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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.
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze 1926: London: Mária Mednyánszky: Doris Gubbins: Anastasia Flussmann: Winifred Land: 1928: Stockholm: Mária Mednyánszky: Erika Metzger
China has been the most successful nation in Olympic table tennis, winning 66 medals (37 gold, 21 silver, and 8 bronze). Since 1992, Chinese players have won at least one medal in every event. At the 2008 Games, China achieved an unprecedented medal sweep in both the men's and women's singles tournaments, [6] and won both team tournaments.
Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, [9] [10] [11] he is the only male player to complete a career Double Grand Slam as the Olympic gold medalist in men's singles in 2016 and 2020. [12] He is also the only table tennis athlete to win 6 gold medals in summer Olympics — no other table tennis player has more than four ...
The ITTF Hall of Fame includes both table tennis players and officers. [5] To qualify for the ITTF Hall of Fame, an athlete must have won a minimum of five gold medals in Table Tennis World Championships, Olympic Games, and Paralympic Games. For more detailed information, see the page of each player.
He was also the first of only six male players in the history of table tennis to achieve a career grand slam (World Champion, World Cup and Olympic gold medal winner in singles) (in 1992). The others are: Liu Guoliang , China (in 1999), Kong Linghui , China (in 2000), Zhang Jike , China (in 2012), Ma Long , China (in 2016), and Fan Zhendong ...
Andrew Baggaley (born 26 February 1983) is a professional table tennis player from Milton Keynes.He is England's leading table tennis medal winner of all time in the Commonwealth Games, winning two gold medals in Manchester, England (2002), 1 silver medal in Melbourne, Australia (2006), 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in Delhi, India (2010) and 1 silver in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below. [6] 12 men won at least nine gold medals and 11 women with a minimum of eight.