The Most Famous
TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS from Denmark
This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Table Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Table Tennis Players, 1 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 23rd most number of Table Tennis Players behind Serbia, and Belgium.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Table Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Danish Table Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Michael Maze (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 48.18, Michael Maze is the most famous Danish Table Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages on wikipedia.
Michael Maze (born 1 September 1981) is a professional table tennis player from Faxe, Denmark, in men's singles and doubles. In 2005 he was one of the top five left-handed players in the world. His strength was in his strong forehand loop and lobbing. He was one of the best defensive lobbers in the world. His strong forehand loop, his forehand pendulum serve, and his confident defensive play away from the table made him a solid all-around player. He competed at four Olympic Games.
2. Finn Tugwell (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 41.94, Finn Tugwell is the 2nd most famous Danish Table Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Finn Tugwell (born 18 March 1976) is a Danish table tennis player who currently plays for Roskilde BTK. He paired up with Danish Michael Maze in doubles, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, beating the Russian pair Dmitry Mazunov/Alexey Smirnov. His highest world ranking was 65th in October 2004.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Danish table tennis players born between 1976 and 1981. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Danish table tennis players include Michael Maze, and Finn Tugwell. As of April 2024, 1 new Danish table tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Finn Tugwell.
