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Table Tennis - Olympics: Day 6
Zhang Jike completed his grand slam by winning the gold in men's singles in 2012 Olympics

To achieve an accomplishment of the grand slam in Table Tennis, a player has to win the singles event in Olympics, World Championship and the World Cup. The player can achieve this feat in his entire career.

Jan-Ove Waldner was the first and only non-Chinese player to achieve the Grand Slam of Table Tennis in 1992. Zhang Yining is the only player on the list who has achieved this rare feat twice in her career.

Zhang Jike is the quickest to achieve the Grand Slam. He took just 445 days between the win in 2011 World Championship and the triumph in 2012 London Olympics.

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Edited by Shraishth Jain