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right-handed , shakehand grip zh-hans-cn 4 -lrb- august 2015 -rrb- 1 -lrb- june 2012 -rrb- 73 kg lb on chinese 张继科 16 february 1988 zhang jike 03.jpg zhang jike
 zhang jike
zhang jike

zhang jike -lrb- ; born 16 february 1988 -rrb- is a chinese table tennis player .
he was named after the brazilian soccer player zico .
zhang jike is the reigning olympic champion in singles .
when he won the olympic gold medal in singles , he became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career grand slam .
the others are jan-ove waldner -lrb- in 1992 -rrb- , liu guoliang -lrb- in 1999 -rrb- and kong linghui -lrb- in 2000 -rrb- .
zhang , however , is the only one of the four who have been the reigning champion in all three competitions simultaneously .
as he won consecutively first in wttc 2011 , then world cup 2011 , and then london olympics 2012 , he won the grand slam in only 445 days after his first major title , being the fastest player ever to do so .
