Lin Gaoyuan

Lin Gaoyuan is one of those table tennis players whose talent has always been obvious to fans even when the very top of the Chinese team is impossibly crowded. The Shenzhen-born lefty has a heavy, aggressive style I really enjoy watching, and his Asian Cup title in 2017 plus World Team Championship golds in 2018 and 2022 are no small feats. Competing inside China's table tennis machine means even world-class players can get overshadowed, which is exactly why I appreciate him. Being good enough to win team gold for that program tells you everything about the level he plays at.

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Name (English)

Lin Gaoyuan

Name (Japanese)

林高遠

Reading

りん・がおゆえん

Born

March 19, 1995 (age 31)

Origin

Shenzhen, People's Republic of China

Occupation

table tennis player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin%20Gaoyuan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E9%AB%98%E9%81%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30128441

Tags

• table tennis player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.