Sun Yingsha


Sun Yingsha is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion. 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 reigning 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.

2021

Sun started out 2021 as number two in the world rankings. However, after China's decision to withdraw from all international events until the Tokyo Olympics, Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings. In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.

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.

2024

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Sun won the first gold in mixed doubles for the Chinese table tennis team, as well as women's team gold and women's singles silver. 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.

Performance timeline

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won; finalist; semi-finalist; quarter-finalist; rounds 16, 32, 64, 128; round-robin stage; qualification round; absent; gold, silver or bronze medal; not held; not applicable; did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Women's team
Team events20182019202020212022202320242025
Olympic GamesNHNHNHGNHNHGNH
World ChampionshipsANHNHNH2022 [World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team|G]NHGNH
World CupAGNHNHNHNHNHNH
Asian GamesGNHNHNHNHGNHNH
Asian ChampionshipsNHGNHANHGSG
Girls' team
Team events2014201520162017
World Youth ChampionshipsAAAG
Asian Youth ChampionshipsSGGG
China Jr & Cadet OpenAWWA
Hong Kong Jr & Cadet OpenAAWA
Mixed team
Team events20182019202020212022202320242025
World CupNHNHNHNHNHGG
Youth Olympic GamesGNHNHNHNHNHNHNH

Individual competitions

Senior level

Women's singles
Tournaments2019202020212022202320242025
Olympic GamesNHNHSNHNHSNH
World ChampionshipsQFNHSNHGNHG
World CupASNHNHNHGG
Asian GamesNHNHNHNHGNHNH
Asian ChampionshipsGNHANHSwdNH
Asian CupANHNHANHNHS
Women's doubles
Tournaments20192020202120222023
World ChampionshipsGNHGNHB
Asian GamesNHNHNHNHQF
Asian ChampionshipsANHANHS
Mixed doubles
Tournaments20182019202020212022202320242025
Olympic GamesNHNHNHANHNHGNH
World ChampionshipsNHANHGNHGNHG
Asian GamesGNHNHNHNHGNHNH
Asian ChampionshipsNHSNHANHAANH

Junior level

Girls' singlesGirls' doublesJunior mixed doubles
Tournaments2017
World Junior ChampionshipsB
Asian Junior ChampionshipsG