Sun Yingsha

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Sun Yingsha

Sun Yingsha (Chinese: 孙颖莎; pinyin: Sūn Yǐngshā; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion.[1] She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles.[3][4]

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Sun Yingsha
Sun in 2024
Personal information
Native name孙颖莎
Nickname(s)Shasha/莎莎,Dudu/嘟嘟,妹宝, 小豆包,莎局,小魔王,小鲨鱼,美肚莎,暴力莎
Born (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 24)
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking1 (1 February 2022)[3]
Current ranking1 (15 April 2025)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 2 0
World Championships 7 1 1
World Cup / WTT Finals 9 1 0
Asian Games 5 0 0
Asian Championships 3 4 0
Asian Cup 0 1 0
Total 27 9 1
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam
2024 ParisMixed doubles
2024 ParisTeam
2020 TokyoSingles
2024 ParisSingles
World Championships
2019 BudapestDoubles
2021 HoustonDoubles
2021 HoustonMixed doubles
2022 ChengduTeam
2023 DurbanMixed doubles
2023 DurbanSingles
2024 BusanTeam
2021 HoustonSingles
2023 DurbanDoubles
World Cup
2019 TokyoTeam
2023 ChengduMixed team
2024 MacauSingles
2024 ChengduMixed team
2025 MacauSingles
2020 WeihaiSingles
WTT Finals
2021 SingaporeSingles
2022 XinxiangSingles
2023 NagoyaSingles
2023 NagoyaDoubles
Asian Games
2018 IncheonMixed doubles
2018 IncheonTeam
2022 HangzhouSingles
2022 HangzhouMixed doubles
2022 HangzhouTeam
Asian Championships
2019 YogyakartaSingles
2019 YogyakartaTeam
2023 PyeongchangTeam
2019 YogyakartaMixed doubles
2023 PyeongchangSingles
2023 PyeongchangDoubles
2024 AstanaTeam
Asian Cup
2025 ShenzhenSingles
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos AiresSingles
2018 Buenos AiresMixed team
World Junior Championships
2017 Riva del GardaSingles
2017 Riva del GardaDoubles
2017 Riva del GardaTeam
2017 Riva del GardaMixed doubles
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Sun is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in mixed doubles with Wang Chuqin, and in the team event in both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. She is also the reining World Champion and World Cup Champion.

Career

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Perspective

In January 2017, Sun entered the national table tennis team of China, only sixteen months after being selected for the B team. Sun won gold in the women's singles and mixed team with Wang Chuqin at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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 precious match.[5]

2021

Sun started out 2021 as number two in the world rankings.[6] However, after China's decision to withdraw from all international events until the Tokyo Olympics,[7] Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings.[8] In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.[9]

2023

On October 1, in the women's singles final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Sun defeated Japan's Hina Hayata 4-1 to win gold. This was also Sun's third gold medal after winning both team and mixed doubles. This marked China's seventh consecutive championship in the women's singles competition at the Asian Games.[10]

2024

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Sun won the first gold in mixed doubles for the Chinese table tennis team,[11] as well as women's team gold and women's singles silver.[12][13] At the closing ceremony of Paris 2024 Olympic games, Sun was selected to extinguish the Olympic flame as the representative of the continent of Asia, the first female to be selected for the role.[14]

Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open China Chen Meng 4–1 [15]
2018 Youth Olympic Games Japan Miu Hirano 4–1 [16]
2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open China Liu Shiwen 4–3 [17]
ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open China Ding Ning 4–0 [18]
Asian Championships China Liu Shiwen 3–0 [19]
ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open Japan Mima Ito 4–1 [20]
T2 Diamond Singapore Japan Mima Ito 4–3 [21]
2021 WTT Cup Finals China Wang Yidi 4–2 [22]
2022 WTT Champions Macao China Chen Xingtong 4–1 [23]
WTT Cup Finals China Chen Meng 4–3 [24]
2023 WTT Singapore Smash China Qian Tianyi 4–1 [25]
WTT Champions Xinxiang China Wang Yidi 4–1 [26]
World Championships China Chen Meng 4–2 [27]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana China Chen Meng 4–3 [28]
Asian Games Japan Hina Hayata 4–1 [29]
WTT Star Contender Lanzhou China Chen Meng 4–0 [30]
WTT Finals China Wang Yidi 4–2 [31]
2024 WTT Star Contender Doha China Chen Meng 4–1 [32]
WTT Champions Incheon China Wang Manyu 4–0 [33]
World Cup China Wang Manyu 4–3 [34]
WTT Champions Chongqing China Wang Manyu 4–3 [35]
WTT Champions Macao China Wang Yidi 4–2 [36]
WTT China Smash China Wang Manyu 4–2 [37]
2025 WTT Singapore Smash China Kuai Man 4–1 [38]
WTT Champions Chongqing China Chen Xingtong 4–0 [39]
World Cup China Kuai Man 4–0 [40]
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