Ma Long

Ma Long (simplified Chinese:马龙; traditional Chinese: 馬龍; pinyin: Mǎ Lóng; born 20 October 1988 in Anshan) is a Chinese table tennis player. In 2015 and 2017 he became World Champion in Singles, and in 2016 and 2020 he became an Olympic champion.

 Career                                                                                                                                                                                          
Ma first appeared internationally in 2006, where he won gold with the team at the World Table Tennis Championships. In 2007 he appeared more internationally in appearance, which he rose in the world rankings. After good performances in the year, Ma won the Kuwait and Qatar Open as well as the World Tour Grand Finals. Nevertheless, he wasn't nominated for the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2009 he took part in World Championships for the first time, where he lost in the semifinal and bronze won. In 2010 Ma Long with the Chinese Team won gold at the World Championship. In the final they beat Germany 3:1. In 2011 took part in World Championships again, where he lost to Wang Hao in the semifinal again. So he won bronze again.

In 2012 he wasn't nominated for the Olympic Games, but Ma Long won gold at the World Championships with the Team again. He also participated in the same year for the first time at the World Cup, where he won gold after a final victory over Timo Boll. 2013 Ma lost the third time against Wang Hao in the semifinals at the World Championships. In the same year he won the World Tour Grand Finals and the German and Qatar Open. 2014 he won with team the gold medal at the WTTC and Ma took part in the World Cup event, where he lost to Zhang Jike in the final. 2015 was his best year: Ma won the Qatar Open and won silver at the Kuwait Open. At the World Championships he won the first time gold in the singles event and was since this event N.1 in the world ranking. He also won the World Cup and the World Tour Grand Finals.

In 2016 Ma won for the seventh time the WTTC with the team. In this year he won the Kuwait, China and Qatar Open too. 2017 won Ma for the second time the WTTC in the singles category. In the final he beat Fan Zhendong. In June 2017, when he played the China Open he boycotted this event and must pay a fine from $20,000 dollars. After that, Ma Long played for a long time no events. In 2018 he won the German Open and is now the number 7 in the world ranking. At the WTTC the Chinese team won gold, he could win the China Open, but lost at the Japan Open to Tomokazu Harimoto.

 Results from the ITTF-database 
AssociationYearCompetitionCountryCitySinglesDoublesTeamMixedCHN2006World ChampionshipsGermanyBremenGoldCHN2007Kuwait OpenKuwaitKuwait CityGoldCHN2007 Qatar OpenQatarDohaGoldCHN2007World Tour Grand FinalsSouth KoreaIncheonGoldCHN2009World ChampionshipsJapanYokohamaBronzeCHN2010World ChampionshipsRussiaMoskauGoldCHN2011World ChampionshipsNetherlandsRotterdamBronzeCHN2012World ChampionshipsGermanyDortmundGoldCHN2012World CupEnglandLiverpoolGoldCHN2012Olympic GamesEnglandLondonno part.GoldCHN2013World ChampionshipsFranceParisBronzeCHN2013Asian ChampionshipsChinese TaipehTaipehGoldGoldCHN2013Kuwait OpenKuwaitKuwait CityGoldCHN2013Qatar OpenQatarDohaGoldCHN2014World ChampionshipsJapanTokioGoldCHN2014World CupGermanyDüsseldorfSilverCHN2015World ChampionshipsChinaSuzhouGoldR32CHN2015Kuwait OpenKuwaitKuwait CityGoldBronzeCHN2015Qatar OpenQatarDohaGoldCHN2015World CupSwedenHalmstadGoldCHN2015World Team CupArabiaDubaiGoldCHN2015World Tour Grand FinalsPortugalLissabonGoldCHN2015German OpenGermanyBremenGoldCHN2016German OpenGermanyBerlinGoldCHN2016Qatar OpenQatarDohaGoldCHN2013Chinese National GamesChinaGuangzhouGoldGoldCHN2016Kuwait OpenKuwaitKuwait CityGoldCHN2016World ChampionshipsMalaysiaKuala LumpurGoldCHN2017World ChampionshipsGermanyDüsseldorfGoldR32CHN2017China OpenChinaBeijingR16CHN2018German OpenGermanyBremenGoldGoldCHN2004World Junior ChampionshipsNorth KoreaPjöngjangGoldGoldGoldGold

 Successes 

 World Championships 

 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 Winner with the Team
 2009, 2011, 2013 Singles Bronze
 2015, 2017 Winner in the Singles

 Olympic Games 

 2012, 2016 Olympic champion with the team
 2016, 2020 Olympic champion in the singles

 World Cup 

 2012, 2015 Winner in the Singles
 2014 Silver in the Singles
 2017 Bronze in the Singles
 2015, 2018 Winner with the Team

 References 


Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chinese table tennis players