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
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 Alser: 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
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
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Tamara Boroš
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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
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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
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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- Sandor Glancz
- Qianhong Gotsch-He: winner of European Championships in 2000
- Andrzej Grubba: winner of World Cup in 1988
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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
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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
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Wenguan Johnny Huang- Hyun Jung-Hwa:[8] Olympic bronze medal at Barcelona 1992; winner of World Championships in 1993
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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
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
- 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; 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
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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
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Ryu Seung-Min: Olympic gold medal at Athens
- 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
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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 Stipancic
- 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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Yoo Nam-Kyu: Olympic gold medal at Seoul
- 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
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
- ^ 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.