TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

Jean-Philippe Gatien

1968 - Today

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Jean-Philippe Gatien (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip ɡasjɛ̃], born 16 October 1968, in Alès, France, is a retired French table tennis player. He competed in four Olympics Games from 1988 to 2000, winning silver in the singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and bronze in doubles (with Patrick Chila) at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He won the World Table Tennis Championships in 1993, the Table Tennis World Cup in 1994, and was 13-time "champion de France". A left-handed player, his offensive style featured a superb forehand smash. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Philippe Gatien is the 27th most popular table tennis player (up from 33rd in 2019), the 5,149th most popular biography from France (up from 5,294th in 2019) and the most popular French Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Jean-Philippe Gatien ranks 27 out of 107Before him are Vladimir Samsonov, Jean-Michel Saive, Ma Lin, Yoo Nam-kyu, Wang Liqin, and Gábor Gergely. After him are Erik Lindh, Kong Linghui, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Deng Yaping, Joo Sae-hyuk, and Wang Hao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Jean-Philippe Gatien ranks 377Before him are Sydnee Steele, Hauwa Ibrahim, Sammy Sosa, Miguel Herrera, Eagle-Eye Cherry, and Janine Lindemulder. After him are Martin Max, Ljubinko Drulović, Michael Obiku, Joe Cornish, Ramzi Yousef, and Luke Goss.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Philippe Gatien ranks 5,149 out of 6,770Before him are Pierre Pincemaille (1956), Pierre Bastien (1953), Georges Johin (1877), Jean-François Lamour (1956), Raymond Martin (1949), and Christian Prudhomme (1960). After him are Stanislas Dehaene (1965), Lionel Charbonnier (1966), Ulrich Ramé (1972), Michel Stievenard (1937), Johann Zarco (1990), and Laurent Binet (1972).

Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In France

Among table tennis players born in France, Jean-Philippe Gatien ranks 1After him are Patrick Chila (1969), and Emmanuel Lebesson (1988).