1978 - Today
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.
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Among table tennis players, Wang Nan ranks 36 out of 79. Before 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.
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 30
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.16
Rank: 31
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 32
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.72
Rank: 33
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 34
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 35
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 36
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 37
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.63
Rank: 38
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 39
1990 - Present
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 40
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.47
Rank: 41
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 42
Among people born in 1978, Wang Nan ranks 386. Before 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.
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.13
Rank: 380
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.12
Rank: 381
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.03
Rank: 382
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.99
Rank: 383
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 384
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 385
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 386
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 387
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 388
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 389
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 390
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 391
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 392
Among people born in China, Wang Nan ranks 986 out of 1,392. Before 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).
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.26
Rank: 980
1997 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 981
1919 - 2015
HPI: 37.21
Rank: 982
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.10
Rank: 983
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.03
Rank: 984
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 985
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 986
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 987
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 988
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 989
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 990
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 991
1983 - Present
HPI: 36.83
Rank: 992
Among table tennis players born in China, Wang Nan ranks 10. Before 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).
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
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 13
1965 - Present
HPI: 35.79
Rank: 14
1994 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 15
1990 - Present
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 16