Ma Long
![Ma at the [[2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships|2017 Asian Championships]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Ma_Long_ATTC2017_29.jpeg)
Ma Long (; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese professional
table tennis player who is currently ranked number 4 in Men’s Singles by the ITTF and the reigning Olympic and World Cup singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand Slam as the Olympic gold medalist in men's singles in
2016 and
2020. He held the ranking of number 1 for a total of 64 months (and 34 consecutive months from March 2015), the most by any male in the history of table tennis. He is also champion in World Championships in men's singles in
2015,
2017 and
2019. His records led the
International Table Tennis Federation to nickname him "The
Dictator" and "The
Dragon" (derived from his name, Lóng, which represents the
zodiac year of his birth). Since 2014, he has been the captain of the
Chinese national table tennis men's team.
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