(1997-01-22) 22 January 1997 (age 27) Guangzhou, China[1]
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight
77 kg (170 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style
Right-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)
Butterfly Fan Zhendong ALC with DHS Hurricane 3 National (Blue Sponge) (FH, Black), Butterfly Dignics 09c (BH, Red)[3]
Highest ranking
1 (April 2018)[4]
Current ranking
2 (19 March 2024)
Medal record
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
1
1
0
World Championships
9
2
2
World Cup / Cup Finals
9
2
0
Total
19
5
2
Men's table tennis
Representing China
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Team
2020 Tokyo
Singles
World Championships
2014 Tokyo
Team
2016 Kuala Lumpur
Team
2017 Düsseldorf
Doubles
2018 Halmstad
Team
2021 Houston
Singles
2022 Chengdu
Team
2023 Durban
Singles
2023 Durban
Doubles
2024 Busan
Team
2015 Suzhou
Doubles
2017 Düsseldorf
Singles
2015 Suzhou
Singles
2019 Budapest
Mixed doubles
World Cup
2015 Dubai
Team
2016 Saarbrücken
Singles
2018 London
Team
2018 Paris
Singles
2019 Tokyo
Team
2019 Chengdu
Singles
2020 Weihai
Singles
2023 Chengdu
Mixed team
2015 Halmstad
Singles
WTT Cup Finals
2021 Singapore
Singles
2023 Doha
Singles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
2017 Astana
Singles
2019 Zhengzhou
Singles
2019 Zhengzhou
Doubles
2015 Lisbon
Singles
2016 Doha
Singles
2013 Dubai
Singles
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan
Team
2019 Wuhan
Singles
2019 Wuhan
Doubles
2019 Wuhan
Mixed doubles
Asian Games
2014 Incheon
Team
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
Singles
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
Team
2022 Hangzhou
Doubles
2022 Hangzhou
Team
2014 Incheon
Singles
2014 Incheon
Doubles
2022 Hangzhou
Singles
Asian Championships
2013 Busan
Team
2015 Pattaya
Team
2015 Pattaya
Singles
2015 Pattaya
Doubles
2015 Pattaya
Mixed doubles
2017 Wuxi
Team
2017 Wuxi
Singles
2017 Wuxi
Doubles
2019 Yogyakarta
Team
2023 Pyeongchang
Doubles
2023 Pyeongchang
Team
2019 Yogyakarta
Doubles
2023 Pyeongchang
Singles
2013 Busan
Mixed doubles
2019 Yogyakarta
Singles
Asian Cup
2018 Yokohama
Singles
2019 Yokohama
Singles
2014 Wuhan
Singles
2015 Jaipur
Singles
2017 Ahmedabad
Singles
East Asian Games
2013 Tianjin
Singles
2013 Tianjin
Team
2013 Tianjin
Doubles
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing
Singles
2014 Nanjing
Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2012 Hyderabad
Singles
2012 Hyderabad
Mixed doubles
2012 Hyderabad
Team
2012 Hyderabad
Doubles
Asian Youth Games
2013 Nanjing
Singles
Asian Junior Championships
2012 Jiangyin
Singles
2012 Jiangyin
Doubles
2012 Jiangyin
Team
Fan Zhendong (Chinese: 樊振东; pinyin: Fán Zhèndōng; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player.[1] After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2012 as the youngest member of the team, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and the youngest World Table Tennis Champion.[5][6] In April 2018, he achieved the top spot in the world rankings after holding position No. 2 for 29 consecutive months, starting from November 2015.[7]
Fan's attacking style of play involves explosive footwork and powerful forehand loops.[8] His thick-set build has led fans and commentators to affectionately refer to him as "Little Fatty" (Chinese: 小胖; pinyin: Xiǎo Pàng).[9] His continuous rise to becoming one of the top table tennis players in the world has garnered him a large fanbase worldwide, with over half a million followers on Chinese social media site Weibo. In 2016, he won the ITTF Star Point Award, and he was nominated for the Best Male Star Award every year between 2013 and 2016.[10]
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FanZhendong (Chinese: 樊振东; pinyin: FánZhèndōng; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. After joining the Chinese National...
mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha and gold medallist in men's doubles with FanZhendong for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban. He won the men's...
time), and the China National Games in a full-stretch match against FanZhendong. However, Xu defeated him 4–3 at the end of the year at the ITTF World...
He won the silver medal in the following World Cup in 2018, losing to FanZhendong in the finals. Boll won another eight titles at the European Table Tennis...
once again proved he was undefeatable. He won the Gold Medal beating FanZhendong, Robert Gardos, Gustavo Tsuboi, Patrick Baum, Xu Xin and Wang Hao in...
2023, he won in 5 sets against then number 1 tennis player in the world FanZhendong in the quarter-finals of the Macao tournament. Ranked 1050 in the world...
competed in the 2019 World Championships where he surprisingly beat FanZhendong in the Round of 16 but ended up losing in the semi-finals to Ma Long...
Championships and the Olympic Games. He is also well known for beating China's FanZhendong two times: at the quarterfinals of the 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals...
original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021. "Ma Long Defeats FanZhendong to Win Olympic Gold". edgesandnets.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the...
Long 2018 Paris Fan Zhendong Timo Boll Lin Gaoyuan 2019 Chengdu FanZhendong Tomokazu Harimoto Lin Yun-ju 2020 Weihai FanZhendong Ma Long Tomokazu Harimoto...
lost to Fang Bo in the group stage of the first leg. Lin lost 4–1 to FanZhendong in the quarter-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage...
Hao Ma Long Xu Xin 2015 Suzhou Ma Long Fang Bo FanZhendong Zhang Jike 2017 Düsseldorf Ma Long FanZhendong Lee Sang-su Xu Xin 2019 Budapest Ma Long Mattias...
defeated by China's FanZhendong. In the doubles event, the Niwa/Matsudaira pair reached the semi-finals, and were defeated by FanZhendong and Zhou Yu. This...
ITTF World Tour, Bulgaria Open Zhao Zihao 4–2 Runner-up 2019 World Cup FanZhendong 2–4 Winner 2020 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open Yukiya Uda 4–1 Winner...
men's and one gymnast for women's trampoline with Zhu Xueying, Zhu Xueying, Fan Xinyi, Wang Zisai and Yan Langyu finishing in the top eight of both events...
Wang Liqin 2012 London Zhang Jike Wang Hao Dimitrij Ovtcharov 2016 Rio Ma Long Zhang Jike Jun Mizutani 2020 Tokyo Ma Long FanZhendong Dimitrij Ovtcharov...
Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's singles details FanZhendong Wang Chuqin Liang Jingkun Ma Long Women's singles details Sun Yingsha Chen Meng Hina Hayata...
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