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TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

Wang Nan

1978 - Today

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Wang Nan (Chinese: 王楠; pinyin: Wáng Nán; born October 23, 1978, in Fushun, Liaoning) is a female Chinese table tennis player from Liaoning. Wang was ranked world #1 on the ITTF ranking system from January 1999 to November 2002. She is left-handed, and began playing table tennis when she was seven years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Nan has received more than 7,330 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Wang Nan is the 36th most popular table tennis player, the 986th most popular biography from China (down from 876th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Chinese Table Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Wang Nan ranks 36 out of 79Before her are Jörg Roßkopf, Kim Taek-soo, Ai Fukuhara, Erik Lindh, Ryu Seung-min, and Fan Zhendong. After her are Jun Mizutani, Joo Sae-hyuk, Zhang Yining, Xu Xin, Ahn Jae-hyung, and Jiao Zhimin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Wang Nan ranks 386Before her are Goran Gavrančić, Courtney Ford, Pablo Contreras, Elina Danielian, Li Weifeng, and B.J. Penn. After her are Kaspars Kambala, Ziad Jaziri, Duncan James, Macarena Gómez, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, and Rie Rasmussen.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Nan ranks 986 out of 1,392Before her are Hu Ge (1982), Fan Zhendong (1997), Jayne Meadows (1919), Dong Fangzhuo (1985), Wang Yifu (1960), and Li Weifeng (1978). After her are Zheng Jie (1983), Chen Jing (1968), Sa Dingding (1979), Zhang Ning (1975), Trinley Thaye Dorje (1983), and Zhang Yiming (1983).

Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In China

Among table tennis players born in China, Wang Nan ranks 10Before her are Wang Liqin (1978), Wang Hao (1983), Zhang Jike (1988), Deng Yaping (1973), Kong Linghui (1975), and Fan Zhendong (1997). After her are Zhang Yining (1981), Xu Xin (1990), Jiao Zhimin (1963), Chen Longcan (1965), Chen Meng (1994), and Ding Ning (1990).