Table Tennis debuted at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul. The first gold medal was awarded to Hyun Jung-Hwa and Yang Young-Ja of South Korea in women's doubles.
Zhang Yining
Men's singles gold medalist was Ma Lin of China.
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Charlotte Cooper in women's singles tennis at the 1900 Games in Paris.
The first US gold medalist in the Modern Olympics was James Connolly in the triple jump in the 1896 Games in Athens.
The first Irish born Olympic champion was John Pius Boland who won gold in men's singles tennis at the 1896 Games in Athens. Boland was born in Dublin and competed for Great Britain. The first gold medalist for an independent Ireland was Pat O'Callahan who won men's hammer throw at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. He was born in Kanturk, Cork.
2012 Games in London ... he won gold medals in men's singles table tennis and men's team table tennis.
Sharron Davies is a Gold Medalist but is also a Silver Medalist!
After the London Olympics 2012 the current number one world ranked player in the Mens is Zhang Jike from China. He is a gold medalist in the 2012 Olympic Men's singles and men's teams, gold medalist in the 2102 World teams championships, winner of the 2011 mens singles in the world championships and 2011 Men's world cup winner.
Maris Strombergs
It was Jack Lovelock
Herma Szabo (Austria)