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)
Table tennis career
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 AthensDoubles
2008 BeijingSingles
2008 BeijingTeam
World Championships
1999 EindhovenMixed Doubles
2001 OsakaTeam
2003 ParisMixed Doubles
2004 DohaTeam
2006 BremenTeam
2007 ZagrebDoubles
2008 GuangzhouTeam
2010 MoscowTeam
2012 DortmundTeam
1999 EindhovenSingles
2000 Kuala LumpurTeam
2005 ShanghaiSingles
2007 ZagrebSingles
2007 ZagrebMixed Doubles
2013 ParisDoubles
2011 RotterdamDoubles
2001 OsakaSingles
2003 ParisDoubles
2005 ShanghaiDoubles
2009 YokohamaSingles
World Cup
2000 YangzhouSingles
2003 JiangyinSingles
2004 HangzhouSingles
2006 ParisSingles
2007 MagdeburgTeam
2011 MagdeburgTeam
2005 LiégeSingles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
1999 SydneyDoubles
2001 HainanSingles
2002 StockholmDoubles
2003 GuangzhouDoubles
2004 BeijingDoubles
2007 BeijingSingles
2011 LondonDoubles
1998 ParisDoubles
2004 BeijingSingles
2006 Hong KongDoubles
2007 BeijingDoubles
2000 KobeSingles
2000 KobeDoubles
2006 Hong KongSingles
2008 MacauSingles
Asian Games
2002 BusanTeam
2006 DohaMixed Doubles
2006 DohaTeam
2010 GuangzhouTeam
2006 DohaSingles
2006 DohaDoubles
2010 GuangzhouDoubles
2002 BusanDoubles
2002 BusanMixed Doubles
Asian Championships
1996 KallangMixed Doubles
1998 OsakaDoubles
1998 OsakaTeam
2000 DohaTeam
2007 YangzhouTeam
1996 KallangTeam
1996 KallangSingles
2000 DohaSingles
Asian Cup
1996 New DelhiSingles

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 7 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.