Shin Yu-bin (; born

5 July Events Pre-1600 * 328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius. * 1316 – The Burgundian and ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

) is a South Korean table tennis player.

Career

2019

She competed in the

2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2019 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 24th edition of the competition, and was held from 12–15 D ...

in the mixed doubles event with Cho Dae-seong. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Xu Xin and

Liu Shiwen Liu Shiwen (; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is a five-time World Cup champion, one-time World Champion, three-time ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champion and four-time Asian Cup champion. She is known to be one of the ...

, 0–3. She also participated in the

2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships The 2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships were held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 15 to 22 September 2019. Around 128 males and 100 females table tennis players competed in the singles, doubles and team events. Schedule Five individual and two t ...

in both the women's singles and the mixed doubles, winning against the much higher ranked

Cheng I-ching Cheng I-ching (; born 15 February 1992) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei ...

in the round of 32, 3–2, but lost to Feng Tianwei in the round of 16, 0–3 in the women's singles. In the mixed doubles, she competed with Cho Dae-seong. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Wang Chuqin and

Sun Yingsha Sun Yingsha (simplified Chinese: 孙颖莎; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles. Career 2019 In the 2019 World Team Cup, Sun came back from down 10–7 in the deciding fifth ...

, 1–3. Also in 2019, she won the mixed doubles with Cho Dae-seong in the Czech Open, becoming the youngest person to win a mixed doubles title in the ITTF World Tour at 15 years, 50 days. They won against Jun Mizutani and

Mima Ito is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the Mixed Doubles ev ...

in the finals, 3–2.

2021

Shin was named to the South Korean Olympic team on 4 February 2021. She was 17 at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, making her the youngest ever Korean Olympic table tennis player, breaking a record previously held by

Ryu Seung-min Ryu Seung-min (; born August 5, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from the Chinese ...

. In March 2021, Shin played in WTT Doha. She lost to eventual semi-finalist Miyuu Kihara in the round of 32 in the first WTT Contender event, but she beat Miyuu Kihara in their second match-up in the round of 64 of the WTT Star Contender. Shin then upset Margaryta Pesotska in the round of 32. Shin also upset

Miu Hirano (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won Women's World Cup in 2016 as the youngest ever winner. She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships by sweeping away three top Chinese players. She comp ...

in the round of 16 in an aggressive and dominant win.

2023

Shin was selected for the South Korean national Asian Games team in the table tennis event at the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially known as the 19th Asian Games (), also known as Hangzhou 2022, ( zh, c=杭州2022, p=Hángzhōu Èr líng èr èr), will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou will be the t ...

, which runs from September 22 to October 2, 2023. On September 22, 2023, she won the first and second rounds of the preliminary round with

Seo Hyo-won Suh Hyo-won or Seo Hyo-won (born May 10, 1987) is a South Korean table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by Cheng I-ching Cheng I-ching (; bor ...

and

Jeon Ji-hee Jeon Ji-hee (, born 28 October 1992), born Tian Minwei (), is a Chinese-born South Korean table tennis player. Career She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the fourth round by Yu ...

in the women's team preliminary match. On the 24th, the team won the quarterfinals 3-1 against Vietnam. They met Japan in the semifinals and lost 1:3 to end the group match. Shin Yu-bin also participated in mixed doubles with Im Jong-hoon. He lost to China in the semifinals and won the bronze medal. Shin Yu-bin and

competed in women's doubles and advanced to the semifinals by winning over Taiwan. The opponent team was

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, which beat

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, the favorite. She lost the first set, but won 4:1 by scoring a down point. The final was the inter-Korean match. She also won the gold medal in the women's table tennis doubles at the Asian Games for the first time in 21 years.

Singles titles

References

External links

* 2004 births Living people South Korean female table tennis players Sportspeople from Suwon Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics World Table Tennis Championships medalists Asian Games medalists in table tennis Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Table tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean women {{SouthKorea-tabletennis-bio-stub