Since table tennis was introduced to the Summer Olympics in 1988, only 38 table tennis players have represented China at the event. By contrast, at least 124 Chinese-born players have competed for other countries and territories. Table tennis is the only Olympic sport with over 30% of players representing an adopted country (more than double the rate for all other sports), and the vast majority hail from China.[ 1] Hong Kong players from mainland China but not foreign-born players of Chinese descent (e.g. the entire 2012 U.S. team: Timothy Wang , Ariel Hsing , Erica Wu and Lily Zhang ), with the exception of Hui So Hung who was born in Indonesia but was already a Chinese citizen when she emigrated to British Hong Kong in 1978.[ 2]
Wang Yuegu , Li Jiawei , and Feng Tianwei , who won Singapore's only medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics , were all recruited from China through the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme .
Country
Player
Olympic appearances
Argentina Liu Song 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Australia Justin Han 2012
Australia Chris Yan 2016
Austria Ding Yi 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
Austria Qian Qianli 1996
Austria Chen Weixing 2004, 2008, 2012
Canada Wenguan Johnny Huang 1996, 2000, 2004
Canada Shen Qiang 2008
Canada Wilson Zhang 2008
Canada Eugene Wang 2012, 2016, 2020
Republic of the Congo Wang Jianan 2016
Croatia Tan Ruiwu 2008
Dominican Republic Lin Ju 2004, 2008, 2012
Hong Kong Lo Chuen Tsung 1988, 1992, 1996
Hong Kong Chan Kong Wah 1996
Hong Kong Cheung Yuk 2000, 2004, 2008
Hong Kong Leung Chu Yan 2000, 2004, 2012
Hong Kong Ko Lai Chak 2004, 2008
Hong Kong Li Ching 2004, 2008
Hong Kong Tang Peng 2012, 2016
Hong Kong Jiang Tianyi 2012
Italy Yang Min 2004
Japan Seiko Iseki 2000
Japan Shu Arai 2004
Japan Yo Kan 2008
Poland Wang Zengyi 2012, 2016
Qatar Li Ping 2016
Singapore Gao Ning 2008, 2012, 2016
Singapore Yang Zi 2008, 2012
Singapore Cai Xiaoli 2008
Singapore Zhan Jian 2012
Singapore Chen Feng 2016
Slovakia Wang Yang 2016, 2020
Spain He Zhiwen 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Turkey Cem Zeng 2008
Turkey Bora Vang 2012
Turkey Ahmet Li 2016
Ukraine Kou Lei 2008, 2016, 2020
United Kingdom Chen Xinhua 1996
United States David Zhuang 1996, 2000, 2008
United States Cheng Yinghua 2000
United States Feng Yijun 2016
Country
Player
Olympic appearances
Australia Ying Kwok 1992
Australia Shirley Zhou 1996, 2000
Australia Stella Zhou 1996, 2000
Australia Jian Fang Lay 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Australia Miao Miao 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Australia Stephanie Sang 2008
Australia Vivian Tan 2012
Australia Ziyu Zhang 2016
Austria Liu Jia 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Austria Li Qiangbing 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Brazil Gui Lin 2012
Canada Barbara Chiu 1992, 1996
Canada Geng Lijuan 1996, 2000
Canada Chris Xu 2000
Canada Xiao-Xiao Wang 2000
Canada Zhang Mo 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Canada Judy Long 2008
Republic of the Congo Yang Fen 2008
Republic of the Congo Han Xing 2012, 2016
Croatia Tian Yuan 2012
Dominican Republic Wu Xue 2004, 2008
Dominican Republic Lian Qian 2008
France Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou 1992, 1996
France Xian Yi Fang 2008, 2012
France Li Xue 2012, 2016
Germany Jie Schöpp 1996, 2000, 2004
Germany Qianhong Gotsch 2000
Germany Jing Tian-Zörner 2000
Germany Wu Jiaduo 2008, 2012
Germany Zhenqi Barthel 2008
Germany Han Ying 2016
Germany Shan Xiaona 2016
Hong Kong Hui So Hung 1988
Hong Kong Mok Ka Sha 1988
Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui 1992, 1996
Hong Kong Chai Po Wa 1992, 1996
Hong Kong Song Ah Sim 2000
Hong Kong Tie Ya Na 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
Hong Kong Lau Sui Fei 2004, 2008
Hong Kong Lin Ling 2004, 2008
Hong Kong Jiang Huajun 2012
Italy Wenling Tan Monfardini 2004, 2008, 2012
Japan Chire Koyama 1996, 2000
Japan Taeko Todo 1996
South Korea Dang Ye-seo 2008, 2012
South Korea Seok Ha-jung 2012
South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 2016
Luxembourg Ni Xialian 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
Netherlands Li Jie 2008, 2012, 2016
Netherlands Li Jiao 2008, 2012, 2016
New Zealand Chunli Li 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
New Zealand Karen Li 2000, 2004
Poland Li Qian 2008, 2012, 2016
Poland Xu Jie 2008
Portugal Lei Huang Mendes 2012
Portugal Fu Yu 2016, 2020
Portugal Shao Jieni 2016, 2020
Singapore Jing Junhong 1996, 2000, 2004
Singapore Li Jiawei 2000, 2004, 2008
Singapore Zhang Xueling 2004
Singapore Feng Tianwei 2008
Singapore Wang Yuegu 2008
Singapore Yu Mengyu 2016, 2020
Singapore Zhou Yihan 2016
Spain Shen Yanfei 2008, 2012, 2016
Spain Zhu Fang 2008
Sweden Li Fen 2016
Switzerland Dai-Yong Tu 1996
Chinese Taipei Chen Jing 1996
Chinese Taipei Xu Jing 1996, 2000
Chinese Taipei Chen-Tong Fei-Ming 2000
Turkey Melek Hu 2008, 2012, 2016
United Kingdom Na Liu 2012
United States Lily Yip 1992, 1996
United States Amy Feng 1996
United States Wei Wang 1996
United States Gao Jun 2000, 2004, 2008
United States Crystal Huang 2008
United States Wang Chen 2008
United States Wu Yue 2016
United States Zheng Jiaqi 2016
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