The Dragon

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The Dragon is the legendary Chinese table tennis player Ma Long, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most dominant players in the sport’s history.

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instanceOf Chinese national
Olympic athlete
human
table tennis player
AsianChampionships multiple titles
AsianGames multiple gold medals
club Shandong Luneng NERFINISHED
coach Liu Guoliang NERFINISHED
Qin Zhijian NERFINISHED
country China
dateOfBirth 1988-10-20
dominantHand right-handed
firstReachedWorldNo1 2010
gender male
governingBody International Table Tennis Federation NERFINISHED
gripStyle shakehand grip
heldWorldNo1For more than 60 months
knownFor consistency
dominance in men’s singles
longevity at the top level
league Chinese Table Tennis Super League NERFINISHED
nickname Dragon NERFINISHED
The Dragon NERFINISHED
OlympicGames 2012 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
2016 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
2020 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
OlympicGoldMedal 2012 London men’s team
2016 Rio de Janeiro men’s singles
2016 Rio de Janeiro men’s team
2020 Tokyo men’s singles
2020 Tokyo men’s team
placeOfBirth Anshan, Liaoning, China NERFINISHED
playingStyle offensive
playsFor China national table tennis team NERFINISHED
recognizedAs one of the greatest table tennis players of all time
one of the most dominant players in table tennis history
specialty backhand topspin
forehand loop
sport table tennis
styleCharacteristic excellent footwork
powerful forehand
strong backhand
strong serve and receive game
WorldChampionshipsTitle 2015 men’s singles
2017 men’s singles
2019 men’s singles
multiple men’s team titles
WorldCupTitle multiple men’s singles World Cups
worldRankingPeak ITTF world no. 1

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Ma Long nickName The Dragon