table tennis
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Summary
table tennis is a type of sport[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of type of sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,431 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: ball game[3], racket sport[4], Olympic sport[5], hobby[6], table sports[7]
- Commons category: Table tennis[8]
- Unicode character: 🏓[9]
- Country of origin: England[10]
- Inception: 1891[11]
- Authority: International Table Tennis Federation[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Table tennis[13]
- Commons gallery: Table tennis[14]
- Described at URL: https://neal.fun/earth-reviews/table-tennis[15], https://www.bouncepingpong.com/about[16]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=table_tennis[17]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18]
- Minimum number of players: 2[19]
- Maximum number of players: 4[20]
- Uses: table tennis racket[21], table tennis ball[22], table for table tennis[23], ping pong nets & post[24]
- Name: Ping Pong[25]
- Practiced by: table tennis player[26], table tennis coach[27]
- Alternative name: Ping-Pong[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
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Influence
Things named for table tennis include ping-pong lemma[30], a lemma[31].
Why It Matters
table tennis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
It has been cited as an influence by Gary Plummer[34], a basketball player[35], b. 1962[36], of United States[37].
Entities named for it include ping-pong lemma[30], a lemma[31].
FAQs
Who did table tennis influence?
table tennis has been cited as an influence by Gary Plummer[34].