon Jae-Young
Yoon Ki-Sook: winner of Asian Championships in 1967
Kaii Yoshida
Yu Mengyu
Yu Sun-Bok
Z
Ella Zeller[2]
Zhang Deying[8]
Zhang Jike: Olympic gold medal at London 2012; winner of World Championships in 2011, 2013; winner of World Cup in 2011
Zhang Li: winner of Asian Championships in 1976
Zhang Xielin[5]
Zhang Yining:[7] Olympic gold medal at Athens 2004; Olympic gold medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Championships in 2005, 2009; winner of World Cup in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005; winner of Asian Championships in 2007
Zhuang Zedong:[4] winner of World Championships in 1961, 1963, 1965
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "ITTF Hall of Fame, 1993 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "ITTF Hall of Fame, 1995 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- ^ a b c d e f "ITTF Hall of Fame, 1997 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- ^ a b c d "ITTF Hall of Fame, 1999 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g "ITTF Hall of Fame, 2001 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "ITTF Hall of Fame, 2003 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- ^ a b c d e f "ITTF Hall of Fame, 2005 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "ITTF Hall of Fame, 2010 Inductees". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
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