Shin Yu-bin
{{Short description|South Korean table tennis player (born 2004)}}
{{family name hatnote|Shin||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Shin Yu-bin
| image = File:신유빈 선수.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|07|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1336254-shin-yubin.htm|title=SHIN Yubin|website=olympics.com|access-date=18 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803164834/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1336254-shin-yubin.htm|archive-date=3 August 2021}}
| playingstyle = Right-handed, shakehand grip
| crank = 9 (7 January 2025)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's table tennis}}
{{MedalCountry|{{KOR}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Durban|Doubles}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Chengdu|Mixed team}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Chengdu|Mixed team}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Hangzhou|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Doha|Doubles}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Doha|Singles}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Doha|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Pyeongchang|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Pyeongchang|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Pyeongchang|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Astana|Mixed doubles}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 신유빈
| hanja = 申裕斌
| rr = Sin Yu-bin
| mr = Sin Yu-bin
| koreanipa =
}}Shin Yu-bin ({{Korean|신유빈}}; born 5 July 2004) is a South Korean table tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://kttl.kr/kttl/teams/11004/121|title=SHIN YU BIN|website=kttl.kr|language=ko|access-date=18 April 2023}}
Her father, a former table tennis player, operated a table tennis club, and she naturally started playing the sport around the age of four or five. She showed early promise and was regarded as a table tennis prodigy during her elementary school years, joining the national reserve team. In 2019, at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 16 days, she became the youngest player ever selected for the South Korean national team. Since then, she has established herself as one of the leading figures in South Korean table tennis in the 2020s.
Career
= 2019 =
She competed in the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in the mixed doubles event with Cho Dae-seong. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, 0–3.{{Cite web|title=Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals – Results|url=https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE5013/results.html#/knock-outs|website=results.ittf.com}} She also participated in the 2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships in both the women's singles and the mixed doubles, winning against the much higher ranked Cheng I-ching 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, 1–3.{{Cite web|title=2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships – Results|url=https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE5068/results.html#/knock-outs|website=results.ittf.com}}{{Cite web|title=Shin Yubin: video, ranking|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=yubin-shin-123977|website=tabletennis.guide}}
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 in the finals, 3–2.{{Cite web|title=2019 ITTF World Tour Czech Open – Results|url=https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE5009/results.html#/knock-outs|website=results.ittf.com}}{{Cite web|title=Shin Yubin shines among rising Korean generation|url=http://ittf.com/2019/08/31/shin-yubin-shines-among-rising-korean-generation|website=ittf.com|date=31 August 2019}}
= 2021 =
Shin was named to the South Korean Olympic team on 4 February 2021.{{cite news |title=17살 '탁구 신동' 신유빈 1위…최연소 올림픽 출전 |url=https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=5111690 |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=KBS News |date=4 February 2021 |language=ko|trans-title=17-year-old 'Table Tennis Shindong' Shin Yu-bin 1st place… the youngest to participate in the Olympics}} She was 17 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, making her the youngest ever Korean Olympic table tennis player, breaking a record previously held by Ryu Seung-min.{{Cite web|date=4 February 2021|title=16-Year Old Shin Yubin Becomes Youngest Ever Korean Olympic Table Tennis Player – Edges and Nets|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/02/04/17-year-old-shin-yubin-becomes-youngest-ever-korean-olympic-table-tennis-player/|access-date=21 February 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web|date=10 March 2021|title=Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/09/top-6-storylines-following-round-of-32-at-wtt-star-contender/|access-date=10 March 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US}} Shin also upset Miu Hirano in the round of 16 in an aggressive and dominant win.{{Cite web|date=10 March 2021|title=A Deep Dive Into How Shin Yubin Upset Miu Hirano 3–1|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/10/deep-dive-how-shin-yubin-upset-miu-hirano-wtt-doha/|access-date=10 March 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US}}
During the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, United States, Shin Yu-bin sustained a right [https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2021112610570854691 wrist injury]. She competed in the women's doubles event but was forced to withdraw from the women's singles event before her first match due to worsening pain. Upon returning to South Korea, medical examinations revealed tendon damage in her wrist, requiring surgery and a long rehabilitation period. As a result, she missed several months of competition before making a comeback in 2022.
= 2023 =
Shin was selected for the South Korean national Asian Games team in the table tennis event at the 2022 Asian Games, 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 and Jeon Ji-hee 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 and Jeon Ji-hee competed in women's doubles and advanced to the semifinals by winning over Taiwan. The opponent team was Japan, which beat China, 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.{{cite news |title=여자 탁구 복식 신유빈·전지희, 21년 만에 금메달 |url=https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2023/nwtoday/article/6529971_36207.html |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=MBC 뉴스 |date=3 October 2023 |language=ko|trans-title=Women's table tennis doubles Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee, gold medal for the in 21 years}}
= 2024 =
Shin Yu-bin competed in the Paris Olympics, reaching the bronze medal match in all three events she participated in. Shin first won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event with Lim Jong-hoon,{{cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2024/08/600_379674.html|title=S. Korea claims 1st table tennis medal in 12 years, adds bronze in judo|work=The Korea Times|date=31 July 2024|access-date=29 March 2025}} then lost to Hina Hayata in the women's singles.{{cite news|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240803003351315|title=Shin Yu-bin finishes 4th in women's singles in table tennis|work=Yonhap News Agency|date=3 August 2024|access-date=29 March 2025}} Finally, in the women's team event, she teamed up with Jeon Ji-hee and Lee Eun-hye to defeat the German team and secure her second bronze medal.{{cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-08-10/sports/olympics/Korea-crush-Germany-30-for-womens-team-table-tennis-bronze/2110212|title=Korea crush Germany 3-0 for women's team table tennis bronze|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=10 August 2024|access-date=29 March 2025}}
Singles titles
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year ! Tournament ! Final opponent ! Score !Results ! Ref |
| 2024
| WTT Contender, Doha |Jeon Jihee |3-4 |Runner-up |
| rowspan="3" |2023
|WTT Contender Lagos |{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Yake |4–2 |Winner |
| WTT Contender Lima
|{{flagicon|ROU}} Bernadette Szőcs |4–1 |Winner |
| WTT Contender, Tunis
|Miwa Harimoto |2-4 |Runner-up |
| 2022
|WTT Contender Nova Gorica |{{flagicon|MON}} Xiaoxin Yang |4–3 |Winner |
Mixed Doubles titles
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Tournament !Partner !Opponents !Score !Results !Ref |
| 2025
|WTT Star Contender Chennai |Lim Jonghoon |Satsuki Odo (JPN)/Maharu Yoshimura (JPN) |3-0 |Winner |
| rowspan="6" |2024
|WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro |Lim Jonghoon |Hina Hayata (JPN)/Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) |3-0 |Winner |
| WTT Contender Zagreb
|Lim Jonghoon |Hina Hayata (JPN)/Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) |2-3 |Runner-up |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana
|Lim Jonghoon |Hina Hayata (JPN)/Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) |2-3 |Runner-up |
| WTT Contender Lagos
|Lim Jonghoon |Xu Huiyao/Luo Jiecheng |3-0 |Winner |
| WTT Star Contender Goa
|Lim Jonghoon |Alvaro ROBLES (ESP) /Maria XIAO (ESP) |3-0 |Winner |
| WTT Singapore Smash
|Lim Jonghoon |Wang Chuqin (CHN)/Sun Yingsha (CHN) |1-3 |Runner-up |
| rowspan="4" |2023
|WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro |Lim Jonghoon |Alvaro ROBLES (ESP) /Maria XIAO (ESP) |3-1 |Winner |
| WTT Contender, Tunis (TUN)
|Lim Jonghoon |LIN Yun-Ju (TPE) / CHEN Szu-Yu (TPE) |0-3 |Runner-up |
| WTT Star Contender, Bangkok (THA)
|Lim Jonghoon |LIN Gaoyuan (CHN)/CHEN Xingtong (CHN) |2-3 |Runner-up |
| WTT Contender, Doha (QAT)
|Lim Jonghoon |LIN Shidong (CHN)/KUAI Man (CHN) |0-3 |Runner-up |
| 2022
|WTT Contender Nova Gorica |Lim Jonghoon |Manika BATRA/Sathiyan GNANASEKA |3-0 |Winner |
| 2019
|ITTF World Tour Czech Open |Cho Daeseong |Mima Ito (JPN)/Jun Mizutani (JPN) |3-2 |Winner |
Women Doubles Titles
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Tournament !Partner !Opponents !Score !Results !Ref |
| 2025
|WTT Star Contender Chennai (IND) |Ryu Hana |HARIMOTO Miwa (JPN) / KIHARA Miyuu (JPN) |2-3 |Runner-up |
| rowspan="4" |2024
|WTT Star Contender, Bangkok (THA) |Jeon Jihee |HASHIMOTO Honoka (JPN)/SATO Hitomi (JPN) |1-3 |Runner-up |
| Saudi Smash, Jeddah (KSA)
|Jeon Jihee |CHEN Meng (CHN)/WANG Manyu (CHN) |0-3 |Runner-up |
| WTT Star Contender, Goa (IND)
|Jeon Jihee |JOO Cheonhui (KOR)/CHOI Hyojoo (KOR) |3-1 |Winner |
| WTT Contender, Doha (QAT)
|Jeon Jihee |KAUFMANN Annett (GER)/WINTER Sabine (GER) |3-0 |Winner |
| rowspan="6" |2023
|WTT Star Contender, Lanzhou (CHN) |Jeon Jihee |CHEN Meng (CHN)/WANG Manyu (CHN) |0-3 |Runner-up |
| WTT Contender, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
|Jeon Jihee |CHOI Hyojoo (KOR)/KIM Nayeong (KOR) |3-1 |Winner |
| WTT Contender, Lima (PER)
|Jeon Jihee |CHOI Hyojoo (KOR)/KIM Nayeong (KOR) |3-2 |Winner |
| WTT Contender, Zagreb (CRO)
|Jeon Jihee |QIAN Tianyi (CHN)/LIU Weishan (CHN) |3-2 |Winner |
| WTT Contender, Lagos (NGR)
|Jeon Jihee |FAN Siqi (CHN)/LIU Weishan (CHN) |3-1 |Winner |
| WTT Contender, Doha (QAT)
|Jeon Jihee |ZHANG Rui (CHN)/KUAI Man (CHN) |1-3 |Runner-up |
| 2022
|WTT Contender, Almaty (KAZ) |Choi Hyojoo |HAYATA Hina (JPN)/HIRANO Miu (JPN) |0-3 |Runner-up |
| 2021
|WTT Star Contender, Doha (QAT) |Jeon Jihee |ISHIKAWA Kasumi (JPN)/ HIRANO Miu (JPN) |3-0 |Winner |
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