Zhang Jike

Table tennis, Olympic athlete

1988 –

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Who is Zhang Jike?

Zhang Jike is a Chinese table tennis player. He was named after the Brazilian soccer player Zico.

Zhang Jike is the reigning World and Olympic champion in singles. When he won the Olympic gold medal in singles, he became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career grand slam. The others are Jan-Ove Waldner, Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui. Zhang, however, is the only one of the four who have been the reigning champion in all three competitions simultaneously. As he won consecutively first in WTTC 2011, then World Cup 2011, and then London Olympics 2012, he won the grand slam in only 445 days after his first major title, being the fastest player ever to do so.

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Born
Feb 16, 1988
Qingdao
Also known as
  • Jike Zhang
  • 张继科
  • 張繼科
  • Zhāng Jì Kē
Nationality
  • China
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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