Key facts
- Nationality
- China
- Born
- ( 1983-12-15 ) December 15, 1983 (age 42) , Changchun , Jilin Province , China
- Height
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Weight
- 70 kg (154 lb)
- Sport
- Table tennis
- Playing style
- Penholder based on shakehand style
- Highest ranking
- 1 (Dec 2004, Oct 2007–Jul 2009, Apr–Sep 2011)
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Changchun
- Occupation
- table tennis player
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Award
- ITTF Hall of Fame
- Participant in
- table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's team
- Sport
- table tennis
- Image
- Wang Hao OQ 2012.jpg
- Height
- 175
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Encyclopedic overview
Wang Hao (Chinese: 王皓; pinyin: Wáng Hào; born December 15, 1983) is a retired Chinese table tennis player and multiple-time Olympic medallist. He is the current head coach of the Chinese Men's Table Tennis Team.
Wang became the world champion in men's singles in 2009, defeating three-time World Champion Wang Liqin 4–0. Wang was also a three-time World Cup Champion in 2007, 2008 and 2010, as well as a three-time singles silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was ranked #1 on the official ITTF world rankings for 27 consecutive months from October 2007 to December 2009. In January 2010, he was surpassed by Ma Long. In April 2011, Wang reclaimed his #1 ranking. He is known to execute the Reverse Penhold Backhand (RPB) with exceptional skill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wang Hao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.