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Liu Guoliang was born on 10 January, 1976 in Xinxiang, Henan, China, is a Chinese table tennis player. Discover Liu Guoliang's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?
| Popular As |
Liu Guoliang |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
48 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
10 January, 1976 |
| Birthday |
10 January |
| Birthplace |
Xinxiang, Henan, China |
| Nationality |
China
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He is a member of famous Player with the age 48 years old group.
Liu Guoliang Height, Weight & Measurements
At 48 years old, Liu Guoliang height is 1.68 m .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
1.68 m |
| Weight |
Not Available |
| Body Measurements |
Not Available |
| Eye Color |
Not Available |
| Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Liu Guoliang's Wife?
His wife is Wang Jin
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Wang Jin |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Liu Guoliang Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Liu Guoliang worth at the age of 48 years old? Liu Guoliang’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from China. We have estimated Liu Guoliang's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Player |
Liu Guoliang Social Network
Timeline
Liu Guoliang (born January 10, 1976) is a retired Chinese table tennis player who has won all titles at major world tournaments including World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games.
He is the second man to achieve a career grand slam of three majors (Olympic Gold, World Cup, World Championships).
He is considered by many to be one of the greatest players and coaches of all time.
Liu Guoliang was born in Xinxiang, Henan.
He was a member of the winning Chinese team in both the 1995 and 1997 World Table Tennis Championships.
He won two gold medals in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the men's singles and the men's doubles (with Kong Linghui), he won the men's singles in the 1996 World Cup, the World Doubles Championships in 1997 and 1999 with doubles partner Kong Linghui, and the 1999 World Singles Championships in Eindhoven.
During his prime (1996–1999) Liu played with TSP Spinpips on his forehand and Mark V on his backhand, yet still on the Stiga Clipper blade.
The Spinpip rubbers was banned in the late 2000 and their counterpart Spinpip Md the year after.
Both times because of the aspect ratio (ratio of pips height to width) and its structure of the pip and the arrangement of the pips that made the rubber extremely spinny and unpredictable; and therefore judged to be too advantageous.
It is therefore uncertain if Liu actually ever played with Stiga rubbers in competition.
Liu Guoliang's older brother, Liu Guodong, was the head coach of the Indonesia table tennis national team.
Liu retired after the 2001 season and was appointed as the head coach of the China's National Men's Team at the age of 27.
The Chinese team has also won every men's singles teams championships in the World Table Tennis Championships since Liu became head coach; a period spanning from 2001 to 2018.
As the head coach of the Chinese Men's National Table Tennis Team he is the most successful coach in history with a team gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in addition to the medal sweep by Ma Lin, Wang Hao, and Wang Liqin.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics the team won gold and Zhang Jike and Wang Hao won gold and silver medals respectively in the men's singles.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics the team again won gold and Ma Long and Zhang Jike won the gold and silver medals in the men's singles.
On December 1, 2018, Liu was elected as president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, replacing Cai Zhenhua.
In June, Liu stated that unlike in previous Olympic games, he did not want to place pressure on the Chinese players and coaches to sweep all the gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
His playing style is based on the use of short pimple-out rubber and he uses a penholder grip.
He is the forerunner of the backhand reverse topspin.
His blade is Stiga Clipper, his forehand rubber is Stiga Clippa and his reverse backhand rubber is Stiga Mendo Energy.
