1980 - Today
Ma Lin (simplified Chinese: 马琳; traditional Chinese: 馬琳; pinyin: Mǎ Lín; born February 19, 1980) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He learned to play table tennis at the age of 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 14,876 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ma Lin is the 18th most popular table tennis player, the 900th most popular biography from China (down from 799th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Table Tennis Player.
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Among table tennis players, Ma Lin ranks 18 out of 79. Before him are Jean-Michel Saive, Mikael Appelgren, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Zoran Primorac, Stellan Bengtsson, and Ma Long. After him are Wang Liqin, Kjell Johansson, Wang Hao, Hyun Jung-hwa, Jean-Philippe Gatien, and Zhang Jike.
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 12
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 13
1988 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 14
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 15
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 16
1988 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 17
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 18
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 19
1946 - 2011
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 20
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 21
1969 - Present
HPI: 40.58
Rank: 22
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 23
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1980, Ma Lin ranks 161. Before him are Alan Smith, Asaf Avidan, Oleguer Presas, Rodrigo Taddei, Lee Eun-ju, and Edison Chen. After him are Wilmer Valderrama, Asashōryū Akinori, Jenna Dewan, Zheng Zhi, Margarita Levieva, and April Bowlby.
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 155
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 156
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 157
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 158
1980 - 2005
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 159
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 160
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 161
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 162
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 163
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 164
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 165
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 166
1980 - Present
HPI: 41.73
Rank: 167
Among people born in China, Ma Lin ranks 900 out of 1,392. Before him are Simu Liu (1989), Yuja Wang (1987), Zheng Junli (1911), Yang Mi (1986), Cui Jian (1961), and Eric Yuan (1970). After him are Wang Liqin (1978), Jin Xing (1967), Su Tong (1963), Johnny Chan (1957), Guo Jinlong (1947), and Lay Zhang (1991).
1989 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 894
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 895
1911 - 1969
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 896
1986 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 897
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 898
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 899
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 900
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 901
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 902
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 903
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 904
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 905
1991 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 906
Among table tennis players born in China, Ma Lin ranks 3. Before him are Zhuang Zedong (1940) and Ma Long (1988). After him are Wang Liqin (1978), Wang Hao (1983), Zhang Jike (1988), Deng Yaping (1973), Kong Linghui (1975), Fan Zhendong (1997), Wang Nan (1978), Zhang Yining (1981), and Xu Xin (1990).
1940 - 2013
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 1
1988 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 2
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 3
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 4
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 5
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 8
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 11
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 12