Jean-Philippe Gatien

Jean-Philippe Gatien is the kind of athlete I find easy to admire. Four Olympic Games from 1988 to 2000 is a brutal stretch of consistency in a sport as fast and unforgiving as table tennis. The 1992 Barcelona silver in singles is the headline, but the 2000 Sydney doubles bronze with Patrick Chila, eight years later, is what really sells his longevity to me. The 2015 ETTU Hall of Fame nod confirms his standing in European play. I appreciate that he kept competing at the top through an era when the game was changing under his feet. Quiet, durable excellence.

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Name (English)

Jean-Philippe Gatien

Name (Japanese)

ジャン＝フィリップ・ガシアン

Reading

じゃん＝ふぃりっぷ・がしあん

Born

October 16, 1968 (age 57)

Origin

Alès, Gard, France

Height

170 cm

Occupation

table tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• 2015 ETTU Hall of Fame

• Xhttps://x.com/gatienjp
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe%20Gatien
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212608

Tags

• Gard
• table tennis player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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