Jin Yucheng (table tennis)

{{short description|Chinese para table tennis player}}

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| sport = Para table tennis

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2008|5|25|df=yes}}{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/yucheng-jin_3067126 |title=JIN Yucheng |work=Paris 2024 Paralympics |access-date=29 August 2024}} ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/yucheng-jin_3067126 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/yucheng-jin_3067126 alternate link 2])

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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|Doubles WD14}}

{{Medal|Competition|Asian Para Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Singles C6}}

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Jin Yucheng (born 25 May 2008) is a Chinese para table tennis player. She represented China at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Jin represented China at the 2022 Asian Para Games in table tennis and won a gold medal in the doubles C14 event, along with Huang Wenjuan, and a bronze medal in the singles C6 event.{{cite web |url=https://www.ittf.com/2023/10/28/mixed-fortunes-for-asian-stars-as-paralympic-games-gold-medallists-set-sights-on-paris/ |title=Mixed Fortunes for Asian stars as Paralympic Games Gold Medallists Set Sights on Paris |website=ittf.com |date=28 October 2023 |access-date=29 August 2024}}

Jin represented China at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the women's doubles WD14 event, along with Huang.{{cite web |url=https://www.ittf.com/2024/08/29/doubles-makes-a-comeback-in-front-of-magnificent-paris-crowds/ |title=Doubles Makes a Comeback In Front of Magnificent Parisian Crowds |website=ittf.com |date=29 August 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024}} They defeated Felicity Pickard and Bly Twomey in the semifinals to advance to the gold medal match.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/paralympics/great-britain-chinese-defeat-norwegian-australia-b2604098.html |title=Bly Twomey wins bronze to become Great Britain's youngest table tennis medallist |newspaper=The Independent |first=Ed |last=Eloit |date=29 August 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ittf.com/2024/08/29/doubles-makes-a-comeback-in-front-of-magnificent-paris-crowds/ |title=Doubles Makes a Comeback In Front of Magnificent Parisian Crowds |website=ittf.com |date=29 August 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024}}

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