Ma Lin (table tennis)

Ma Lin
Ma Lin in 2013
Personal information
Native name
马琳
Full nameMa Lin
Nationality China
Born (1980-02-19) 19 February 1980
Shenyang, China
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing styleChinese Penhold
Highest ranking1 (October 2002)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 0
World Championships 9 7 4
World Cup 6 0 1
Total 18 7 5
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Doubles
2008 Beijing Singles
2008 Beijing Team
World Championships
1999 Eindhoven Mixed Doubles
2001 Osaka Team
2003 Paris Mixed Doubles
2004 Doha Team
2006 Bremen Team
2007 Zagreb Doubles
2008 Guangzhou Team
2010 Moscow Team
2012 Dortmund Team
1999 Eindhoven Singles
2000 Kuala Lumpur Team
2005 Shanghai Singles
2007 Zagreb Singles
2007 Zagreb Mixed Doubles
2013 Paris Doubles
2011 Rotterdam Doubles
2001 Osaka Singles
2003 Paris Doubles
2005 Shanghai Doubles
2009 Yokohama Singles
World Cup
2000 Yangzhou Singles
2003 Jiangyin Singles
2004 Hangzhou Singles
2006 Paris Singles
2007 Magdeburg Team
2011 Magdeburg Team
2005 Liége Singles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
1999 Sydney Doubles
2001 Hainan Singles
2002 Stockholm Doubles
2003 Guangzhou Doubles
2004 Beijing Doubles
2007 Beijing Singles
2011 London Doubles
1998 Paris Doubles
2004 Beijing Singles
2006 Hong Kong Doubles
2007 Beijing Doubles
2000 Kobe Singles
2000 Kobe Doubles
2006 Hong Kong Singles
2008 Macau Singles
Asian Games
2002 Busan Team
2006 Doha Mixed Doubles
2006 Doha Team
2010 Guangzhou Team
2006 Doha Singles
2006 Doha Doubles
2010 Guangzhou Doubles
2002 Busan Doubles
2002 Busan Mixed Doubles
Asian Championships
1996 Kallang Mixed Doubles
1998 Osaka Doubles
1998 Osaka Team
2000 Doha Team
2007 Yangzhou Team
1996 Kallang Team
1996 Kallang Singles
2000 Doha Singles
Asian Cup
1996 New Delhi Singles

Ma Lin (Chinese: 马琳; pinyin: Mǎ Lín; born February 19, 1980) is a retired Chinese table tennis player, Olympic champion, and the current Chinese Women's Team Head Coach.

Ma learned to play table tennis at age five and became a member of the provincial team in 1990. In 1994, he joined the Chinese national team. Ma is the only male player ever to win Olympic gold in Singles, Doubles and Team. He previously held a professional era record of 5 major titles (4 World Cups and 1 Olympic Gold), having won more World Cups than any other male table tennis player in history. He has since been surpassed by Ma Long, who has won 8 major titles. He has won a total of 18 world championships in his career.

Since retiring in December 2013, Ma has been serving as the head coach of the Guangdong provincial table tennis team. He became the head coach of the China National Women's Team in December 2022.