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)