Sun Yingsha

 ( 2000 Births ) 

Sun Yingsha (; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles.

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 reigning World Champion and World Cup Champion.

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Career 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.

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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.

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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, Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings. In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.

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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.

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2024 At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Sun won the first gold in mixed doubles for the Chinese table tennis team, as well as women's team gold and women's singles silver. 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.

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Singles titles

2017	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open	Chen Meng	4–1
2018	Youth Olympic Games	Miu Hirano	4–1
2019	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open	Liu Shiwen	4–3
	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open	Ding Ning	4–0
	Asian Championships	Liu Shiwen	3–0
	ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open	Mima Ito	4–1
	T2 Diamond Singapore	Mima Ito	4–3
2021	WTT Cup Finals	Wang Yidi	4–2
2022	WTT Champions Macao	Chen Xingtong	4–1
	WTT Cup Finals	Chen Meng	4–3
2023	WTT Singapore Smash	Qian Tianyi	4–1
	WTT Champions Xinxiang	Wang Yidi	4–1
	World Championships	Chen Meng	4–2
	WTT Star Contender Ljubljana	Chen Meng	4–3
	Asian Games	Hina Hayata	4–1
	WTT Star Contender Lanzhou	Chen Meng	4–0
	WTT Finals	Wang Yidi	4–2
2024	WTT Star Contender Doha	Chen Meng	4–1
	WTT Champions Incheon	Wang Manyu	4–0
	World Cup	Wang Manyu	4–3
	WTT Champions Chongqing	Wang Manyu	4–3
	WTT Champions Macao	Wang Yidi	4–2
	WTT China Smash	Wang Manyu	4–2
2025	WTT Singapore Smash	Kuai Man	4–1
	WTT Champions Chongqing	Chen Xingtong	4–0
	World Cup	Kuai Man	4–0
	World Championships	Wang Manyu	4–3
	WTT Europe Smash - Sweden	Wang Manyu	4–2
	WTT Champions Macao	Wang Manyu	4–3
2026	Asian Cup	Wang Manyu	4–3

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Performance timeline

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (R#) rounds 16, 32, 64, 128; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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National team

• Women's team

Olympic Games	NH	NH	NH	G	NH	NH	G	NH
World Championships	A	NH	NH	NH	G	NH	G	NH
World Cup	A	G	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH
Asian Games	G	NH	NH	NH	NH	G	NH	NH
Asian Championships	NH	G	NH	A	NH	G	S	G

• Girls' team

World Youth Championships	A	A	A	G
Asian Youth Championships	S	G	G	G
China Jr & Cadet Open	A	W	W	A
Hong Kong Jr & Cadet Open	A	A	W	A

• Mixed team

World Cup	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	G	G
Youth Olympic Games	G	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH

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Individual competitions

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Senior level

• Women's singles

Olympic Games	NH	NH	S	NH	NH	S	NH	NH
World Championships	QF	NH	S	NH	G	NH	G	NH
World Cup	A	S	NH	NH	NH	G	G
Asian Games	NH	NH	NH	NH	G	NH	NH
Asian Championships	G	NH	A	NH	S	wd	NH
Asian Cup	A	NH	NH	A	NH	NH	S	G

Year-end Finals		A	A	QF	SF	W	W	W	R16	SF
WTT Smash	China	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	W	F
	Euro	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	NH	W
	Saudi	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	F	NH	NH
	Singapore	World Tour				NH	SF	W	QF	W
	United States	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	NH	R16
WTT Champions	Budapest	World Tour				NH	SF	NH	NH	NH	NH
	Chongqing	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	W	W
	Frankfurt	World Tour				NH	NH	SF	A	A
	Incheon	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	W	A	NH
	Macau	World Tour				NH	W	SF	W	W
	Xinxiang	World Tour				NH	NH	W	NH	NH	NH
	Yokohama	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	NH	F
WTT Star Contender	Budapest	World Tour				NH	F	NH	NH	NH	NH
	Doha	World Tour				A	A	NH	W	A	A
	Lanzhou	World Tour				NH	NH	W	NH	NH	NH
	Ljubljana	World Tour				NH	NH	W	A	A	A
WTT Contender	Zagreb	World Tour				NH	A	F	A	A
ITTF World Tour	Australian Open	A	A	W	NH	WTT Series
	Austrian Open	SF	R16	A	NH	WTT Series
	China Open	A	R32	R32	NH	WTT Series
	German Open	A	QF	W	QF	WTT Series
	Hong Kong Open	NH	R16	A	NH	WTT Series
	Hungarian Open	A	F	QF	A	WTT Series
	Japan Open	W	A	W	NH	WTT Series
	Korea Open	A	R16	SF	NH	WTT Series
	Qatar Open	A	QF	SF	R16	WTT Series
	Swedish Open	A	Q64	SF	NH	WTT Series
T2 Diamond	Malaysia	NH	NH	QF	NH	WTT Series
	Singapore	NH	NH	W	NH	WTT Series

• Women's doubles

World Championships	G	NH	G	NH	B
Asian Games	NH	NH	NH	NH	QF
Asian Championships	A	NH	A	NH	S

Year-end Finals		A	F	SF	A	NH	NH	W	QF	NH
WTT Smash	China	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	F	A
	Euro	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	NH	W
	Singapore	World Tour				NH	W	W	A	F
	United States	World Tour				NH	NH	NH	NH	F
WTT Star Contender	Budapest	World Tour				NH	W	NH	NH	NH
ITTF World Tour	Austrian Open	W	F	NH	NH	WTT Series
	China Open	F	QF	A	NH	WTT Series
	German Open	A	A	QF	SF	WTT Series
	Hong Kong Open	NH	W	A	NH	WTT Series
	Hungarian Open	A	NH	F	A	WTT Series
	Japan Open	W	A	F	NH	WTT Series
	Qatar Open	A	F	W	A	WTT Series
	Swedish Open	A	W	QF	NH	WTT Series

• Mixed doubles

Olympic Games	NH	NH	NH	A	NH	NH	G	NH
World Championships	NH	A	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G
Asian Games	G	NH	NH	NH	NH	G	NH	NH
Asian Championships	NH	S	NH	A	NH	A	A	NH

Year-end Finals		A	A	A	NH	NH	NH	NH	F
WTT Smash	China	World Tour			NH	NH	NH	A	W
	Saudi	World Tour			NH	NH	NH	W	NH
	Singapore	World Tour			NH	W	W	W	A
WTT Star Contender	Doha	World Tour			A	A	NH	W	A
	Lanzhou	World Tour			NH	NH	SF	NH	NH
	Ljubljana	World Tour			NH	NH	W	A	A
WTT Contender	Doha	World Tour			A	A	A	W	NH
	Taiyuan	World Tour			NH	NH	F	QF	A
	Zagreb	World Tour			NH	A	W	A	A
ITTF World Tour	German Open	A	W	R16	WTT Series
	Korea Open	F	A	NH	WTT Series
	Qatar Open	A	A	F	WTT Series

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Junior level

• Girls' singles

Youth Olympics	A	NH	NH	NH	G
World Junior Championships	A	A	A	G	A
Asian Junior Championships	A	A	A	G	A
Asian Cadet Championships	G	S	A	A	A
China Junior Open	A	SF	F	A	A
China Cadet Open	A	W	A	A	A
Hong Kong Junior Open	A	A	SF	A	A

• Girls' doubles

World Junior Championships	A	G
Asian Junior Championships	A	G
Hong Kong Junior Open	W	A

• Junior mixed doubles

World Junior Championships	B
Asian Junior Championships	G

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See also

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

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External links

• Sun Yingsha at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

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