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List of naturalised Olympic table tennis players from China

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Wang Yuegu, Li Jiawei, and Feng Tianwei, who won Singapore's only medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, were all recruited from China through the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

Since table tennis was introduced to the Summer Olympics in 1988, only 38 table tennis players have represented China at the event. By contrast, at least 124 Chinese-born players have competed for other countries and territories. Table tennis is the only Olympic sport with over 30% of players representing an adopted country (more than double the rate for all other sports), and the vast majority hail from China.[1] This list includes Hong Kong players from mainland China but not foreign-born players of Chinese descent (e.g. the entire 2012 U.S. team: Timothy Wang, Ariel Hsing, Erica Wu and Lily Zhang), with the exception of Hui So Hung who was born in Indonesia but was already a Chinese citizen when she emigrated to British Hong Kong in 1978.[2]

Male players

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Country Player Olympic appearances
 Argentina Liu Song 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
 Australia Justin Han 2012
 Australia Chris Yan 2016
 Austria Ding Yi 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
 Austria Qian Qianli 1996
 Austria Chen Weixing 2004, 2008, 2012
 Canada Wenguan Johnny Huang 1996, 2000, 2004
 Canada Shen Qiang 2008
 Canada Wilson Zhang 2008
 Canada Eugene Wang 2012, 2016, 2020
 Republic of the Congo Wang Jianan 2016
 Croatia Tan Ruiwu 2008
 Dominican Republic Lin Ju 2004, 2008, 2012
 Hong Kong Lo Chuen Tsung 1988, 1992, 1996
 Hong Kong Chan Kong Wah 1996
 Hong Kong Cheung Yuk 2000, 2004, 2008
 Hong Kong Leung Chu Yan 2000, 2004, 2012
 Hong Kong Ko Lai Chak 2004, 2008
 Hong Kong Li Ching 2004, 2008
 Hong Kong Tang Peng 2012, 2016
 Hong Kong Jiang Tianyi 2012
 Italy Yang Min 2004
 Japan Seiko Iseki 2000
represented China in 1988
 Japan Shu Arai 2004
 Japan Yo Kan 2008
 Poland Wang Zengyi 2012, 2016
 Qatar Li Ping 2016
 Singapore Gao Ning 2008, 2012, 2016
 Singapore Yang Zi 2008, 2012
 Singapore Cai Xiaoli 2008
 Singapore Zhan Jian 2012
 Singapore Chen Feng 2016
 Slovakia Wang Yang 2016, 2020
 Spain He Zhiwen 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
 Turkey Cem Zeng 2008
 Turkey Bora Vang 2012
 Turkey Ahmet Li 2016
 Ukraine Kou Lei 2008, 2016, 2020
 United Kingdom Chen Xinhua 1996
 United States David Zhuang 1996, 2000, 2008
 United States Cheng Yinghua 2000
 United States Feng Yijun 2016

Female players

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Country Player Olympic appearances
 Australia Ying Kwok 1992
 Australia Shirley Zhou 1996, 2000
 Australia Stella Zhou 1996, 2000
 Australia Jian Fang Lay 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
 Australia Miao Miao 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
 Australia Stephanie Sang 2008
 Australia Vivian Tan 2012
 Australia Ziyu Zhang 2016
 Austria Liu Jia 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
 Austria Li Qiangbing 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
 Brazil Gui Lin 2012
 Canada Barbara Chiu 1992, 1996
 Canada Geng Lijuan 1996, 2000
 Canada Chris Xu 2000
 Canada Xiao-Xiao Wang 2000
 Canada Zhang Mo 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
 Canada Judy Long 2008
 Republic of the Congo Yang Fen 2008
 Republic of the Congo Han Xing 2012, 2016
 Croatia Tian Yuan 2012
 Dominican Republic Wu Xue 2004, 2008
 Dominican Republic Lian Qian 2008
 France Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou 1992, 1996
 France Xian Yi Fang 2008, 2012
 France Li Xue 2012, 2016
 Germany Jie Schöpp 1996, 2000, 2004
 Germany Qianhong Gotsch 2000
 Germany Jing Tian-Zörner 2000
 Germany Wu Jiaduo 2008, 2012
 Germany Zhenqi Barthel 2008
 Germany Han Ying 2016, 2020
 Germany Shan Xiaona 2016, 2020
 Hong Kong Hui So Hung 1988
 Hong Kong Mok Ka Sha 1988
 Hong Kong Chan Tan Lui 1992, 1996
 Hong Kong Chai Po Wa 1992, 1996
 Hong Kong Song Ah Sim 2000
 Hong Kong Tie Ya Na 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
 Hong Kong Lau Sui Fei 2004, 2008
 Hong Kong Lin Ling 2004, 2008
 Hong Kong Jiang Huajun 2012
 Italy Wenling Tan Monfardini 2004, 2008, 2012
 Japan Chire Koyama 1996, 2000
 Japan Taeko Todo 1996
 South Korea Dang Ye-seo 2008, 2012
 South Korea Seok Ha-jung 2012
 South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 2016
 Luxembourg Ni Xialian 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
 Netherlands Li Jie 2008, 2012, 2016
 Netherlands Li Jiao 2008, 2012, 2016
 New Zealand Chunli Li 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
 New Zealand Karen Li 2000, 2004
 Poland Li Qian 2008, 2012, 2016
 Poland Xu Jie 2008
 Portugal Lei Huang Mendes 2012
 Portugal Fu Yu 2016, 2020
 Portugal Shao Jieni 2016, 2020
 Singapore Jing Junhong 1996, 2000, 2004
 Singapore Li Jiawei 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
 Singapore Zhang Xueling 2004
 Singapore Feng Tianwei 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
 Singapore Wang Yuegu 2008, 2012
 Singapore Yu Mengyu 2016, 2020
 Singapore Zhou Yihan 2016
 Spain Shen Yanfei 2008, 2012, 2016
 Spain Zhu Fang 2008
 Sweden Li Fen 2016
 Switzerland Dai-Yong Tu 1996
 Chinese Taipei Chen Jing 1996, 2000
represented China in 1988
 Chinese Taipei Xu Jing 1996, 2000
 Chinese Taipei Chen-Tong Fei-Ming 2000
 Turkey Melek Hu 2008, 2012, 2016
 United Kingdom Na Liu 2012
 United States Lily Yip 1992, 1996
 United States Amy Feng 1996
 United States Wei Wang 1996
 United States Gao Jun 2000, 2004, 2008
represented China in 1992
 United States Crystal Huang 2008
 United States Wang Chen 2008
 United States Wu Yue 2016
 United States Zheng Jiaqi 2016

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Keh, Andrew; Quealy, Kevin (2016-08-18). "At Least 44 Table Tennis Players in Rio Are Chinese-Born. Six Play for China". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "人生哪怕吹乒乓 許素虹". East Week (in Chinese).