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Alapa PED003 – Gg3

Activity 1 Sir Stephen A. Fadare

1. Make a timeline on the historical background of table tennis from 1880’s to date.
1880s. As an adaptation of lawn tennis played outdoors on sunny days, table tennis was invented as a
method to play the game when the weather was too cold during winter to play outdoors (Sandoval,
2021). Sources claim that it was first played by British army officers stationed in India and South
Africa in the early 1880s. Cigar box lids were utilized as paddles, rounded wine bottle corks were
used as balls, and books were employed as a makeshift net (Letts, 2018).
1887. According to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Website the earliest production use
of the name Table Tennis was done by J.H Singer in 1887 (ITTF, n.d.).
1890. The ITTF Website also claimed that David Foster’s patented table tennis in England 1890
(No.11037): Parlour Table Games that featured table versions of Lawn Tennis, Cricket, and
Football was the first surviving table tennis game (ITTF, n.d.).
1891. Gossima—a game which “used drum-type paddles or bats, a 50 millimeters web wrapped cork ball,
and a 30-centimeter high net”—was introduced by John Jacques of London in 1891 (Rowbottom,
2021).
1890’s. According to Letts (2018) in his article on Brief History of Table Tennis, it was around 1890’s
when Parker Brothers started manufacturing an indoor tennis kit that featured a portable net, a tiny
netting-covered ball, and paddles.
1900. Celluloid balls have been introduced by an Englishman named James Gibb to replace rubber and
cork balls. The celluloid ball bounced perfectly, and the game was a tremendous success (ITTF,
n.d.).
1901. In England, John Jacques registered "Ping Pong" as a trade name. Parker Brothers has purchased
the American rights to the name (Letts, 2018). The Table Tennis Association and the competing
Ping Pong Association were founded and merged in 1903. Western settlements and trade missions
introduce the game to China (ITTF, 2018). On the other hand, a website called T3 Ping Pong
claimed that it was during this year when a racket for wiff waff was first produced by Hamley’s of
Regent Street, a sports manufacturer at the time. The sound produced by these hard bats gave rise
to the game’s name “ping pong” (T3pingpong, 2016).
1902. E.C.Goode, an Englishman, is credited for placing a sheet of rubber on top of a wooden blade,
allowing for a more spin on the ball (Letts, 2018; Sandoval, 2021). This is the precursor to the
standard pimpled rubber racket, which would dominate table tennis until 1952 (Letts, 2018).
1903. "The Table Tennis Association" and "The Ping Pong Association" merged on May 1, 1903, creating
"The United Table Tennis and Ping Pong Association." This organization would eventually change
its name to "The Table Tennis Association" before dissolving in 1904 (Letts, 2018).
1904. Although the ping pong mania has faded, certain pockets of popularity in Eastern Europe remain
(ITTF, n.d.).
Classic Hard Bat Era and European Dominance (1920’s - 1950’s)
1922. The game was revived in Europe, though laws varied. Standard laws of the game were established
in England (ITTF, n.d). “The Table Tennis Association” was re-established, but was later changed
to “English Table Tennis Association” in 1927 (Letts, 2018). An All England Club was created,
which included luminaries such as cricketer Jack Hobbs and other prominent figures from the
 world of sport at the time. The Daily Mirror created and funded a countrywide competition with
40,000 participants (Athletic Scholarships, 2016).
1926. In Berlin, Germany, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was founded, and the first
World Championships were held in London, England. The ITTF Constitution and the first set of
uniform Laws are established where Chairman Ivor Montagu has been elected (ITTF, n.d.).
1927. The world's first international table tennis competition was held in London (T3pingpong, 2016) and
was won by a Hungarian, Dr. Jacobi (Athletic Scholarships, 2016). The English Table Tennis
Association was founded on April 24, 1927, under the presidency and guidance of Ivor Montague,
son of Lord Ewatthling. He not only designed modern-day table tennis, but he also received
critical recognition as a filmmaker and film producer. The ETTA had 19 leagues at the time, but
currently has over 300, with around 75,000 registered players (Athletic Scholarships, 2016).
1926-1931. Maria Mednyanszky of Hungary wins the World Championships Women's Singles event five
times in a row (ITTF, n.d.).
1930. Table tennis was banned in the Soviet Union for 30 years as it was believed to be bad for your eyes
(T3pingpong, 2016).
1930-1935. Victor Barna of Hungary became five-time world champion of the six Men Singles events and
became a runner up in 1931. He bags 22 gold medals at world championships with 40 overall
(ITTF, n.d.).
1935. The US Table Tennis Association was formed by the merger of the American Ping Pong
Association, the US Amateur Table Tennis Association, and the National Table Tennis Association
(which was renamed USA Table Tennis in 1994) (Letts, 2018).
1936. The ITTF implemented a few regulation modifications in 1936, including raising the net height to 6
and ¾ inches and painting the tables. As a result, the game slowed significantly, making it more
difficult for attacking players. During that year's World Championships in Prague, there was a rally
that lasted over 2 hours, the longest rally ever during a world championship game (Sandoval, 2021).
1937. ITTF lowered the net to 6 inches (15.24 cm) which encouraged more attacking styles, time limits
were also imposed during matches (ITTF, n.d.). Finger spin serves were also banned (Hughes, n.d.).
1939. The first world championship held outside Europe was in Cairo, Egypt (ITTF, n.d.).
1940-1946. World War II resulted in suspension of ITTF activities and World Championships.
1947. ITTF resumed its activities and the World Championships was held in Paris. Richard Bergmann, a
defending World Singles Champion, was not allowed to participate as a result of accepting money
to play during the War without official permission (ITTF, n.d.).
1950-1955. Angelica Rozeanu-Adelstein of Romania wins six consecutive World Championship Women's
Singles championships. Every World Champion in Women's Singles since her last championship in
1955 has been an Asian player.
East Domination / Sponge Bat Era (1950s - 1970s)
1952. The nineteenth World Championships were held in Bombay, India, and were the first to be held in
Asia. This opened the gates for Japan to arrive at the world stage (ITTF, n.d.). Hiroh Satoh of Japan
became well-known for his usage of a wooden racket coated in thick foam sponge rubber, which
creates significantly more speed and spin than traditional pimpled rubber rackets. He defeated
 Hungary's Jozsef Koczian to win the 1952 World Championships, kicking off an era of Asian male
dominance in the sport that would endure until Sweden rose to supremacy in the late 1980s and
early 1990s (Letts, 2018).
1953. For the first time, China competed in the World Championships. For the next several years, the
thick sponge bat will be the source of significant controversy (ITTF, n.d.).
1956. Tomie Okada-Okawa from Japan becomes the first Asian female player to win the World
Championships, ending Europe’s dominance in women’s table tennis.
1957. Due to the constraints of holding such a large event and the difficulty in finding suitable sites, the
World Championships have been reduced to a biannual event (once every two years) (Letts, 2018).
1958. The first European Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary, as the USSR makes its
international table tennis debut (ITTF, n.d.).
1959. Racket standardized legislation has been enacted by ITTF (ITTF, n.d.).
1960. Table tennis was featured in the first Paralympic Games in Rome (ITTF, n.d.).
1962. Alexandria, Egypt, hosted the first All-Africa Championships.
The Rise of Speed Glue (1970s - 2000s)
1970s. Some experimenting with bicycle tire patch adhesive to attach the rubber to the bat in the 1970s
resulted in players being able to create a lot more speed and spin with their rackets. This became
known as speed glue, and it is often attributed to Yugoslavian Dragutin Surbek and Hungarian Tibor
Klampar (Sandoval, 2021).
1971. China offered the Ping Pong Diplomacy (Hughes, n.d.). Following the 1971 World Championships,
many teams were invited to China for a series of friendship matches, which played a major role in
international diplomacy (ITTF, n.d.). In the World Championships in Nagoya, Japan, Jean-Paul
Weber of France utilizes the first anti-spin rubber and has some success with it (Letts, 2018).
1970s-1989. China is the world's dominant force in both men's and women's competitions, winning
several events at every global championship.
1979. Professor Günter Arndt invented the Triples Table Tennis (T3pingpong, 2016).
1980. The First World Cup was held in Hong Kong (ITTF, n.d.).
1982. The First World Veterans’ Championship was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, as well as the First
World Championships for the disabled held in Stoke Mandeville, England (ITTF, n.d.).
1985. To minimize the efficacy of combo rackets, the two-color rule is used (Letts, 2018).
1988. Table tennis was included for the first time in the Olympic Games, which were held in Seoul, South
Korea (ITTF, n.d.).
1989-1993. China’s dominance and hold over Men’s World Championships was broken by Sweden,
claiming victories over the Teams Event in 1989, 1991, and 1993, as well as producing World
Men's Champions in 1989 and 1991. (Jan-Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson respectively). China
maintains its female supremacy (Letts, 2018).
1995. When the World Championships was held in Tianjin, China, it became a total triumph for the
country for the second time, taking home seven gold medals (ITTF, n.d.).
2000. Following the Sydney Olympics, the ball size was raised to 40mm for better television viewing by
ITTF (ITTF, n.d.).
2001. ITTF also changed the game score and was reduced from 21 to 11 points (ITTF, n.d.), and used a
best of 5 games or best of 7 games match (Letts, 2018). The World Championships are being held
in Osaka, Japan. China triumphed for the third time in a row, earning all seven gold medals (ITTF,
n.d.).
2004. Table Tennis placed fifth among all sports in terms of television viewing audience during the
Olympic Games in Athens (ITTF, n.d.).
2006. The ITTF has declared its intention to prohibit the use of hazardous organic solvents in smooth long
pips and speed glues (Letts, 2018).
2007. Following a health issue involving a speed glue user in Japan, the ITTF has withdrawn its approval
of all table tennis glues (Letts, 2018).
2008. As of January 1, the use of speed glues containing unlawful VOCs is prohibited in all ITTF junior
tournaments. Machines that test for unlawful VOCs are being deployed to detect regulation
violations (Letts, 2018).
2009. T3 Ping Pong (2016) website indicated that the “first triples tournament was held in Wollongong,
Australia”.
2010. Table Tennis is one of the sports featured in the first Youth Olympic Games (ITTF, n.d.).
2014. Plastic balls were introduced that eventually replaced celluloid balls (Hughes, n.d.).
2016. Plastic balls are used in World Championships and the Olympics. China won all four Olympic gold
medals for the second time, and have won 28 of the 32 Olympic gold medals since 1988 (ITTF,
n.d.).
2. Search and make a profile of a Table Tennis player indicating his/her country, and
achievements or awards, etc.
a) World-rank Men’s player;
Fan Zhendong
Country: China
Age: 24
Birthday: January 22, 1997
Birthplace: Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
Height: 1.73m
Playing style: Attacker
Grip: Shakehand
Playing hand: Right-handed
Career:
● Currently ranked number 1 (as of July 2021) by the International Table Tennis Federation
(Chawla, 2021).
● He became the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and World Table Tennis Champion after
joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2012 as the team's youngest member
(peoplepill.com, n.d.).
● His steady ascent to become one of the world's best table tennis players has earned him a global
fan following, with over 500,000 followers on the Chinese social media site Weibo. He won the
ITTF Star Point Award in 2016, and he was nominated for the Best Male Star Award every year
from 2013 to 2016 (Chawla, 2021).
Playing Style (source: peoplepill.com)
● He is a Stiga sponsored athlete.
● Fan, a right-handed shakehand-grip player, plays an aggressive style of table tennis, finishing
opponents with explosive footwork and devastating forehand loops.
Notable Achievements (source: peoplepill.com)
● 2013. Won the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, France, Asian Table Tennis
Championships in Busan, South Korea, World Tours played at Qatar, China, Poland, Germany,
and Sweden, a gold medal in singles and silver in doubles at Tianjin, China, and gold medal in
singles at Nanjing, China.
● 2014. Won a gold medal in the World Team Table Tennis Championships held in Tokyo, Japan, a
silver medal in the 2014 Wuhan singles, gold medal in 2014 Incheon singles and a silver medal in
doubles, gold medal in the 2014 Nanjing singles and in the Mixed Teams, won the Asian Cup
Table Tennis Tournament at Wuhan, China, won the Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea, won
the ITTF World Tour at Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, Sweden, and China.
● 2015. Won the silver medal in the 2015 Suzhou doubles and a bronze in singles, won gold medal
in the 2015 Dubai in teams, silver medal in the 2015 singles in Halmstad, silver medal in the 2015
Jaipur in singles, gold medal in the 2015 Pattaya in doubles, won the World Table Tennis
championships in China, Table tennis World Cup in Sweden, World Team Table Tennis
Championships in Malaysia, Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in India, Asian Table Tennis
Championships in China, ITTF World Tour at Kuwait, Japan, China, Poland, Sweden, and
Portugal.
● 2016. Won gold medal in the 2016 Kuala Lumpur in team, gold medal in singles at Saarbrucken,
World Team Table Tennis Championships at Malaysia, and won the ITFF World Tour at Kuwait,
Qatar, Japan, South Korea, China, and Qatar.
● 2017. Won gold medal in the World Table Tennis Championships at Germany, Asian Table Tennis
Championships at Wuxi, China, Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament at Ahmedabad in India, and
won the ITFF World Tour at Qatar, Japan, Germany, Sweden, and Kazakhstan.
● 2018. Won the Table Tennis World Cup in the team at London, England, World Team Table
Tennis Championships in Paris, France, World Table Tennis Championships at Budapest,
Hungary, Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament at Yokohama, Japan, Asian Games in Jakarta,
Indonesia, and won the ITTF World Tour at Hungary, Qatar, China, Sweden, Austria, and South
Korea.
 ● 2019. Won the Table Tennis World Cup in Tokyo, Japan, Table Tennis World Cup in men’s
singles at Chengdu, China, Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament at Yokohama, Japan, Asian Table
Tennis Championships at Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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b) World-rank Women’s player
Chen Meng
Country: China
Age: 27
Birthday: January 15, 1994
Birthplace: Shandong, China
Height: 1.66m
Playing Style: Attacker
Grip: Shakehand
Playing Hand: Right-handed

Career:
● Chen swept the world cup, ITTF pro tour finals, and 2020 All China National Championships
once professional table tennis returned following the pandemic (Nets, 2021a).
● Chen was chosen to represent China in the women's singles and team events at the Tokyo
Olympics in May 2021. Chen won the first leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage but was
defeated in the second leg finals by Wang Manyu Chen (Nets, 2021a) and was defeated by Wang
once more in a closed-door scrim in June (Nets, 2021b).
● Chen participated in the women's singles event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Chen won her
semi-final match against Singapore's Yu Mengyu 4-0 and her quarter-final match against Hong
Kong's Doo Hoi Kem 4-2 despite trailing 2–0 (Nets, 2021c). She subsequently won gold in the
finals, defeating her compatriot Sun Yingsha 4–2 (Yamamitsu, 2021). Chen, together with Sun
Yingsha and Wang Manyu, participated in the women's teams final match on August 5, 2021, and
won the gold medal with a 3-0 victory against Japan, extending China's unbeaten run in the event
(The Japan Times, 2021).
● Chen finished fourth in the China National Games in September, although her bronze-medal
opponent Liu Shiwen noted that Chen was ill and performing at a much lower level than usual
(Nets, 2021d).
Titles (source: peoplepill.com)
Singles
● ITTF World Tour Grand Finals (3) - 2017, 2018, 2019
 ● ITTF World Tour (14) - China 2012, 2013, 2019, Qatar 2012, 2017, Swedish 2013, 2019, Japan
2015, Australian 2017, German 2017, Austrian 2018, Korea 2019, Hungarian 2019, Qatar 2020
Doubles
● ITTF World Tour Grand Finals (1) - 2017 (with Zhu Yuling)
● ITTF World Tour (13) -
● with Zhu: Kuwait 2012, China 2012, 2013, 2016, Australian 2017
● with Liu Shiwen: China 2015, Japan 2019
● with Mu Zi: Swedish 2015
● with Wang Manyu: Qatar 2017, Australian 2019, Korea 2019
● with Ding Ning: Korea 2018, Swedish 2019

3. Search and make a profile of (1) Table Tennis player who is a former or current member of the
Philippine Team (indicate his/her achievements/awards, etc.)
Ian Nietes Lariba

Country: Philippines
Birthday: October 13, 1994
Birthplace: Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Died: September 2, 2018 (Aged 23)
Height: 1.62m

Career:
Collegiate
● Lariba was a former varsity player for De La Salle University competing in the UAAP Table
Tennis competition. After being spotted in a national competition, she joined the table tennis
squad (ABS-CBN News, 2016).
● In her debut season, she was crowned UAAP Season 74 Rookie of the Year, and her team won the
UAAP Season 75 title, with Lariba named Most Valuable Player (MVP). Her collegiate team
came close to capturing the UAAP Season 76 championship, winning games before falling to the
UP Lady Maroons in the final (Saguin, 2015).
● She led her team to the UAAP Season 77 title, earning her a second MVP award and being voted
UAAP Athlete of the Year with Hannah Dato of Ateneo de Manila University and Janelle Mae
Frayna of Far Eastern University (Gloria, 2015).
● She once again guided her team to the UAAP Season 78 championship and was awarded MVP
(Terrado, 2016a).
● She was also named one of four student-athletes to receive the Athlete of the Year title in Season
78, with Alyssa Valdez and Jessie Lacuna of Ateneo de Manila University and Queeny Sabobo of
Adamson University (Terrado, 2016b).
International
● Lariba competed for the Philippines in international table tennis tournaments. She and Jamaica Sy
led the Philippine team to first place in Division 4 of the 2014 World Table Tennis Team
Championships in Tokyo, Japan (Gloria, 2015).
● She also competed in the Southeast Asian Games in 2013 (Lozada, 2015) and 2015, and she
qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics through the Asian qualifying competition held in Hong
Kong in April 2016 (Terrado, 2016a).
● She was the first Filipina table tennis player to qualify for the Summer Olympics since the sport
was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1988 (ABS-CBN News, 2016).
● She also took part in the 2016 Asean University Games, her final competition before the
Olympics (Leyba, 2016).
● Lariba carried the Philippine flag as the delegation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the
2016 Summer Olympics (Philstar, 2016). In the preliminary round, she was beaten by Han Xing
of the Congo (Terrado, 2016b).
Awards:
Singles (Sources: tonite.abante.com.ph, ESPN.com)
● ASEAN University Games: 3rd (2014)
● South East Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships: 2nd (2005), 3rd (2006)
● Philippine National Games: 1st (2013, 2014, 2016)
● Palarong Pambansa: 1st (2005, 2006, 2007)
Team
● UAAP Table Tennis Team: 1st (2012, 2014, 2015), 2nd (2011, 2013)
Honors (Sources: dlsaa.com, news.abs-cbn.com)
● UAAP Athlete of the Year (2014, 2015)
● UAAP table tennis MVP (2012, 2014, 2015)
● UAAP table tennis Rookie of the Year (2011)
● DLSU table tennis jersey retired
● 2019 DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame Awardee
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