Liu Guoliang

Liu Guoliang (January 10, 1976 -), a native of Xinxiang, Henan, is a Chinese men's table tennis player and coach. He was selected into the ITTF Hall of Fame in 2005. He once served as the head coach of the Chinese National Table Tennis Team, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and chairman of the board of directors of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT). He is currently the first vice-president of the ITTF and chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Table Tennis Professional League. Liu Guoliang is a right-hand pen-hand fast-break player who is close to the table. He is China's first men's singles "Grand Slam" winner at the World Table Tennis Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games. He has won multiple singles championships and won the doubles championship with Kong Linghui. Liu Guoliang is the first table tennis player to adopt pen-holding and horizontal hitting techniques in official competitions and achieve success. Liu Guoliang's club is the table tennis team of the Bayi Engineering Brigade. During his service, he was awarded the rank of senior colonel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.