Lin Ye (table tennis)
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Born | 1 February 1996 Liaoning, China | (age 28)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 69 (September 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lin Ye is a table tennis player from Singapore. She won a team gold and singles bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Born in China, she started playing at aged 8. She later moved to Singapore where she obtained citizenship in 2013, and was named the Young Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014.[1]
On 2 June 2015, she 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. [2] 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 [3] but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in the Final.
On 12 December 2015, she 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. [4]
References
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Singaporean table tennis players
- Chinese emigrants to Singapore
- Naturalised citizens of Singapore
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Singapore
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Sportspeople from Liaoning
- Asian Games bronze medalists
- Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis