Name: Ma Lin

Sport: Table tennis

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: February 19, 1980

Height: 1.74 meters

Weight: 75 kg

Home: Shen Yang, Liao Ning Province

Experience:

1986: Began table tennis training

1990: Guangdong Provincial Table Tennis Team

1994: National team

Major Achievements:

1996 Asian Cup: Champion, men's singles

1996 Asian Championships: Champion, mixed doubles

1997 Australian Open: Champion, men's doubles

1997 Malaysian Open: Champion, men's doubles

1998 Asian Table Tennis Championship: Champion, team and men's doubles

1998 Malaysian Open: Champion, men's singles

1999 Swedish Open: Champion, men's doubles

1999 French Open: Champion, men's doubles

1999 World Table Tennis Club Championship: Champion, team

1999 45th World Table Tennis Championship: Runner-up, men's singles and mixed doubles

2000 45th World Team Table Tennis Championship: Champion, team

2000 World Cup: Champion, men's singles

2001 46th World Table Tennis Championship: Champion, men's team

2001 Ninth National Games: Champion, men's singles and men's doubles

2001 Danish Open: Runner-up, men's doubles

2001 Japan Open: Champion, men's doubles

2001 China Open: Runner-up, men's singles and men's doubles

2002 US Open: Champion, men's singles and men's doubles

2002 German Open: Champion, men's singles and men's doubles

2002 Polish Open: Champion, men's singles

2002 Denmark Open: Champion, men's singles

2002 Dutch Open: Champion, men's doubles

2002 Asian Games: Champion, team; third place, men's doubles and mixed doubles

2003 47th World Table Tennis Championship: Champion, mixed doubles; third, men's doubles

2003 Korean Open: Champion, men's singles and men's doubles

2003 China Open: Champion, men's singles and men's doubles

2003 Denmark Open: Champion, men's singles and men's doubles

2003 Japan Open: Champion, men's doubles

2003 German Open: Second, men's doubles

2003 Sweden Open: Champion, men's doubles

2003 World Cup: Champion, men's singles

2004 47th World Team Table Tennis Championship: Champion, team

2004 Greece Open: Champion, men's doubles

2004 Singapore Open: Champion, men's doubles

2004 Athens Olympics: Gold medal, men's doubles

2004 World Team Tennis Table Championship: Champion, team

2004 Greece Open: Champion, men's doubles

2004 Singapore Open: Champion, men' doubles

2004 World Cup: Champion, men' singles

2005 Qatar Open: Champion, men' singles; runner-up, men' doubles

2005 China Open, Harbin: Runner-up, men' doubles

2005 48th World Table Tennis Championships: Runner-up, men' singles; third, men' doubles

2005 World Cup: Third, men' singles

2006 Qatar Open: Runner-up, men' singles

2006 Kuwait Open: Champion, men' singles and men' doubles

2006 48th World Team Table Tennis Championships: Champion, team

2006 World Cup: Champion, men' singles

2006 Asian Games: Champion, team and mixed doubles; runner-up, men' doubles and men' singles

2007 49th World Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men' doubles; runner-up, men' singles and mixed doubles

2007 World Cup: Champion, team

2007 Croatia Open: Champion, men' doubles

2007 Qatar Open: Champion, men' singles

2007 China Open: Champion, men' singles

2007 French Open: Champion, men' singles

2007 Kuwait Open: Runner-up, men' singles

2008 49th World Team Table Tennis Championship: Champion, team

2008 Qatar Open: Champion, men' singles

Ma, known as "Mr. World Cup," has been the only athlete to notch four consecutive World Cup victories. After the 49th World Table Tennis Championships, Ma had 13 titles -- a record he shares with his peer Wang Liqin. He enjoys camping and football. His favorite athletes are Michael Jordan and Liu Guoliang.

(China.org.cn July 14, 2008)