Ai Fukuhara: 'Ai-chan' to Chinese Fans
A four-time Olympian, silver medalist in the women's team at the London 2012 Olympics and bronze medalist at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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A four-time Olympian, silver medalist in the women's team at the London 2012 Olympics and bronze medalist at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
A mainstay chopper on the German women's team, silver medalist in the women's team at the Rio 2016 Olympics, and one of the most representative defending players in women's table tennis.
Women's singles bronze and women's team silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and Japan's No. 1 women's singles player in recent years.
Women's singles champion at the 1993 World Championships, completing a World Championships grand slam in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team; women's doubles champion at the 1988 Olympics.
Mixed doubles champion at the 2017 World Championships, a three-time Olympic women's team medalist, and the central figure in Japanese women's table tennis for nearly a decade.
Mixed doubles champion and women's singles bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, known for her short-pips backhand and varied serves.
Women's team silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, four-time senior champion at the 2026 All Japan Championships, and the core of the next generation of Japanese women's table tennis.
Women's team silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, a mainstay of the German women's team for the past decade and a leading figure in European women's table tennis.
Bronze medalist in women's singles at the 2003 Paris World Championships, ranked as high as No. 2 in the world, three-time European Championships women's doubles champion, and later head coach of the German women's team.
1988 Seoul Olympic women's doubles champion and 1983 World Championships women's singles runner-up, one of China's main rivals in the 1980s.
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