Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983)

Wang Hao
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1983-12-15) December 15, 1983
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing stylePenholder based on shakehand style
Highest ranking1 (Dec 2004, Oct 2007–Jul 2009, Apr–Sep 2011)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
2004 Athens Singles
2008 Beijing Singles
2012 London Singles
World Championships
2004 Doha Team
2005 Shanghai Doubles
2006 Bremen Team
2008 Guangzhou Team
2009 Yokohama Singles
2009 Yokohama Doubles
2010 Moscow Team
2012 Dortmund Team
2014 Tokyo Team
2003 Paris Doubles
2007 Zagreb Doubles
2011 Rotterdam Singles
2013 Paris Singles
2003 Paris Mixed Doubles
2007 Zagreb Singles
2011 Rotterdam Doubles
World Cup
2007 Barcelona Singles
2007 Magdeburg Team
2008 Liege Singles
2010 Dubai Team
2010 Magdeburg Singles
2011 Magdeburg Team
2013 Guangzhou Team
2005 Liége Singles
2006 Paris Singles
2011 Paris Singles
2004 Hangzhou Singles
Asian Championships
2003 Bangkok Singles
2003 Bangkok Team
2005 Jeju-do Team
2007 Yangzhou Singles
2007 Yangzhou Team
2007 Yangzhou Doubles
2003 Bangkok Doubles
Asian Cup
2005 New Delhi Singles
2006 Kobe Singles
2009 Hangzhou Singles

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.

During his career, he appeared a record twelve times in major world competition finals. In men's singles, he won the Asian Championship, Asian Cup, Asian Games, and Chinese National Games at least once.

Wang retired from the national team at the end of 2014. As of 2023, he is the head coach of the Chinese Men's Table Tennis Team.