The Most Famous
TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS from France
This page contains a list of the greatest French Table Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Table Tennis Players, 2 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 10th most number of Table Tennis Players behind Romania, and Belarus.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Table Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous French Table Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jean-Philippe Gatien (b. 1968)
With an HPI of 41.27, Jean-Philippe Gatien is the most famous French Table Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Jean-Philippe Gatien (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip ɡasjɛ̃], born 16 October 1968, in Alès, France, is a retired French table tennis player. He competed in four Olympics Games from 1988 to 2000, winning silver in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and bronze in doubles (with Patrick Chila) at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He won the World Table Tennis Championships in 1993, the Table Tennis World Cup in 1994, and was 13-time "champion de France". A left-handed player, his offensive style featured a superb forehand smash. He has also won three English Open titles. Following numerous injuries, Gatien retired on 15 May 2004. Having made his debut with French club AS Salindres, he made his final public appearance there in an exhibition match with Patrick Chila, June 2006. His long list of victories make him the greatest French table tennis player of all time.
2. Patrick Chila (b. 1969)
With an HPI of 33.79, Patrick Chila is the 2nd most famous French Table Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Patrick Antoine Edouard Chila (born 27 November 1969 in Ris-Orangis, Essonne) is a French table tennis player who has competed at five Olympics from 1992 to 2008. He won a bronze medal with Jean-Philippe Gatien in doubles at the 2000 Olympics. He is also four-time champion of France (1998, 2003, 2007, 2008). He announced his international retirement after his participation in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
3. Emmanuel Lebesson (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 0.00, Emmanuel Lebesson is the 3rd most famous French Table Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Emmanuel Lebesson (born 24 April 1988) is a French table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated by Adrian Crișan, and as part of the French team in the men's team event. In October 2016 he won the men's singles title at the European Table Tennis Championships, defeating compatriot Simon Gauzy in the final.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as French table tennis players born between 1968 and 1988. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living French table tennis players include Jean-Philippe Gatien, Patrick Chila, and Emmanuel Lebesson. As of April 2024, 1 new French table tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Emmanuel Lebesson.
Living French Table Tennis Players
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Jean-Philippe Gatien
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Patrick Chila
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Emmanuel Lebesson
1988 - Present
HPI: 0.00
