Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong (; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 for men's singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2012 as the youngest member of the team, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and the youngest World Table Tennis Champion. He achieved the top spot in the world rankings after holding position No. 2 for 29 consecutive months, starting from November 2015.

Fan's attacking style of play involves explosive footwork and powerful forehand loops. His thick-set build has led fans and commentators to affectionately refer to him as "Little Fatty" (). His continuous rise to becoming one of the top table tennis players in the world has garnered him a large fanbase worldwide, with over half a million followers on Chinese social media site Weibo. In 2016, he won the ITTF Star Point Award, and he was nominated for the Best Male Star Award every year between 2013 and 2016.
Q3930
table tennis
Concept
Q661379
International Table Tennis Federation
MEDIA
Q10873379
Chinese National Table Tennis Team
Concept
Q1155795
ITTF World Tour Champion
EVE
Q867238
World Table Tennis Champion
EVE
None
loops
UNK
Q92526
Weibo
MEDIA
Q28456502
ITTF Star Point Award
EVE
Q14594723
Fan Zhendong
PER
1997-01-22T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
22 January 1997
DATE
2012-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2012
DATE
2015-11-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
November 2015
DATE
2016-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2016
DATE
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2013
DATE
2016-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2016
DATE
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
+2^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2
NUMBER
+29^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
29
NUMBER
sport
date of birth
ranking
sport