Ma Long

Ma Long
Personal information
Native name马龙
Nickname(s)The Hexagon Warrior; The Dictator; Captain Long; The Dragon
Born (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988
Anshan, China
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)(2023) DHS W968, DHS Hurricane 3 Neo National Blue Sponge (FH, Black), Customized DHS Hurricane 3 Neo (BH, Red)
Highest ranking1 (January 2010)
ClubShandong Luneng
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 6 0 0
World Championships 14 1 4
World Cup 11 2 3
Total 31 3 7
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroSingles
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2020 TokyoSingles
2020 TokyoTeam
2024 ParisTeam
World Championships
2006 BremenTeam
2008 GuangzhouTeam
2010 MoscowTeam
2011 RotterdamDoubles
2012 DortmundTeam
2014 TokyoTeam
2015 SuzhouSingles
2016 Kuala LumpurTeam
2017 DüsseldorfSingles
2018 HalmstadTeam
2019 BudapestSingles
2019 BudapestDoubles
2022 ChengduTeam
2024 BusanTeam
2009 YokohamaDoubles
2009 YokohamaSingles
2011 RotterdamSingles
2013 ParisSingles
2023 DurbanSingles
World Cup
2009 LinzTeam
2010 DubaiTeam
2011 MagdeburgTeam
2012 LiverpoolSingles
2013 GuangzhouTeam
2015 HalmstadSingles
2015 DubaiTeam
2018 LondonTeam
2019 TokyoTeam
2023 ChengduMixed team
2024 MacauSingles
2014 DüsseldorfSingles
2020 WeihaiSingles
2008 LiègeSingles
2009 MoscowSingles
2017 LiègeSingles
WTT Cup Finals
2022 XinxiangSingles
Asian Games
2006 DohaTeam
2010 GuangzhouSingles
2010 GuangzhouTeam
2014 IncheonDoubles
2014 IncheonTeam
2022 HangzhouTeam
2006 DohaDoubles
Asian Championships
2005 Jeju-doTeam
2007 YangzhouDoubles
2007 YangzhouTeam
2009 LucknowSingles
2009 LucknowDoubles
2009 LucknowMixed doubles
2009 LucknowTeam
2011 MacauSingles
2011 MacauTeam
2013 BusanSingles
2013 BusanTeam
2015 PattayaTeam
2017 WuxiTeam
2023 PyeongchangSingles
2023 PyeongchangTeam
2007 YangzhouSingles
2013 BusanDoubles
2023 PyeongchangDoubles
2005 Jeju-doMixed doubles
2011 MacauDoubles
Asian Cup
2008 SapporoSingles
2009 HangzhouSingles
2011 ChangshaSingles
2014 WuhanSingles
2019 YokohamaSingles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
2006 Hong KongDoubles
2008 MacauSingles
2009 MacauSingles
2011 LondonSingles
2015 LisbonSingles
2016 DohaSingles
2020 ZhengzhouSingles
2011 LondonDoubles
2013 DubaiSingles
2019 ZhengzhouSingles
2007 BeijingSingles
2007 BeijingDoubles
National Games of China
2013 LiaoningSingles
2013 LiaoningMixed doubles
2017 TianjinSingles
2021 ShaanxiDoubles
2009 ShandongSingles
2017 TianjinDoubles
2021 ShaanxiTeam
2005 JiangsuSingles
2005 JiangsuDoubles
2009 ShandongTeam
2013 LiaoningTeam
All China Table Tennis Championships
2010 ZhangjiagangDoubles
2011 JiangsuSingles
2011 JiangsuTeam
2012 ZhangjiagangMixed doubles
2012 ZhangjiagangTeam
2015 HaerbingDoubles
2018 AnshanTeam
2020 WeihaiDoubles
2004 WuxiSingles
2006 NanjingDoubles
2007 WuxiSingles
2007 WuxiDoubles
2008 ZhangjiagangMixed doubles
2014 HubeiSingles
2014 HubeiDoubles
2016 AnshanMixed doubles
2020 WeihaiSingles
2020 WeihaiTeam
2006 NanjingSingles
2007 WuxiTeam
2008 ZhangjiagangSingles
2008 ZhangjiagangDoubles
2008 ZhangjiagangTeam
World Junior Championships
2003 SantiagoTeam
2004 KobeSingles
2004 KobeTeam
2003 SantiagoMixed doubles
2004 KobeDoubles
2004 KobeMixed Doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2004 New DelhiSingles
2004 New DelhiMixed doubles
2004 New DelhiTeam
2003 HyderabadDoubles
2004 New DelhiDoubles

Ma Long (Chinese: 马龙; pinyin: Mǎ Lóng; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, three-time World Champion, and three-time World Cup champion in men's singles. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the only male player to complete a career Double Grand Slam as the Olympic gold medalist in men's singles in 2016 and 2020. He is also the only table tennis athlete to win 6 gold medals in summer Olympics — no other table tennis player has more than four. He holds the record for most Olympic gold medals won by a Chinese athlete.

Ma held the world number 1 ranking for a total of 64 months (and 34 consecutive months from March 2015), the most by any man in the history of table tennis. He won the World Championship in men's singles consecutively in 2015, 2017 and 2019. His records led the International Table Tennis Federation to nickname him "The Dictator" and "The Dragon" (derived from his name, Lóng, which represents the zodiac year of his birth). From 2014, he is the captain of the Chinese national table tennis men's team.