Han Ying

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Han Ying
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Han Ying at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality China (1983–2010)
 Germany (since 2010)
Born (1983-04-29) 29 April 1983 (age 38) [1]
Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Playing styleRight-handed, Defensive
Highest ranking7 (October 2015)[2]
Current ranking40 (March 2019)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Singles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Schwechat Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Lisbon Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yekaterinburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Schwechat Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Yekaterinburg Doubles

Han Ying (born 29 April 1983 as 韩莹[1][3]) is a female table tennis player representing Germany since 2010. A specialist in defensive chopping, a style in decline ever since the mid-1990s, she is one of a few surviving defensive players active at the ITTF World Tour level as of 2021.[4]

Her most important achievement are the Olympic silver medal in women's team in 2016 and the fourth place in the same event in 2020. Other major awards include the second place in the 2016 World Tour Grand Finals and the fourth place in the 2020 Women's World Cup.

Career[]

Childhood training[]

Han was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, China.[5] In her childhood, she played as an attacker with little progress. In an effort to qualify for the top team in Shenyang, her father convinced her to switch to a defensive chopper. She plays defensively ever since.[4]

She left China at the age of 19 as her style was losing popularity in China. According to her, the China national table tennis team only had three spots reserved for defenders. These defenders almost have no opportunity to play in international tournaments, instead, they serve as internal training partners for the Chinese attackers.[1]

Breakthrough in Germany[]

Han played for the German club Turnverein Busenbach from 2002 to 2005. She transferred to another German club, MTV Tostedt, from 2005 to 2012.[6]

She became a naturalized German citizen in 2010.[6] She made her first breakthrough in March 2011 in the  [de], the most important domestic tournament, which she claimed third in singles[6] and she won the women doubles with Irene Ivancan.[7][8] In December 2011 she won the singles in the  [de], the second most important domestic tournament.[9][1]

She took a break from her career as she gave birth in October 2012.[4] Since April 2013, she relocated to Düsseldorf and played for the Polish club KTS Tarnobrzeg.[5][6]

  • The Tarnobrzeg team in 2015. Han at the center.

  • Han in 2013

Major competitions[]

Han and Ding Ning before their singles quarterfinal in the 2016 Olympics.
Han's signature chopping shot against Ding Ning.

Han debuted in the Olympics at the age of 33. As the fifth seed in the singles in the 2016 Olympics, she was defeated 0-4 in the quarterfinal by Ding Ning, the eventual gold medalist. In the women's team, she helped Germany to defeat Japan in the semifinal before losing to China to claim an Olympic silver medal. In the team semifinal, she lost 2-3 to Kasumi Ishikawa but she recovered to defeat Ai Fukuhara 3-2. In the team final she lost 0-3 to Li Xiaoxia.

In the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, she claimed the second place by beating Mima Ito 4-2, Miu Hirano 4-0 and losing to Zhu Yuling 0-4.

In the 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup, she claimed the fourth place by beating Cheng I-ching 4-2, losing to Chen Meng 3-4 and losing to Mima Ito 0-4.

In the 2020 Olympics, she reached quarterfinal of the women's singles by beating Feng Tianwei 4-1 and losing to Sun Yingsha 0-4.

Statistics[]

[10]

Competition Year Location Country Singles Doubles Mixed Team
Pro Tour 2015 Bremen GER Round of 32 Round of 16
Pro Tour 2015 Doha QAT Runner Up
Pro Tour 2015 Kuwait City KUW Round of 16 Runner Up
Pro Tour 2014 Stockholm SWE SF QF
Pro Tour 2014 Olomouc CZE Round of 32 QF
Pro Tour 2014 Incheon KOR Winner Round of 16
Pro Tour 2014 Chengdu CHN Round of 16 SF
Pro Tour 2014 Magdeburg GER SF Round of 16
Pro Tour 2014 Doha QAT Round of 32 Round of 16
Pro Tour 2013 Berlin GER SF Round of 16
Pro Tour 2013 Olomouc CZE QF QF
Pro Tour 2013 Doha QAT Round of 16 QF
Pro Tour 2012 Doha QAT QF
Pro Tour 2011 Dortmund GER Round of 64
Pro Tour 2011 Sheffield ENG Round of 64 Round of 16
Pro Tour Grand Finals 2014 Bangkok THA Round of 16

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Adolphi, Gert (2014-03-20). "Han Ying: Junge Mutter mit Top-Ten-Potenzial". German Table Tennis Association's official website (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-07-28.
  2. ^ "ITTF World Ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 Nov 2015.
  3. ^ "HAN Ying". 2020 Olympics official website. 2021.
  4. ^ a b c 陈偲婧; 边玉翔 (2020). "韩莹，在世界杯上削亮全场". (in Chinese). Beijing: Chinese Table Tennis Association (12). Archived from the original on 2021-07-28.
  5. ^ a b "Han Ying: Würde mich als gebürtige Deutsche auch ärgern". myTischtennis (in German). 2013-11-05. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28.
  6. ^ a b c d "Han und Duda werden Mitglieder im B-Kader". German Table Tennis Association's official website (in German). 2013-07-24. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28.
  7. ^ "Profis - Deutsche Meisterschaften in Bamberg, Bild 8 von 43". mytischtennis. 2011-03-06.
  8. ^ "Irene Ivancan und Han Ying gewinnen Doppeltitel". mytischtennis. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09.
  9. ^ "Steffen Mengel und Han Ying gewinnen Bundesranglistenfinale". mytischtennis. 2011-12-03.
  10. ^ "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

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