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Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player

Lin Ye
Native name林叶
NationalitySingapore
Born (1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)
Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking34 (August 2014)
Current ranking62 (March 2022)
Medal record
Women's Table Tennis
Representing  Singapore
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Singles
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Naypyidaw Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Doubles
Lin Ye
Simplified Chinese林叶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Yè
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Ye (Chinese: 林叶, born 1 February 1996) is a Chinese-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. Lin was named the Young Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014.

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. 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 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.

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. ^ 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018 Participant: LIN Ye, Olympic Council of Asia, OCA 2016, retrieved 8 June 2022
  3. "Player profile - Lin Ye". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. "ITTF World Ranking Profile - Lin Ye". ITTF. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. "ITTF Senior Women's Singles World Ranking". ITTF. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  6. "National Team Lin Ye". STTA. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. "Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng". The Straits Times. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  8. Ye Lin. Glasgow 2014
  9. "SEA Games table tennis: Singapore win first 28th SEA Games gold, silver".
  10. "Lin Ye and Zhou in dream run". AsiaOne. 30 June 2015.
  11. ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 2015 Archived 15 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine.

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