List of table tennis players
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 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.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
- Krasimir Rainov: 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, 1970Ivan Andreadis
- 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 1954Viktor Barna: winner of World Championships in 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935Chester Barnes
- Csilla Batorfi: winner of European Championships in 1986
- Patrick BaumLaszlo Bellak
- 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, 1960Richard Bergmann: 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: winner of Asian Championships in 1982- Hugo Calderano: bronze medalist at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, two-time Pan American Games championCao Yanhua: 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 1953Chen Qi
- 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-SeoDeng Yaping: 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 1974Fujie Eguchi: winner of World Championships in 1957
- Alojzy Ehrlich
- Helen Elliot
- Silvija Erdelji
F
- Oxana Fadeeva
- Fan Ying
- Fan Zhendong
- Fang BoGizella Farkas: 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 1994Ge Xinai: 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 2012Guo Yue: Olympic bronze medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Championships in 2007Guo Yuehua: winner of World Championships in 1981, 1983; winner of World Cup in 1980, 1982; winner of Asian Championships in 1978
H
Nobuhiko Hasegawa: 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 HuangHyun Jung-Hwa: Olympic bronze medal at Barcelona 1992; winner of World Championships in 1993
- Nav hora
- 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 HuajunJiang Jialiang: 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
K
- Zoran Kalinić
- Sharath Kamal: won gold medal at Commonwealth Games in 2006
- Kang Hee-Chan
- Cláudio Kano
- Aleksandar Karakašević Peter Karlsson: winner of European Championships in 2000Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi
- Gerdie KeenIstvan KelenMarie Kettnerová: 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 1936Kong Linghui: 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
- Lau Sek Fong: winner of Asian Championships in 1957Johnny Leach: 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 2013Li Furong
- Li Huifen: Olympic silver medal at Seoul 1988
- Li Jiao: winner of European Championships in 2007, 2011
- Li Jiawei
- Li JieLi Ju: 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 QianLi Xiaoxia: Olympic gold medal at London 2012; winner of World Championships in 2013; winner of World Cup in 2008Liang Geliang: winner of Asian Championships in 1976Lin Huiqing: winner of World Championships in 1971
- Lin Ling: winner of Asian Championships in 2000, 2005
- Erik Lindh: Olympic bronze medal at Seoul 1988Liu Guoliang: 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 2013Liu Wei
- Lü Lin
- Ilija Lupulesku
M
Ma Lin: Olympic gold medal at Beijing 2008; winner of World Cup in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006Ma 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, 1954Kimiyo Matsuzaki: winner of World Championships in 1959, 1963; winner of Asian Championships in 1963
- Adrien Mattenet
- Michael Maze: winner of European Championships in 2009James McClureZoltan Mechlovits: winner of World Championships in 1928Maria Mednyanszky: winner of World Championships in 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931
- Erika Metzger
- Manika Batra
- Jun Mizutani
- Cornelia Molnar
- Martin Monrad
- João Monteiro
- Sachiko Morisawa: winner of World Championships in 1967
- Livia Mossoczy
- Phoebe Marcheff
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 ; several silver medals in doubles and in teams sections of the most important competitions
O
Ichiro Ogimura: 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 1929Jörgen Persson: 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, 1997Gertrude Pritzi: winner of World Championships in 1937, 1938
Q
- Qi Baoxiang: winner of Asian Championships in 1980Qiao Hong: 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
- 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 RoweAngelica Rozeanu: 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 1980Ferenc Sido: winner of World Championships in 1953
- Agnes Simon: winner of European Championships in 1962Anna Sipos: winner of World Championships in 1932, 1933
- Kirill Skachkov
- Alexey Smirnov
- Nikoleta Stefanova
- Mihaela Steff
- Antun StipančićLadislav Stipek
- 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 SyedMiklos Szabados: winner of World Championships in 1931
T
- Hiroshi Takahashi: winner of Asian Championships in 1963
- Wenling Tan MonfardiniToshiaki Tanaka: 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 TiminaFrantisek Tokar
- 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: winner of World Championships in 1938, 1947- Aljay VillenaVera Votrubcova
- Bela Von Kehrling
- Thomas von Scheele
- Bettine Vriesekoop: winner of European Championships in 1982, 1992
W
Jan-Ove Waldner: 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 ChuqinWang Hao: 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, 2007Wang Liqin: 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, 2005Wang Nan: 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, 2007Wang Tao: 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'''
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 ZellerZhang DeyingZhang 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 1976Zhang XielinZhang Yining: 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 2007Zhuang Zedong: winner of World Championships in 1961, 1963, 1965