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In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.
Shin Yu-bin
Personal information
Born (2004-07-05) 5 July 2004 (age 20)
Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea[1]
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking7 (5 March 2024)[3]
Current ranking7 (23 April 2024)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Durban Doubles
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Chengdu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Doha Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doha Singles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pyeongchang Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Astana Mixed doubles
Shin Yu-bin
Hangul
신유빈
Hanja
申裕斌
Revised RomanizationSin Yu-bin
McCune–ReischauerSin Yu-bin

Shin Yu-bin (Korean: 신유빈; born 5 July 2004) is a South Korean table tennis player.[2]

Career

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2019

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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.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7][8]

2021

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Shin was named to the South Korean Olympic team on 4 February 2021.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] Shin also upset Miu Hirano in the round of 16 in an aggressive and dominant win.[12]

2023

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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.[13]

Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2022 WTT Contender Nova Gorica Monaco Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 [14]
2023 WTT Contender Lagos China Li Yake 4–2 [15]
WTT Contender Lima Romania Bernadette Szőcs 4–1 [16]

References

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  1. ^ "SHIN Yubin". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "SHIN YU BIN". kttl.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals – Results". results.ittf.com.
  5. ^ "2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships – Results". results.ittf.com.
  6. ^ "Shin Yubin: video, ranking". tabletennis.guide.
  7. ^ "2019 ITTF World Tour Czech Open – Results". results.ittf.com.
  8. ^ "Shin Yubin shines among rising Korean generation". ittf.com. 31 August 2019.
  9. ^ "17살 '탁구 신동' 신유빈 1위…최연소 올림픽 출전" [17-year-old 'Table Tennis Shindong' Shin Yu-bin 1st place… the youngest to participate in the Olympics]. KBS News (in Korean). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  10. ^ "16-Year Old Shin Yubin Becomes Youngest Ever Korean Olympic Table Tennis Player – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender". edgesandnets.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  12. ^ "A Deep Dive Into How Shin Yubin Upset Miu Hirano 3–1". edgesandnets.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  13. ^ "여자 탁구 복식 신유빈·전지희, 21년 만에 금메달" [Women's table tennis doubles Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee, gold medal for the in 21 years]. MBC 뉴스 (in Korean). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  14. ^ "WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  15. ^ "WTT Contender Lagos 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  16. ^ "WTT Contender Lima 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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