1978 - Today
Wang Liqin (simplified Chinese: 王励勤; traditional Chinese: 王勵勤; pinyin: Wáng Lìqín; born June 18, 1978, Shanghai) is a retired Mainland Chinese table tennis player. He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. He holds three majors (3 World Championships). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Liqin has received more than 186,665 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Wang Liqin is the 19th most popular table tennis player (down from 16th in 2019), the 901st most popular biography from China (down from 798th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Table Tennis Player.
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Among table tennis players, Wang Liqin ranks 19 out of 79. Before him are Mikael Appelgren, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Zoran Primorac, Stellan Bengtsson, Ma Long, and Ma Lin. After him are Kjell Johansson, Wang Hao, Hyun Jung-hwa, Jean-Philippe Gatien, Zhang Jike, and Kalinikos Kreanga.
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
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 25
Among people born in 1978, Wang Liqin ranks 191. Before him are Sarit Hadad, Tommy Haas, Paola Núñez, Jonathan Zebina, Sverrir Gudnason, and Tia Hellebaut. After him are Danijel Ljuboja, Justin Wilson, Albert Luque, Marta Etura, Judith Barsi, and AJ McLean.
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 185
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 186
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 187
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 188
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 189
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 190
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 191
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 192
1978 - 2015
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 193
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 194
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 195
1978 - 1988
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 196
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 197
Among people born in China, Wang Liqin ranks 901 out of 1,392. Before him are Yuja Wang (1987), Zheng Junli (1911), Yang Mi (1986), Cui Jian (1961), Eric Yuan (1970), and Ma Lin (1980). After him are Jin Xing (1967), Su Tong (1963), Johnny Chan (1957), Guo Jinlong (1947), Lay Zhang (1991), and He Pingping (1988).
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
1988 - 2010
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 907
Among table tennis players born in China, Wang Liqin ranks 4. Before him are Zhuang Zedong (1940), Ma Long (1988), and Ma Lin (1980). After him are 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