Speaking of Ma Long, I believe most fans are more familiar with it than me! In the early years, I had the impression that he was inferior to Zhang Jike, although both of them were born in 1988, but Zhang Jike's start was much more brilliant than him, at that time in the 2012 London Olympics finals, Zhang Jike won the championship, I still remember it vividly, since then I have liked the table tennis project, and also began to pay attention to the table tennis game, but at that time the Internet was not as developed as it is now, not every game can be seen, and some of the events are reported through vague hearsay.
Ma Long was selected into the national team relatively early, starting in 2006, when he was only 17 years old, he has been selected into the World Table Tennis Championships team lineup, but not the absolute main force, more with the team to experience the atmosphere of the competition, until 2012, Ma Long won the first World Cup men's singles championship title, but unfortunately, he did not get the London Olympics singles quota held in the same year, and after three years, Ma Long won the World Cup again, and since then it has been out of control, until today, Ma Long has been different from what it used to be, a total of 5 Olympic champions plus 14 World Table Tennis Championships and 11 World Cup champions, becoming unprecedented, the first person in history who has never come after, is currently unique.
Let's take a look back at how Ma Long's 30 world titles came about!
5 Olympic titles: All competitions are in Beijing time
In the early morning of August 9, 2012, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the London Olympics with the team;
On August 12, 2016, Ma Long defeated teammate Zhang Jike to win the men's singles championship of the Rio Olympics;
On August 18, 2016, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the Rio Olympics with the team;
On July 30, 2021 (note: the Tokyo Olympics were postponed by one year), Ma Long defeated teammate Fan Zhendong to win the men's singles championship of the Tokyo Olympics;
On August 6, 2021, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the Tokyo Olympics with the team;
14 World Table Tennis Championships champions:
On May 1, 2006, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Bremen, Germany;
On March 2, 2008, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the Guangzhou World Table Tennis Championships with the team;
On May 30, 2010, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the Moscow World Table Tennis Championships with the team;
On May 15, 2011, Ma Long partnered with Xu Xin to win the men's doubles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
On April 1, 2012, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund, Germany;
On May 5, 2014, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the Tokyo World Table Tennis Championships with the team;
On May 3, 2015, Ma Long defeated teammate Fang Bo to win the men's singles championship of the Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships;
On March 6, 2016, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur;
On June 5, 2017, Ma Long defeated teammate Fan Zhendong to win the men's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany;
On May 5, 2018, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden;
On April 27, 2019, Ma Long partnered with Wang Chuqin to win the men's doubles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest;
On April 28, 2019, Ma Long won the men's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest;
On October 9, 2022, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships with the team;
On February 25, 2024, Ma Long won the men's team championship at the Busan World Table Tennis Championships with the team;
11 World Cup titles:
On October 25, 2009, Ma Long won the team championship of the World Cup in Linz, Austria;
On October 1, 2010, Ma Long won the team championship of the Dubai World Cup with the team;
On November 6, 2011, Ma Long won the team championship of the World Cup in Magdeburg, Germany;
On September 30, 2012, Ma Long won the men's singles championship of the World Cup in Liverpool, England;
On March 31, 2013, Ma Long won the Guangzhou World Cup team championship with the team;
On January 11, 2015, Ma Long won the team championship of the Dubai World Cup with the team;
On October 18, 2015, Ma Long won the men's singles championship of the World Cup in Hamstad, Sweden;
On February 25, 2018, Ma Long won the team championship of the London World Cup with the team;
On November 10, 2019, Ma Long won the team championship of the Tokyo World Cup with the team;
On December 10, 2023, Ma Long won the Chengdu World Cup mixed team championship with the team;
On April 21, 2024, Ma Long defeated teammate Lin Gaoyuan to win the men's singles championship of the Macau World Cup;
So far, Ma Long has won a total of 30 world championship titles, becoming a veritable first person in history, and Ma Long's career has not yet come to fruition, I believe he can continue to rewrite the record and continue to write history, let's wait and see!