Sun Yingsha

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Sun Yingsha
Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Medal Ceremonies Women 115.jpg
Medal ceremony at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 21)
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking2 (December 2019)[1]
Current ranking2 (August 2021)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships 3 1 0
World Cup 1 1 0
Total 5 3 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Houston Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Houston Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Houston Singles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Weihai Singles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Incheon Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Incheon Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Mixed Doubles
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed Team
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Sun Yingsha (simplified Chinese: 孙颖莎; born 4 November 2000) is a female Chinese table tennis player.[3][2]

Career[]

2019[]

In the 2019 World Team Cup, Sun came back from down 10–7 in the deciding fifth game to defeat Mima Ito in the finals against Japan. In an interview in 2021, Sun referred to this match as her favorite match.[4]

2021[]

Sun started out 2021 as number two in the world rankings. However, after China's decision to withdraw from all international events until the Tokyo Olympics,[5] Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings.[6] In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.[7]

In May, Sun was selected to represent China in the women's singles and team event at the Tokyo Olympics. In China's Olympic Scrimmage, Sun lost to Chen Meng in the finals of the first leg and to Wang Manyu in the semi-finals of the second leg.[8] In June, Sun lost to Zhang Rui and again lost to Wang Manyu in a closed-door scrimmage.[9]

Sun reached the finals of the women's singles in 2020 Tokyo Olympics, crushing Mima Ito, who was widely viewed as the biggest threat to China, handily 4–0 in the semi-finals.[10] However, Sun lost to Chen Meng in the finals to take silver. After the match, Sun remarked that she was satisfied with how she has played, but Chen was simply the stronger player that day.[11] Sun later teamed up with Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, to play in the women's teams event and made it to the final match on 5 August 2021. They scored a 3–0 victory over Japan to win the gold medal and continuing China's undefeated winning streak in the event.[12][13]

In September, Sun reached the finals of the China National Games, but lost 4–0 to Wang Manyu.[14]

See also[]

  • List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals

References[]

  1. ^ "ITTF Player Profile / Sun Yingsha". ittf.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Senior Women's Singles". ittf.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ Table Tennis SUN Yingsha – Tokyo 2020 Olympics Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Sun Yingsha WTT Interview On Olympic Preparations and More". edgesandnets.com. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Winners and Losers of China's Withdrawal From WTT Doha". edgesandnets.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Feng Tianwei Was The Biggest Winner at WTT Doha – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ "World Table Tennis News Roundup – 04/19/21 – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu Win Second Leg of China Olympic Scrimmage". edgesandnets.com. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Liu Guoliang Downplays Expectations and Reiterates Need For Mental Strength Heading into Tokyo". edgesandnets.com. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Sun Yingsha Crushes Mima Ito 4–0 In Olympic Semi-finals". edgesandnets.com. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Chen Meng Defeats Sun Yingsha 4–2 to Clinch Olympic Gold". edgesandnets.com. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  12. ^ hermesauto (5 August 2021). "Olympics: China beat Japan to win table tennis women's team gold". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Japan comes up short in women's table tennis team final as China's dominance continues". The Japan Times. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Injured Wang Manyu Sweeps Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to Win China National Games – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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