Lin Ye (table tennis)

Lin Ye (Chinese: 林叶, born 1 February 1996) is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, Lin started playing table tennis at the age of 8. She later moved to Singapore where she obtained citizenship in 2013 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[4] Lin was named the Young Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014.[5]

Lin Ye
NationalityChinese (before 2013)
Singaporean (after 2013)
Born (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996
Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China[1]
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip[2]
Highest ranking34 (August 2014)[3]
Current ranking58 (January 2020)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
Asian Games
2014 IncheonTeam
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowTeam
2014 GlasgowSingles
Southeast Asian Games
2015 Singapore Team
2015 Singapore Doubles
2013 Naypyidaw Team
Lin Ye
Simplified Chinese林叶
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lin.

Lin won a team gold and singles bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

On 2 June 2015, Lin and her compatriot, Zhou Yihan, defeated top seed Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu 4–3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore.[6] The pair continued their good momentum and caused one of the biggest upset in history when they defeated the top doubles pair Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen 3–0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final[7] but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in the Final.

On 12 December 2015, Lin defeated Hamamoto Yui of Japan to clinch the U21 singles title in ITTF World Tour Grand Finals held in Lisbon, Portugal. This is her second U21 singles title.[8]

References
  1. Liu Baolai (8 May 2013). "湖南女乒小将入籍新加坡 教练：新加坡条件更好". Xiaoxiang Morning News (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. "Player profile - Lin Ye". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. "ITTF World Ranking Profile - Lin Ye". ITTF. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  4. "Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng". The Straits Times. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. Ye Lin. Glasgow 2014
  6. SEA Games table tennis: Singapore win first 28th SEA Games gold, silver
  7. Lin Ye and Zhou in dream run
  8. ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 2015 Archived 15 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
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