Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983)

Wang Hao
Personal information
Nationality China
Born (1983-12-15) December 15, 1983
Changchun, Jilin Province, China
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing stylePenholder based on shakehand style
Highest ranking1 (Dec 2004, Oct 2007–Jul 2009, Apr–Sep 2011)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingTeam
2012 LondonTeam
2004 AthensSingles
2008 BeijingSingles
2012 LondonSingles
World Championships
2004 DohaTeam
2005 ShanghaiDoubles
2006 BremenTeam
2008 GuangzhouTeam
2009 YokohamaSingles
2009 YokohamaDoubles
2010 MoscowTeam
2012 DortmundTeam
2014 TokyoTeam
2003 ParisDoubles
2007 ZagrebDoubles
2011 RotterdamSingles
2013 ParisSingles
2003 ParisMixed Doubles
2007 ZagrebSingles
2011 RotterdamDoubles
World Cup
2007 BarcelonaSingles
2007 MagdeburgTeam
2008 LiegeSingles
2010 DubaiTeam
2010 MagdeburgSingles
2011 MagdeburgTeam
2013 GuangzhouTeam
2005 LiégeSingles
2006 ParisSingles
2011 ParisSingles
2004 HangzhouSingles
Asian Championships
2003 BangkokSingles
2003 BangkokTeam
2005 Jeju-doTeam
2007 YangzhouSingles
2007 YangzhouTeam
2007 YangzhouDoubles
2003 BangkokDoubles
Asian Cup
2005 New DelhiSingles
2006 KobeSingles
2009 HangzhouSingles

Wang Hao (Chinese: 王皓; pinyin: Wáng Hào; born December 15, 1983) is a retired Chinese table tennis player and multiple-time Olympic medallist. He is the current head coach of the Chinese Men's Table Tennis Team.

Wang became the world champion in men's singles in 2009, defeating three-time World Champion Wang Liqin 4–0. Wang was also a three-time World Cup Champion in 2007, 2008 and 2010, as well as a three-time singles silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was ranked #1 on the official ITTF world rankings for 27 consecutive months from October 2007 to December 2009. In January 2010, he was surpassed by Ma Long. In April 2011, Wang reclaimed his #1 ranking. He is known to execute the Reverse Penhold Backhand (RPB) with exceptional skill.

During his career, he appeared a record twelve times in major world competition finals. In men's singles, he won the Asian Championship, Asian Cup, Asian Games, and Chinese National Games at least once.

Wang retired from the national team at the end of 2014. As of 2023, he is the head coach of the Chinese Men's Table Tennis Team.