Wang Chuqin

Wang Chuqin
Wang at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)Lion heart/ Tou Tou 头头 / 大头, 耶耶
Born (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 24)
Jilin, Jilin, China[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)DHS W968, DHS Hurricane 3 National Blue Sponge (FH, black), DHS Hurricane 8 (BH, Red)
Highest ranking1 (4 July 2023)
Current ranking1 (23 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 7 1 0
World Cup / WTT Finals 3 0 3
Asian Games 6 0 0
Asian Championships 2 2 0
Total 20 3 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Halmstad Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Houston Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Chengdu Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Durban Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Durban Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Busan Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Durban Singles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chengdu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Macao Singles
WTT Finals
Gold medal – first place 2022 Xinxiang Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Doha Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Singapore Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha Doubles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pyeongchang Doubles
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Shanghai Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Vendée Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Riva del Garda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Vendée Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Shanghai Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Vendée Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Riva del Garda Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Riva del Garda Singles
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Chuqin (/wʌŋtʃuːtʃin/;[3] simplified Chinese: 王楚钦; traditional Chinese: 王楚欽; pinyin: Wáng Chǔqīn, pronounced [uǎŋ ʈʂʰùtɕʰín]; born 11 May 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player.[4] He is the top ranked player in the ITTF world ranking. He was the silver medallist in men's singles, gold medallist in mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha and gold medallist in men's doubles with Fan Zhendong for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban. He won the men's singles title at the WTT Cup Finals in 2021 and WTT Champions Xinxiang in 2022. He was crowned the men's singles title at WTT Champions Macao twice (2022 and 2023 respectively). Wang also won gold along with teammates Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long at the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships. He won gold in the men's singles and mixed team events at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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  2. ^ "WANG Chuqin". hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Wang Chuqin". Paris 2024 Olympics.
  4. ^ "Wang Chuqin". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 July 2023.