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Ma Long
Ma Long became the first table tennis player in Olympic history to win back-to-back men's singles gold medals, at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Games, a feat no other player had achieved since table tennis was added to the Olympic program in 1988. He completed the sport's career "Grand Slam" — winning the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup at least once each — multiple times over, and his combined tally of major titles is widely regarded as the most complete championship résumé in the sport's history. Ma Long held the world number one ranking for a combined total exceeding six years, one of the longest sustained periods at the top of the world rankings in the sport's history, reflecting a level of week-to-week dominance across an entire era of deep Chinese national team competition. His technical all-around game, combining aggressive forehand attacking with unusually reliable backhand consistency, became the style other elite players throughout the 2010s explicitly tried to model their own games after, cementing Ma Long's status as the defining player of table tennis's modern era.
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Wang Nan
Wang Nan won four Olympic medals, including back-to-back singles gold medals at the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics, and her combined 20 individual and team World Championship titles remain among the most in the history of women's table tennis. Her aggressive, all-around attacking style, particularly her strength on the forehand side combined with reliable defensive consistency, made her one of the most complete women's players of her generation, able to compete effectively against both power-hitting and more defensive-minded opponents. Wang Nan held the world number one ranking for more than eight years combined across her career, one of the longest sustained reigns at the top of the women's rankings in the sport's history, reflecting a level of consistency that extended across the majority of her competitive prime. After retiring, Wang became a prominent administrator within Chinese table tennis and international sports governance, including serving on International Olympic Committee athlete commissions, extending her influence on the sport's global growth well beyond her own playing accomplishments.
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