Yoshua Shing (born 20 June 1993 in
Port Vila
Port Vila (french: Port-Vila), or simply Vila (; french: Vila; bi, Vila ), is the capital and largest city of Vanuatu. It is located on the island of Efate.
Its population in the last census (2009) was 44,040, an increase of 35% on the pr ...
) is a
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...
an
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player. He competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics and
2016 Summer Olympics in the
men's singles, but was defeated in the preliminary round in both competitions. He was the flagbearer for Vanuatu at the 2016 opening ceremony. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in
Men's singles.
He competed in the
2018 Commonwealth Games.
In 2020, he participated in Pacific Unite: Saving Lives Together.
References
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Vanuatuan male table tennis players
1993 births
Living people
People from Port Vila
Olympic table tennis players of Vanuatu
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games competitors for Vanuatu
Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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