Liu Shiwen: Five-Time World Cup Champion and 2019 World Championships Women's Singles Champion
Won the Women's World Cup singles title five times, more than any other player, and took the 2019 Budapest World Championships women's singles crown.
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Won the Women's World Cup singles title five times, more than any other player, and took the 2019 Budapest World Championships women's singles crown.
1992 Barcelona Olympic men's doubles champion who, together with Wang Tao, formed China's most stable men's doubles pairing of the early 1990s.
2008 Beijing Olympic men's singles champion and four-time World Cup men's singles champion, the master of penhold play and short-game technique.
The first man to complete a double Grand Slam, three consecutive World Championships men's singles titles, and six Olympic gold medals — the most of any Chinese athlete.
Mixed doubles champion and women's singles bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, known for her short-pips backhand and varied serves.
Won women's doubles gold with Deng Yaping at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, the doubles pillar of Chinese women's table tennis in the 1990s.
Women's singles champion at the 2023 and 2025 World Championships, mixed doubles and women's team champion at the 2024 Paris Olympics, three-time World Cup women's singles winner, and the world No. 1 for years on end.
Men's singles champion at the 2025 World Championships (China's first left-handed men's singles winner) and mixed doubles and men's team champion at the 2024 Paris Olympics, now captain of the Chinese men's team.
2009 World Championships men's singles champion and three-time World Cup men's singles winner, with Olympic men's singles silver three times running (2004/2008/2012) — the player who perfected the penhold reverse backhand.
Three-time World Championships men's singles champion and 2000 Sydney Olympic men's doubles champion, known for his forehand power, now president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association.
Three-time World Championships women's singles champion, 2000 Sydney Olympic women's singles champion, and winner of 24 world titles over her career.
1992 Barcelona Olympic men's doubles champion, three-time World Championships mixed doubles winner with Liu Wei, and a member of China's 1995 men's team world title.
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