Ma Lin (table tennis)

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Ma Lin
Ma Lin in 2013
Personal information
Native name	马琳
Full name	Ma Lin
Nationality	China
Born	(1980-02-19) 19 February 1980 (age 44) Shenyang, China
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Chinese Penhold
Highest ranking	1 (October 2002)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 0 World Championships 9 7 4 World Cup 6 0 1 Total 18 7 5 Men's table tennis Representing  China Olympic Games 2004 Athens Doubles 2008 Beijing Singles 2008 Beijing Team World Championships 1999 Eindhoven Mixed Doubles 2001 Osaka Team 2003 Paris Mixed Doubles 2004 Doha Team 2006 Bremen Team 2007 Zagreb Doubles 2008 Guangzhou Team 2010 Moscow Team 2012 Dortmund Team 1999 Eindhoven Singles 2000 Kuala Lumpur Team 2005 Shanghai Singles 2007 Zagreb Singles 2007 Zagreb Mixed Doubles 2013 Paris Doubles 2011 Rotterdam Doubles 2001 Osaka Singles 2003 Paris Doubles 2005 Shanghai Doubles 2009 Yokohama Singles World Cup 2000 Yangzhou Singles 2003 Jiangyin Singles 2004 Hangzhou Singles 2006 Paris Singles 2007 Magdeburg Team 2011 Magdeburg Team 2005 Liége Singles ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 1999 Sydney Doubles 2001 Hainan Singles 2002 Stockholm Doubles 2003 Guangzhou Doubles 2004 Beijing Doubles 2007 Beijing Singles 2011 London Doubles 1998 Paris Doubles 2004 Beijing Singles 2006 Hong Kong Doubles 2007 Beijing Doubles 2000 Kobe Singles 2000 Kobe Doubles 2006 Hong Kong Singles 2008 Macau Singles Asian Games 2002 Busan Team 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles 2006 Doha Team 2010 Guangzhou Team 2006 Doha Singles 2006 Doha Doubles 2010 Guangzhou Doubles 2002 Busan Doubles 2002 Busan Mixed Doubles Asian Championships 1996 Kallang Mixed Doubles 1998 Osaka Doubles 1998 Osaka Team 2000 Doha Team 2007 Yangzhou Team 1996 Kallang Team 1996 Kallang Singles 2000 Doha Singles Asian Cup 1996 New Delhi Singles

Ma Lin (Chinese: 马琳; pinyin: Mǎ Lín; born February 19, 1980) is a retired Chinese table tennis player, Olympic champion, and the current Chinese Women's Team Head Coach.

Ma learned to play table tennis at age five and became a member of the provincial team in 1990. In 1994, he joined the Chinese national team. Ma is the only male player ever to win Olympic gold in Singles, Doubles and Team. He previously held a professional era record of 5 major titles (4 World Cups and 1 Olympic Gold), having won more World Cups than any other male table tennis player in history.^[1] He has since been surpassed by Ma Long, who has won 7 major titles.^[2] He has won a total of 18 world championships in his career.

Since retiring in December 2013, Ma has been serving as the head coach of the Guangdong provincial table tennis team.^[3] He became the head coach of the China National Women's Team in December 2022.