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Wang Liqin

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Wang Liqin is a Chinese table tennis player who began playing at the age of six and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 at fifteen. He holds three World Championships majors and was ranked number one by the ITTF for 25 consecutive months from September 2000 to September 2002, the second longest such stretch as of January 2011. He retired from the national team at the end of 2013 and was appointed president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association in April 2025, succeeding Liu Guoliang.

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1978 1
Gender
Male 1
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is a Chinese table tennis player
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1. Wang Liqin (Wikipedia)
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    born June 18, 1978
  • Categories
    Chinese male table tennis players
  • Lead, nationality
    is a Chinese table tennis player
  • Plays: Table Tennis, Lead
    is a Chinese table tennis player
  • Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Categories, Olympic appearance
    Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Categories, Olympic appearance
    Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Categories, Olympic appearance
    Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Competed In: World Table Tennis Championships, Categories, world championships
    World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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