TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

Ma Lin

1980 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ma Lin has received more than 16,692 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ma Lin is the 15th most popular table tennis player (up from 18th in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from China (down from 897th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Table Tennis Player.

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  • 17k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Ma Lin ranks 15 out of 107. Before him are Miklós Szabados, Zoltán Mechlovits, Anna Sipos, Zoltán Berczik, Stellan Bengtsson, and Gizella Farkas. After him are Tibor Klampár, Ma Long, Vladimir Samsonov, Kjell Johansson, Zoran Primorac, and Agnes Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Ma Lin ranks 120. Before him are Joanna Angel, Jessica Simpson, Chelsea Clinton, Asaf Avidan, Dominique Swain, and Joris Mathijsen. After him are Bezalel Smotrich, Katee Sackhoff, Sarah Carter, Zdeněk Grygera, Yuichi Nakamura, and Sébastien Frey.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ma Lin ranks 950 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhao Rukuo (1170), Feng Xiaogang (1958), Hu Chunhua (1963), Frank Shu (1943), Liu Chao-shiuan (1943), and Fang Fang (1955). After him are Ha Jin (1956), Ma Long (1988), Li Shufu (1963), Huang Xiaoming (1977), Guo Jinlong (1947), and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924).

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  • Photo of Zhao Rukuo

    Zhao Rukuo

    HISTORIAN

    1170 - 1228

    HPI: 46.34

    Rank: 944

  • Photo of Feng Xiaogang

    Feng Xiaogang

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1958 - Present

    HPI: 46.20

    Rank: 945

  • Photo of Hu Chunhua

    Hu Chunhua

    POLITICIAN

    1963 - Present

    HPI: 46.04

    Rank: 946

  • Photo of Frank Shu

    Frank Shu

    ASTRONOMER

    1943 - 2023

    HPI: 46.00

    Rank: 947

  • Photo of Liu Chao-shiuan

    Liu Chao-shiuan

    POLITICIAN

    1943 - Present

    HPI: 45.89

    Rank: 948

  • Photo of Fang Fang

    Fang Fang

    WRITER

    1955 - Present

    HPI: 45.70

    Rank: 949

  • Photo of Ma Lin

    Ma Lin

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1980 - Present

    HPI: 45.68

    Rank: 950

  • Photo of Ha Jin

    Ha Jin

    WRITER

    1956 - Present

    HPI: 45.67

    Rank: 951

  • Photo of Ma Long

    Ma Long

    TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

    1988 - Present

    HPI: 45.66

    Rank: 952

  • Photo of Li Shufu

    Li Shufu

    BUSINESSPERSON

    1963 - Present

    HPI: 45.56

    Rank: 953

  • Photo of Huang Xiaoming

    Huang Xiaoming

    ACTOR

    1977 - Present

    HPI: 45.55

    Rank: 954

  • Photo of Guo Jinlong

    Guo Jinlong

    POLITICIAN

    1947 - Present

    HPI: 45.54

    Rank: 955

  • Photo of Paul Shan Kuo-hsi

    Paul Shan Kuo-hsi

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1924 - 2012

    HPI: 45.53

    Rank: 956

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In China

Among table tennis players born in China, Ma Lin ranks 2. Before him are Zhuang Zedong (1940). After him are Ma Long (1988), Wang Liqin (1978), Wang Hao (1983), Kong Linghui (1975), Deng Yaping (1973), Zhang Jike (1988), Jiang Jialiang (1964), Xu Xin (1990), Zhang Yining (1981), and Fan Zhendong (1997).

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