Ma Lin, born on February 19, 1980 in Shenhe District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, is an athlete of the Chinese men's table tennis team and currently the head coach of the women's team of the Chinese national table tennis team.

Ma Lin entered the Shenhe District Sports School in Shenyang City in 1986 and the Liaoning Provincial Sports School in 1990. In 1993, Ma Lin entered the Table Tennis School in Shantou, Guangdong. In 1994, at the Guangdong Provincial Games, Ma Lin won three gold medals in singles, doubles and team table tennis for the Shantou team. Later, Ma Lin won the first men's singles championship in his life in the national youth competition.

2004 Athens Olympic Games doubles champion. 2008 Beijing Olympic Games men's team champion and men's single champion. On December 8, 2013, Ma Lin married her girlfriend Zhang Yaqing. At the wedding scene, Ma Lin officially announced her retirement. After retiring, Ma Lin returned to Guangdong and took over as the director of the Guangdong Table Tennis Center and the head coach of Guangdong Table Tennis.

Ma Lin has won four World Cup championships in her career. She is also the first person to win the World Cup men's singles championship consecutively. She is known as Mr. World Cup. He won 18 world championships. In March 2017, Ma Lin served as the coach of the national table tennis team. In December 2022, Ma Lin will serve as the head coach of the women's national table tennis team.

Character evaluation:

In the game, whether she is leading or lagging behind, Ma Lin gives people a very difficult feeling and always gives you a headache. His tactical changes and psychological quality are the strongest among the national team members. He relied on these extraordinary abilities to achieve today's results.

Ma Lin is a very difficult team member. Ma Lin is the kind of person who thinks a lot and wants the championship very much. However, compared to Wang Hao, Ma Lin lacks grandeur. Ma Lin is a very thoughtful person, and sometimes he may think more than our coaching staff.

So it is very interesting in the process of managing Ma Lin. It feels like you are playing a game with him. To a certain extent, the coach needs to compete with him in a battle of wits and courage, and he must have some level and skills. Some words are meant to point him out, and some words are meant to stimulate him.