Wang Liqin

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Wang Liqin (simplified Chinese: 王励勤; traditional Chinese: 王勵勤; pinyin: Wáng Lìqín; born June 18, 1978) is a Chinese table tennis player. He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. He holds three majors (3 World Championships). He has been ranked #1 by ITTF for 25 consecutive months, from September 2000 to September 2002, which is the second-longest period for being consecutive #1 of the world as of January 2011. At the end of 2013, Wang Liqin retired from the national team.[1]

Nativename
王励勤
FullnameWang Liqin
Nationality China
Born (1978-06-18) 18 June 1978 (age 47)
Shanghai, China
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Wang Liqin
Personal information
Native name
王励勤
Full nameWang Liqin
Nationality China
Born (1978-06-18) 18 June 1978 (age 47)
Shanghai, China
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing styleShakehand grip
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 2
World Championships 11 4 5
World Cup 3 1 4
Total 16 5 11
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyDoubles
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingTeam
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensSingles
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingSingles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 OsakaSingles
Gold medal – first place2001 OsakaDoubles
Gold medal – first place2001 OsakaTeam
Gold medal – first place2003 ParisDoubles
Gold medal – first place2004 DohaTeam
Gold medal – first place2005 ShanghaiSingles
Gold medal – first place2005 ShanghaiMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2006 BremenTeam
Gold medal – first place2007 ZagrebSingles
Gold medal – first place2007 ZagrebMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2008 GuangzhouTeam
Silver medal – second place1999 EindhovenDoubles
Silver medal – second place2000 Kuala LumpurTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 ZagrebDoubles
Silver medal – second place2009 YokohamaSingles
Bronze medal – third place1997 ManchesterMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place1999 EindhovenMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2005 ShanghaiDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 ParisDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 ParisMixed doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2007 MagdeburgTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 MagdeburgTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 GuangzhouTeam
Silver medal – second place2001 CourmayeurSingles
Bronze medal – third place2000 YangzhouSingles
Bronze medal – third place2003 JiangyinSingles
Bronze medal – third place2006 ParisSingles
Bronze medal – third place2007 BarcelonaSingles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1998 BangkokMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place1998 BangkokTeam
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanSingles
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2002 BusanDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2002 BusanMixed Doubles
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After years of service in leadership positions at athletic organizations in Shanghai focusing on table tennis and badminton, Wang Liqin has been appointed as the new president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association on April 23, 2025, succeeding Liu Guoliang. Ma Long will serve under him as the new vice-president.

Playstyle and equipment

Wang changes his playing equipment often. He has perhaps used more than 10 different model of rackets, some of them for a longer period of time, e.g. The Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit, Stiga Clipper CR, Offensive CR, Rosewood V, DHS Hurricane King II, III, and some Nittaku's models. His main forehand rubber is DHS Hurricane II, III, TG III. It is said that he had used Nittaku Hammond, the Tenergy series, and many other rubbers for his backhand.

Wang Liqin uses the shakehand grip. He plays a forehand dominated style with the occasional backhand loop to open a topspin rally. His above average height allows him additional leverage for acceleration and momentum, creating more powerful shots. Many often describe him as possessing one of the most unusual and powerful forehand shots.

Awards

Wang won the gold medal in doubles at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the bronze medal in singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece, as well as at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. At the 2008 Summer Olympics Wang won gold medal in team competition with Ma Lin and Wang Hao.[2] For most of 2004–6, he ranked as the world's best table tennis player.

Wang Liqin won his first World Championship in Osaka, Japan in 2001. In 2003, Wang made it to the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships. He has since won two more World Championships – 48th WTTC 2005 in Shanghai, China and 49th WTTC 2007 in Zagreb, Croatia. Wang Liqin is ranked #12 in the world for Men's Singles, based on the ITTF World Ranking page as of January 2014.

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