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Ma Long is a veteran table tennis player who recently won a gold in the Men’s team event at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, find out more about him and his achievements below.
Due to his notable achievements and consistency, Ma Long is widely considered as the greatest table tennis player in history.
Who is Chinese table tennis player Ma Long, bio, age, height, wife, ranking, Olympic medals and net worth
The Chinese star also holds the record for the longest reign at number one spot on the world rankings.
Ma Long bio
Ma Long is a Chinese professional table tennis player who was born on October 20, 1988, in Anshan, China. He is a six-time Olympic champion as well as a three-time World Champion. Ma Long is the reigning World Cup singles champion and No. 3 in the ITTF rankings as of July 2024. Over the years, he has gained several nicknames like The Hexagon Warrior, The Dictator, The King, and The Dragon.
He has a net worth of $20 million.
Age and height
Ma Long is currently 35 years old and stands at a height of 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in).
Wife and children
Xia Lu married his long-time girlfriend Xia Lu, in January 2017. That same year, on December 10, 2017, the couple gave birth to their son.
Club
Ma Long is a member of the Shandong Luneng club.
Career and achievements
Ma Long had one of the best career-starts, winning both the Asian and World Junior Championships to become the youngest world champion at 17. Before turning 22, Ma Long already reached the finals of 11 ITTF World Tour tournaments (winning 8) in singles. He had also won the Asian Cup and World Tour Grand Finals twice.
Ma Long has remained consistently at the top holding the world number 1 ranking for a record of 64 months, out of which 34 months were consecutive. ‘The Dragon’ has served as the captain of the Chinese national table tennis men’s team since 2014. He has notably won the World Championship in the men’s singles event in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Moreover, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand Slam after winning the Olympic gold in the men’s singles in 2016 and 2020. Following his win in Paris 2024, he is the first and only Chinese athlete to win 6 Olympic gold medals. Given below is Ma Long’s list of achievements:
- 6x Olympic Champion (2 Singles, 4 Team)
- 14x World Champion (3 Singles, 2 Doubles, 9 Team)
- 11x World Cup winner (3 Singles, 8 Team)
- 7x ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Champion (6 Singles, 1 Doubles)
- 54x ITTF World Tour winner (28 Singles, 26 Doubles)
- 6x Asian Games winner (1 Singles, 1 Doubles, 4 Team)
- 15x Asian Champion (4 Singles, 2 Doubles, 1 Mixed Doubles, 8 Team)
- 4x Asian Cup winner (4 Singles)
- 4x China National Games Champion (2 Singles, 1 Doubles, 1 Mixed Doubles)
- 7x Chinese National Champion (1 Singles, 2 Doubles, 1 Mixed Doubles, 3 Team)
- 5x Chinese Super League Champion (4 Team)
- 3x World Junior Champion (1 Singles, 2 Team)
- 3x Asian Junior Champion (1 Singles, 1 Mixed Doubles, 1 Team)
Awards
Ma Long has also won the following awards throughout his career:
- 2015, 2016 ITTF Male Star of the Year
- 2016 CCTV Sports Personality of the Year