Ma Lin
Ma Lin | |
Ma at the 2013 World Cup | |
Other spellings: | 马 琳 |
Nation: | People's Republic of China |
Date of birth: | 19th February 1980 |
Place of birth: | Shenyang |
Size: | 173 cm |
Weight: | 73 kg |
Trainer: | Wu Jingping |
Best world ranking : | 1 (Oct., Nov. 2002, July 2003, Oct. 2003 - May 2004, March 2007 - Sept. 2007 (except June)) |
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Last update of the infobox: November 8th, 2011 |
Ma Lin ( Chinese 馬 琳 / 马 琳 , Pinyin Mǎ Lín ; born February 19, 1980 in Shenyang , Liaoning Province , People's Republic of China ) is a former Chinese table tennis player . He is Olympic champion in men's singles, the most successful player in the World Cup tournament and seven-time world champion in men's doubles, mixed doubles and with the Chinese men's national team . He is considered one of the best table tennis players ever.
In 2010 he was inducted into the ITTF Hall of Fame .
Ma Lin has been one of the coaches for the Chinese men's national team since April 2017.
Career
Ma Lin started playing table tennis at the age of 6. Due to his talent for movement and feeling for the ball, a sports school noticed him at this time. So he moved to Shantou at the age of 12, since his local Liaoning provincial team did not accept him, to join the newly established city team there. After two years of training, Ma Lin became a member of the Chinese men's national team at the age of 14.
Two years later (1996) he achieved his first international success by reaching the semi-finals in the men's singles at the ITTF Pro Tour tournament in Belgrade. In the same year he won the first individual tournament at the Asian Cup. When he first participated in the World Cup in 1997, Ma Lin played in singles up to the round of 16. At the 1999 World Cup he improved and reached the individual finals, but lost against his compatriot and current men's national coach Liu Guoliang almost 3-2 in sets. In mixed doubles, however, he won the gold medal together with Zhang Yingying.
Despite good performance, Ma Lin was denied participation in the Olympic Games in Sydney. Ma Lin was only able to take part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . Although he was eliminated in singles in the round of 16, he won the gold medal in doubles together with Chen Qi .
Controversial was Ma Lin's participation in the final of the Champions League 2000, which he played with the club SVS Niederösterreich . Since he had already played for a Chinese club in the same season, the ETTU withdrew his license to play in order to give it to him shortly before the game began. His bet was without consequences as he lost both of his games without winning a set.
Ma Lin is three times vice world champion in singles (1999, 2005, 2007), which earned him the reputation of an "eternal runner-up" until his Olympic victory in 2008. He lost the last two World Cup finals against his long-term rival Wang Liqin - in 2007 after a 7-1 lead in the fifth set with a 3-1 lead, he still lost 3-4 in sets.
At the Tournament of Champions Ma Lin remained unsuccessful - although he qualified twice for the final tournament and once for the semi-final tournament: in 2006 he lost in the final against Wang Liqin, in 2007 he lost in the final against Wang Hao and lost in 2009 he in the semifinals against Wang Hao.
Ma Lin is more successful at the World Cup , which he is the only one to have won four times. After his first participation in 1998 , he was able to achieve first place in his second participation at the World Cup 2000 in the individual.
Ma Lin has won 18 world tournaments (Olympic Games, World Championship, World Cup) in all categories (singles, doubles, mixed doubles, team) so far (as of August 2012). In this regard, he is the most successful Asian table tennis player. He has a total of 20 wins in singles and 39 wins in doubles on the Pro Tour. Until today (as of August 2012) nobody could win that many tournaments in doubles at the Pro Tour tournaments.
Since 2001 Ma Lin has been a regular of the Chinese national team, with which he has since won four team world championships in a row (from 2001 to 2008) (world record held together with Wang Liqin), as well as the WTC World Team Cup 2007 in Magdeburg, two Pro Tour tournaments and the team competition held for the first time at the 2008 Olympic Games. In doubles he was world champion in 2007, in mixed doubles he won the world championship in 1999 and 2003. His greatest success finally came in 2008 at the Olympic Games in Beijing, when he defeated the then world number one Wang Hao 4-1 in sets in the individual final . With this third gold medal, he is currently the most successful athlete since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988.
Ma Lin also plays in the Chinese Super League and was most recently under contract with Tianjin in the 2009 season. From 2000 to 2007, the club Ma Lin played for always won the men's championship. In 2012 he was signed by the Russian club UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma (formerly Yekaterinburg).
In December 2013, Ma Lin retired from the Chinese national team.
Play style
Ma Lin's style of play is based on well thought-out and aggressive offensive tactics. Like most Chinese table tennis players in the past, he plays a modified Chinese penholder style . As usual in the classic variant, he mostly plays the backhand with the same side of the club as the forehand. But beyond that, it also offers the reverse penholder backhand (Reverse Penhold backhand), in which the other side is used bat. However, this technology is still relatively rare among the world's best. Ma Lin mainly uses the classic backhand for blocking, the reverse for playing topspins . The central stroke of his game system, however, is his aggressive forehand topspin, with which he initiates most of his attacks. Further strengths of his game are: among other things his excellent footwork, his dangerous serves, his soulful short-short game over the table, his safe block game and sometimes other types of strokes that he uses in his game. At the beginning of his career (1999-2000) Ma Lin played mostly a passive block and counter game, combined with a very safe balloon defense. Later (2001-2003) he played an aggressive offensive game at times. Only in 2004 he sat for the first time the reverse penholder backhand (Reverse Penhold backhand) regularly in the game and then became the modern offensive players.
Ma Lin uses a hard offensive blade ("Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon Off") with the rubbers "Skyline 2" on his forehand side, BryceFX on his backhand side.
Private
Ma Lin has been married to former gymnast Zhang Yaqing since December 2013. In April 2016 the couple had a boy.
successes
Olympic games
- 2008 in Beijing: Olympic champion in individual and with the team
- 2004 in Athens: Olympic champion in doubles with Chen Qi
World championships
- 2012 in Dortmund: world champion with the team
- 2011 in Rotterdam: Vice World Champion in doubles with Chen Qi
- 2010 in Moscow: world champion with the team
- 2008 in Guangzhou: World Champion with the team
- 2007 in Zagreb: Vice world champion in singles, world champion in doubles with Chen Qi
- 2006 in Bremen: world champion with the team
- 2005 in Shanghai: Vice World Champion in individual
- 2004 in Doha: world champion with the team
- 2003 in Paris: World Champion in mixed with Wang Nan
- 2001 in Osaka: world champion with the team
- 2000 in Kuala Lumpur: Vice World Champion with the team
- 1999 in Eindhoven: Vice world champion in singles, world champion in mixed with Zhang Yining
World cup
Asian Games
- 2010 : 1st place with the team
- 2006: 1st place in mixed with Wang Nan and 1st place with the team
- 2002: 1st place with the team
Asian Championship
- 2012: 1st place with the team
- 2007: 1st place with the team
- 2000: 1st place with the team
- 1998: 1st place in doubles with Liu Guoliang , 1st place with the team
- 1996: 1st place in mixed with Wu Na
Asian Cup
- 1997: 1st place in the individual
- 1996: 1st place in the individual
Pro Tour Grand Final
2011: Doubles with Zhang Jike
- 2007: 1st place in the individual
- 2004: 1st place in doubles with Chen Qi
- 2003: 1st place in doubles with Chen Qi
- 2002: 1st place in doubles with Kong Linghui
- 2001: 1st place in the individual
- 1999: 1st place in doubles with Qin Zhijian
Pro tour
- 2012
- Doubles (Hungarian Open, Qatar Open)
- 2011
- Singles (China Open)
- 2010
- Doubles (Qatar Open)
- 2009
- Doubles (Kuwait Open)
- 2008
- Singles (Qatar Open, Japan Open)
- Doubles (Kuwait Open, Qatar Open, China Open (Shanghai))
- 2007
- Singles (Qatar Open, French Open, China Open (Shenzhen))
- Doubles (Croatian Open, China Open (Nanjing), French Open)
- 2006
- Singles (Kuwait Open, China Open, Singapore Open)
- Doubles (Kuwait Open, Singapore Open, Japan Open)
- 2004
- Singles (China Open)
- Doubles (Greece Open, Singapore Open)
- 2003
- Singles (Korean Open, China Open, Danemark Open)
- Doubles (Korean Open, China Open, Japan Open, Danemark Open, Sweden Open)
- 2002
- Singles (USA Open, German Open, Poland Open, Danemark Open)
- Doubles (USA Open, German Open, Nederland Open)
- 2001
- Singles (Danemark Open)
- Doubles (Japan Open)
- 2000
- Doubles (Poland Open, Sweden Open)
- 1999
- Singles (Australian Open)
- Doubles (French Open, Japan Open)
- 1998
- Singles (Malaysia Open)
- Doubles (Sweden Open, Yugoslavia Open, Lebanon Open, China Open, Japan Open)
- 1997
- Doubles (Malaysia Open, Australian Open)
More Achievements
World Club Championships
- 1999: Team (8-1 ICBC)
Chinese national games
- 2001: 1st place in singles, 1st place in doubles with Liu Guozheng , 1st place with the team
- 1997: 1st place with the team
Chinese super league
- 2007: Team (Ningbo Beilun Haitian)
- 2006: Team (Shaanxi Yinhe)
- 2005: Team (Shaanxi Yinhe Guoliang)
- 2004: Team (Guangdong Gotone)
- 2003: Team (Guangdong Gotone)
- 2002: Team (Shandong Luneng)
- 2001: Team (8-1 ICBC)
- 2000: Team (8-1 ICBC)
Results from the ITTF database
Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2007 | Yangzhou | CHN | 1 | |||
CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 2000 | Doha | QAT | Semifinals | 1 | ||
CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1998 | Osaka | JPN | gold | 1 | ||
CHN | Asian Championship ATTU | 1996 | Kallang | SIN | Semifinals | Quarter finals | gold | 2 |
CHN | Asian Cup | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | 5th place | |||
CHN | Asian Cup | 1996 | New Delhi | IND | 1 | |||
CHN | Asian Games | 2010 | Guangzhou | CHN | silver | 1 | ||
CHN | Asian Games | 2006 | Doha | QAT | silver | silver | gold | 1 |
CHN | Asian Games | 2002 | Busan | COR | Semifinals | Semifinals | 1 | |
CHN | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | gold | 1 | ||
CHN | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 16 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Suzhou | CHN | last 64 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Shenzen | CHN | gold | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | Semifinals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Dubai | UAE | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | silver | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2011 | Velenje | SVN | silver | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2010 | Suzhou | CHN | silver | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2010 | Kuwait City | KUW | silver | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | silver | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Tianjin | CHN | Quarter finals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Su Zhou | CHN | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Doha | QAT | silver | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2009 | Kuwait City | KUW | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Shanghai | CHN | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | silver | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | gold | 1 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Changchun | CHN | Semifinals | 1 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Doha | QAT | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2008 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 16 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Stockholm | SWE | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | silver | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Toulouse | FRA | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Shenzhen | CHN | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Nanjing | CHN | gold | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | Quarter finals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Salwa Cup | KUW | silver | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Doha | QAT | gold | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Velenje | SVN | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 16 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 16 | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kunshan | CHN | gold | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Kuwait City | KUW | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2006 | Doha | QAT | silver | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2005 | Harbin | CHN | Quarter finals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2005 | Doha | QAT | silver | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Kobe | JPN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Changchun | CHN | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Wuxi | CHN | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Singapore | SIN | silver | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Pyeongchang | COR | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | silver | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Malmo | SWE | last 32 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Aarhus | THE | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | silver | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Kobe | JPN | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2003 | Jeju-Si | COR | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | gold | last 16 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2002 | Warsaw | POLE | gold | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2002 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | gold | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2002 | Qingdao City | CHN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2002 | Doha | QAT | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Farum | THE | gold | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Skovde | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Yokohama | JPN | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Seoul | COR | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Hainan | CHN | silver | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Umeå | SWE | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | silver | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 2000 | Chang Chun City | CHN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Karlskrona | SWE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Lievin | FRA | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Kobe City | JPN | silver | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Guilin | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1999 | Melbourne | OUT | gold | |||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Belgrade | YUG | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Courmayeur | ITA | Semifinals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Beirut | LIB | silver | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Ji 'Nan City | CHN | silver | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Melbourne | OUT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Wakayama | JPN | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1998 | Kota Kinabalu | MAS | gold | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Lyon | FRA | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Squid | SWE | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | last 32 | silver | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Belgrade | YUG | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | Semifinals | |||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Ipoh | MAS | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Melbourne | OUT | Semifinals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1997 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | silver | Rd 1 | ||
CHN | Pro tour | 1996 | Belgrade | YUG | Semifinals | |||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2009 | Macau | MAC | last 16 | |||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2008 | Macau | MAC | Semifinals | |||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2007 | Beijing | CHN | gold | silver | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2006 | Hong Kong | HKG | Semifinals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2004 | Beijing | CHN | silver | gold | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 16 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2002 | Stockholm | SWE | Quarter finals | gold | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2001 | Hainan | CHN | gold | |||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1999 | Sydney | OUT | last 16 | gold | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1998 | Paris | FRA | Quarter finals | silver | ||
CHN | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1997 | Hong Kong | HKG | last 16 | |||
CHN | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | Quarter finals | silver | ||
CHN | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 1 | |||
CHN | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | Semifinals | |||
CHN | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 1 | |||
CHN | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | silver | gold | silver | |
CHN | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 1 | |||
CHN | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | silver | Semifinals | ||
CHN | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 1 | |||
CHN | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | Quarter finals | Semifinals | gold | |
CHN | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | Semifinals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | 1 |
CHN | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 2 | |||
CHN | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | silver | last 32 | gold | |
CHN | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 32 | Quarter finals | last 16 | |
CHN | World cup | 2007 | Barcelona | ESP | 5th-8th space | |||
CHN | World cup | 2006 | Paris | FRA | gold | |||
CHN | World cup | 2005 | Liege | BEL | 3rd place | |||
CHN | World cup | 2004 | Hangzhou | CHN | gold | |||
CHN | World cup | 2003 | Jiangyin | CHN | gold | |||
CHN | World cup | 2002 | Jinan | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
CHN | World cup | 2001 | Courmayeur | ITA | 5th-8th space | |||
CHN | World cup | 2000 | Yangzhou | CHN | gold | |||
CHN | World cup | 1998 | Shantou | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
CHN | WTC World Team Cup | 2007 | Magdeburg | GER | 1 |
literature
- Henry James: Ma Lin - Hungry Like Nobody , table tennis magazine , 2009/4 pp. 8–11
Web links
- Current world ranking
- Videos with Ma Lin
- Ma Lin's profile on the Chinese Olympic Committee
- Ma Lin biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed August 5, 2011)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hall of Fame (accessed August 4, 2011; PDF; 407 kB)
- ↑ Ma Lin's profile on the website http://www.tischtennis.de ( Memento from June 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ma Lin's profile on an English website ( Memento from February 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Journal DTS , 2000/4 pp. 26-27
- ↑ Report on Ma Lin's Olympic victory in 2000 ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Report on Ma Lin's loss in the final at the Tournament of Champions 2006
- ↑ Report on Ma Lin's loss in the final at the Tournament of Champions 2007
- ↑ Data on Ma Lin's semi-final loss to Wang Hao
- ^ Report on Ma Lin's 2006 World Cup victory
- ↑ Report on the Chinese Super League (English) ( Memento from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/2 p. 7
- ↑ a b magazine tischtennis , 2014/1 p. 43
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/5 p. 6
- ↑ Ma Lin results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 11, 2011)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ma, Lin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 马琳 (Chinese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shenyang |