Photo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
1. Profile
- 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
- Height
- 168 cm
- Occupation
- table tennis player
2. Background
- University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E5%9B%BD%E6%A2%81
Frequently asked questions
When was Liu Guoliang born?
Born January 10, 1976 (age 50).
Where is Liu Guoliang from?
Liu Guoliang is from Xinxiang, People's Republic of China.
What does Liu Guoliang do?
Liu Guoliang works as table tennis player.
How tall is Liu Guoliang?
Liu Guoliang is 168 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.