Name: Wang Nan

   Gender: F

   Height:  1.62m

   Weight: 59kg

   Date of birth: October 23, 1978

 Place of birth: Fushun, Liaoning Province

 Sport: Table tennis

Sports career:

Took up table tennis at age seven. Entered Fushun Spare-time Sports School and then the provincial spare-time sports school in 1989. Chosen by the Liaoning provincial team in 1991. Joined the national team in 1993 to become the youngest member on the team.

Personal best:

2000 Olympics - 1st singles & doubles

2004 Athens Olympics - 1st doubles women

Honours: 

2001 - Voted one of World Best Women Athletes

As a leading member of the Chinese national table tennis team, Wang Nan has become the second Chinese player to make a clean sweep of all major world titles in the women's singles following the retirement of Deng Yaping.

(China.org.cn)