Liu Guoliang

Liu Guoliang fascinates me because he won everything as a player, completing the career Grand Slam, then arguably did even bigger work as a coach. A guy who's barely 168cm dominating with that old penhold style felt almost defiant in a sport drifting toward shakehand power. His doubles partnership with Kong Linghui was a thing of telepathic timing. Then he rebuilt the Chinese national team into something terrifying. People call him one of the greatest players and coaches ever, and unusually, both claims hold up. He's proof that table-tennis IQ travels from the playing hand to the clipboard better than most assume.

Liu Guoliang (simplified Chinese: 刘国梁; traditional Chinese: 劉國梁; pinyin: Liú Guóliáng; born January 10, 1976) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He is the first Chinese male player to achieve a career grand slam of three majors (Olympic Games, World Cup, World Championships). He is considered by many to be one of the greatest players and coaches of all time. He has also played with Kong Linghui in doubles.

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Name (English)

Liu Guoliang

Name (Japanese)

劉国梁

Reading

りゅう・こくりょう

Born

January 10, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Xinxiang, People's Republic of China

Blood type

Private

Height

168 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

table tennis player

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E5%9B%BD%E6%A2%81

Tags

• table tennis player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.