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Ma Long (Chinese: 马龙; pinyin: Mǎ Lóng; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, six-time Olympic champion, and three-time World Champion. He is the reigning World Cup singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, [10][11][12] he is the first and only male player to complete ...
Ma Long: Rise to dominance and 'Dictator' nickname This modest and unassuming player's path to table tennis greatness started with triumphs at the Asian and World Junior Championships. In 2006, he was part of the People's Republic of China winning men's team at the World Team Table Tennis Championships, becoming the youngest world champion aged 17.
Aug 9, 2024 · PARIS (AP) — Ma Long became the Chinese athlete with the most gold medals in the history of the Olympics when he helped China win the men’s table tennis team final at the Paris Games on Friday. China defeated Sweden for its fifth straight Olympic victory in the team event, and Ma secured his sixth gold to become the most decorated table tennis Olympian.
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- Ma Long's three nicknames. Some people might have a nickname or even two. Ma Long has at least three in regular usage among his fans and the table tennis world.
- Ma Long's record world number one stint. Before the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) switched to a weekly world ranking at the start of 2021, it was Ma Long who held the record for the longest time spent at world number one among men's singles players.
- Ma Long's Olympic heroes. It's no surprise that Ma counts his predecessors in the Chinese table tennis team – including Liu Guoliang, the former Chinese head coach and current president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association – among his heroes.
- Ma Long would have been a golfer if not for table tennis. What would Ma Long have done if table tennis hadn't worked out for him? In addition to playing football and basketball, Ma had his eye on another sport.
📺 Re-live ALL the incredible #Paris2024 action ️ https://go.olympics.com/watch MA Long wins historic second straight Olympic gold in men's singles table te...
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Oct 25, 2022 · Ma Long is all of that, maintaining an impressive level of consistency that has kept the 34-year-old at the top echelons of the sport for much of the last decade. Ma, who hails from the northeastern Chinese city of Anshan, has won more Olympic gold medals than anyone else, and is also the most successful male table tennis player of the modern post-World War era at the World Championships.
Aug 9, 2024 · Paris (AFP) – Ma Long made Chinese Olympic history with the sixth gold of his career on Friday in the men's team event in Paris to embellish his reputation as the best table tennis player ever ...
