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Sun Yingsha

{{short description|Chinese table tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{family name hatnote|Sun|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox table tennis player

| name = Sun Yingsha

| image = Sun Yingsha.png

| imagesize = 200px

| caption = Sun in 2024

| native_name = 孙颖莎(小太阳）

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|11|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

| height = 1.62 m{{cite web|url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n2007149-sun-yingsha.htm|title=SUN Yingsha|website=hangzhou2022.cn|access-date=1 October 2023|archive-date=21 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921095828/https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n2007149-sun-yingsha.htm|url-status=dead}}

| playingstyle = Right-handed, shakehand grip

| equipment =

| hrank = 1 (1 February 2022){{cite web|title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2022 Week #5|url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022_5_SEN_WS.html|website=ittf.com|access-date=24 September 2022}}

| crank = 1 (15 April 2025){{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/rankings/|title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking|website=ittf.com|access-date=8 October 2023}}

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{{MedalSport| Women's table tennis}}

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{{MedalCount|total=yes

|Olympic Games|3|2|0

|World Championships|9|1|1

|World Cup / WTT Finals|9|1|0

|Asian Games|5|0|0

|Asian Championships|3|4|0

|Asian Cup|0|1|0

}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Singles}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|Singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Budapest|Doubles}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Houston|Doubles}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Houston|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Chengdu|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Durban|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Durban|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Busan|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2025 Doha|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2025 Doha|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Houston|Singles}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Durban|Doubles}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Chengdu|Mixed team}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Macau|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Chengdu|Mixed team}}

{{MedalGold|2025 Macau|Singles}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Weihai|Singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|WTT Finals}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Singapore|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Xinxiang|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Nagoya|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Nagoya|Doubles}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Incheon|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Incheon|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Hangzhou|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Yogyakarta|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Yogyakarta|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Pyeongchang|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Yogyakarta|Mixed doubles}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Pyeongchang|Singles}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Pyeongchang|Doubles}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Astana|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2025 Shenzhen|Singles}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Buenos Aires|Singles}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Buenos Aires|Mixed team}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Riva del Garda|Singles}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Riva del Garda|Doubles}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Riva del Garda|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Riva del Garda|Mixed doubles}}

}}

Sun Yingsha ({{zh|s=孙颖莎|hp=Sūn Yǐngshā}}; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1322049-sun-yingsha.htm |title=Table Tennis: SUN Yingsha |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=30 July 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730140045/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1322049-sun-yingsha.htm |archive-date=30 July 2021}} 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 reining World Champion and World Cup Champion.

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.

=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.{{Cite web|date=17 July 2021|title=Sun Yingsha WTT Interview On Olympic Preparations and More|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/07/17/sun-yingsha-wtt-interview-on-olympic-preparations-and-more/|access-date=17 July 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717213115/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/07/17/sun-yingsha-wtt-interview-on-olympic-preparations-and-more/|url-status=dead}}

=2021=

Sun started out 2021 as number two in the world rankings.{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/WS-WR-2021.W1.pdf|title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2021 Week #1|access-date=24 September 2022}} However, after China's decision to withdraw from all international events until the Tokyo Olympics,{{Cite web|date=25 February 2021|title=Winners and Losers of China's Withdrawal From WTT Doha|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/02/25/winners-and-losers-of-chinas-withdrawal-from-wtt-doha/|access-date=25 February 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226055949/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/02/25/winners-and-losers-of-chinas-withdrawal-from-wtt-doha/|url-status=dead}} Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings.{{Cite web|date=17 March 2021|title=Feng Tianwei Was The Biggest Winner at WTT Doha – Edges and Nets|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/17/feng-tianwei-was-the-biggest-winner-at-wtt-doha/|access-date=11 April 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731064124/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/17/feng-tianwei-was-the-biggest-winner-at-wtt-doha/|url-status=dead}} In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.{{Cite web|date=19 April 2021|title=World Table Tennis News Roundup – 04/19/21 – Edges and Nets|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/04/19/world-table-tennis-news-roundup-04-19-21/|access-date=19 April 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|language=en-US|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419193057/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/04/19/world-table-tennis-news-roundup-04-19-21/|url-status=dead}}

=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.{{Cite web |last=郝洪萱 |title=孙颖莎4-1战胜早田希娜 国乒亚运女单七连冠 |url=https://sports.cctv.com/2023/10/01/ARTIMU0Tc3ZFl7F6f0rJFGJr231001.shtml |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=sports.cctv.com}}

= 2024 =

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Sun won the first gold in mixed doubles for the Chinese table tennis team,{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/wang-chuqin-and-sun-yingsha-win-table-tennis-mixed-doubles-gold-after-china-s-tokyo-failure|title=Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha win table tennis mixed doubles gold after China's Tokyo failure|work=The Strait Times|date=31 July 2024|access-date=27 February 2025}} as well as women's team gold and women's singles silver.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/chinas-chen-meng-wins-womens-singles-table-tennis-gold-teammate-sun-yingsha-takes-silver|title=China's Chen Meng wins women's singles table tennis gold, teammate Sun Yingsha takes silver|website=nbcolympics.com|date=3 August 2024|access-date=27 February 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-paris-table-tennis-china-gold-e52af7f0c42c6a3923b3290e8842ba27|title=China earns a 300th Olympic gold medal with women's team victory in table tennis at Paris Games|work=The Associated Press|date=11 August 2024|access-date=27 February 2025}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Yingxue |first=Sun Xiaochen and Li |title=Team China hailed for wins, morale |url=https://asianews.network/team-china-hailed-for-wins-morale/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=asianews.network |language=en-US}}

Singles titles

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!class="unsortable"|Year

! Tournament

! Final opponent

! Score

!class="unsortable"|Ref

2017

|ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Meng

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=details&formid=36&rowid=867402&Itemid=158|title=Players matches|website=ittf.com|access-date=24 September 2022}}

2018

|Youth Olympic Games

|{{flagicon|Japan}} Miu Hirano

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/10/10/tradition-maintained-gold-sun-yingsha/?from=3|title=Tradition maintained, gold for Sun Yingsha|website=ittf.com|date=11 October 2018|access-date=18 April 2025}}

rowspan="5"|2019

|ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Shiwen

|4–3

|{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/06/16/sun-yingsha-keeps-cool-earn-second-title/|title=Sun Yingsha keeps her cool to earn second title|website=ittf.com|date=16 June 2019|access-date=24 September 2022}}

ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Ning

|4–0

|{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/07/14/final-day-seamaster-2019-ittf-world-tour-platinum-australian-open/|title=Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open|website=ittf.com|date=14 July 2019|access-date=24 September 2022}}

Asian Championships

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Shiwen

|3–0

|{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/09/21/breathtaking-sun-yingsha-wins-debut/|title=Breathtaking, Sun Yingsha wins on debut|website=ittf.com|date=21 September 2019|access-date=24 September 2022}}

ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Mima Ito

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2019/10/13/fan-zhendong-sun-yingsha-win-bremen/|title=Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha win in Bremen|website=ittf.com|date=15 October 2022|access-date=24 September 2022}}

T2 Diamond Singapore

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Mima Ito

|4–3

|{{cite web|url=https://t2diamond.com/knock-outs/|title=T2 Diamond Singapore|website=t2diamond.com|access-date=24 September 2022}}

2021

|WTT Cup Finals

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yidi

|4–2

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2516|title=WTT Cup Finals Singapore|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=24 September 2022}}

rowspan="2"|2022

|WTT Champions Macao

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Xingtong

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2619|title=WTT Champions Macao 2022|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=24 October 2022}}

WTT Cup Finals

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Meng

|4–3

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2627|title=WTT Cup Finals Xinxiang 2022|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=8 November 2022}}

rowspan="7"|2023

|WTT Singapore Smash

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Qian Tianyi

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2629|title=Singapore Smash 2023|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=19 March 2023}}

WTT Champions Xinxiang

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yidi

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2737|title=WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=15 April 2023}}

World Championships

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Meng

|4–2

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2660|title=2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=28 May 2023}}

WTT Star Contender Ljubljana

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Meng

|4–3

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2694|title=WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2023|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=10 July 2023}}

Asian Games

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hina Hayata

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/resAG2022-/pdf/AG2022-/TTE/AG2022-_TTE_C75C_TTEWSINGLES-----------------------.pdf|title=Women's Singles Draw|website=hangzhou2022.cn|date=1 October 2023|access-date=1 October 2023}}

WTT Star Contender Lanzhou

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Meng

|4–0

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2777|title=WTT Star Contender Lanzhou 2023|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=8 October 2023}}

WTT Finals

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yidi

|4–2

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2776|title=WTT Finals Women Nagoya 2023|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=22 February 2024}}

rowspan="6"|2024

|WTT Star Contender Doha

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Meng

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2862|title=WTT Star Contender Doha 2024|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=22 February 2024}}

WTT Champions Incheon

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Manyu

|4–0

|{{cite web|url=https://worldcupresults.ittf.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2937|title=WTT Champions Incheon 2024|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=9 February 2025}}

World Cup

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Manyu

|4–3

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2899|title=ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2024|website=ittf.com|access-date=9 February 2025}}

WTT Champions Chongqing

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Manyu

|4–3

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2941|title=WTT Champions Chongqing 2024|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=9 February 2025}}

WTT Champions Macao

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yidi

|4–2

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2983|title=WTT Champions Macao 2024|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=9 February 2025}}

WTT China Smash

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Manyu

|4–2

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=2942|title=China Smash 2024|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=9 February 2025}}

rowspan="4"|2025

|WTT Singapore Smash

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Kuai Man

|4–1

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=3085|title=Singapore Smash 2025|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=9 February 2025}}

WTT Champions Chongqing

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Xingtong

|4–0

|{{cite web|url=https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=3086|title=WTT Champions Chongqing 2025|website=worldtabletennis.com|access-date=20 March 2025}}

World Cup

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Kuai Man

|4–0

|{{cite web|url=https://worldcupresults.ittf.com/eventInfo?subEvt=WSINGLES&selectedTab=Draws&eventId=3109|title=ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2025|website=ittf.com|access-date=20 April 2025}}

World Championships

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Manyu

|4–3

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See also

References

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External links

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  • [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/yingsha-sun_1902313 Sun Yingsha] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
  • {{2022 Asian Games profile|table-tennis/athlete-profile-n2007149-sun-yingsha}}

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