Chinese Sports Legends
The greatest chinese sports people of all time — across 6 sports.
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🏸 Badminton
Chinese
Lin Dan
Badminton Player
Super Dan — the only player to win five Badminton World Championships.…
Chinese
Lin Dan
Badminton Player
Super Dan — two Olympic gold medals, five World Championship titles and the most complete badminton player in …
Chinese
Gao Ling
Badminton Player
Four Olympic medals including two gold — Gao Ling is the most decorated female badminton player in Olympic his…
Chinese
Zhang Ning
Badminton Player (Singles)
The oldest Olympic badminton champion in history — won consecutive Olympic gold medals at Athens 2004 and Beij…
Chinese
Li Xuerui
Badminton Player (Singles)
China's dominant force in women's singles in the early 2010s — Olympic gold medallist at London 2012 and World…
🏓 Table Tennis
Chinese
Ma Long
Table Tennis Player
The Dragon — six World Championship titles and two Olympic golds, the most decorated table tennis player ever.…
Chinese
Deng Yaping
Table Tennis Player
The most dominant female table tennis player in history — four Olympic gold medals.…
Chinese
Zhang Jike
Table Tennis Player
The fastest to complete the Career Grand Slam — World champion, Olympic champion, World Cup champion.…
Chinese
Ma Long
Table Tennis Player
The Dragon — the consensus pick as the greatest table tennis player in history, with three Olympic gold medals…
Chinese
Ma Lin
Table Tennis Player
Olympic champion and World Champion — Ma Lin's deceptive serving and extraordinary touch made him one of the m…
Chinese
Liu Guoliang
Table Tennis Player/Coach
The only player in history to win every major title in a single year — and the coach who then led China to eve…
Chinese
Chen Meng
Table Tennis Player
Two-time Olympic champion and world number one — Chen Meng's powerful forehand and consistency have made her t…
Chinese
Wang Liqin
Table Tennis Player
Three World Championship titles and Olympic gold — Wang Liqin's power game redefined attacking play in the ear…
Chinese
Fan Zhendong
Table Tennis Player
Olympic champion at Paris 2024 and already the youngest world number one in modern table tennis history — Fan …
Chinese
Zhang Yining
Professional Table Tennis Player
The most dominant table tennis player of the 2000s — two consecutive Olympic gold medals, four World Champions…
Chinese
Ding Ning
Professional Table Tennis Player
The finest table tennis player of the 2010s — Olympic gold medallist, six-time World Champion and the player w…
Chinese
Liu Shiwen
Professional Table Tennis Player
China's most consistent performer across three decades — World Champion, five-time World Cup winner and Olympi…
Chinese
Sun Yingsha
Professional Table Tennis Player
The defining player of the current era in women's table tennis — Olympic gold medallist and the player who end…
🤸 Gymnastics
Chinese
Guo Linlin
Diver
China's diving queen — the most decorated Olympic diver and springboard specialist.…
Chinese
Yang Wei
Gymnast
China's greatest male gymnast — World all-around champion and Olympic gold medallist.…
Chinese
Yang Yilin
Gymnast
Three Olympic medals at 16 — China's uneven bars specialist.…
Chinese
Li Ning
Artistic Gymnast
Six Olympic medals at Los Angeles 1984 — and the founder of the global sportswear brand that bears his name.…
🏐 Volleyball
Chinese
Zhang Changning
Outside Hitter
China's most prolific match-winner in the modern era of women's volleyball — two-time World Champion, Olympic …
Chinese
Lang Ping
Outside Hitter/Coach
The most influential figure in women's volleyball history as both player and coach — Olympic champion as a pla…