๐ About the [2023] Durban World Table Tennis Championships
The ITTF official website announced some data about this registration competition:
A total of 322 athletes participated, including 152 female athletes and 170 male athletes;
The oldest female athlete is Ni Xialian from Luxembourg, born in 1963 (women's singles, mixed doubles, women's doubles),
The oldest male athlete is Robert Gados, born in 1979 from Austria (men's singles, mixed doubles, men's doubles);
The youngest female athlete is Arujan Kamarova (women's doubles), born in 2010 from Uzbekistan.
The youngest male athlete is Alan Kirmangaliev, born in 2007 from Kazakhstan (in men's doubles);
Among the participating athletes, the top 5 male athletes who have participated in the World Table Tennis Championships (including team and single):
Joรฃo Monteiro ๐ต๐น19, Zhuang Zhiyuan (Chinese Taipei) 18, Marcos Ferrettas ๐ต๐น18, Robert Gados ๐ฆ๐น18, Lubomir Pisteje ๐ธ๐ฐ18;
Among the participating athletes, the top 5 female athletes who have participated in the World Table Tennis Championships (including team and single) with the most times:
Giorgina Porta 17, Elisabetta Samara ๐ท๐ด, Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei) 16, Orpheon Edham ๐ณ๐ฌ15, Barbara Balazova ๐ญ๐บ๐ธ๐ฐ14;
A total of 64 countries and regions competed, including 8 in Africa, 14 in Asia, 25 in Europe, 9 in Latin America, 2 in North America and 6 in Oceania
