Xiaoxin Yang
Appearance
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Native name | 杨晓欣 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese (before 2017) Monégasque (after 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yang Xiaoxin[a] 8 January 1988[1] Beijing, China[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing style | Right-handed shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 10 (5 July 2022)[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 12 (04 July 2023)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CP Lys-lez-Lannoy Lille Métropole (France) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Traditional Chinese | 楊曉欣 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 杨晓欣 | ||||||
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Xiaoxin Yang (Chinese: 杨晓欣; born 8 January 1988) is a table tennis player. Born in China, she has represented Monaco internationally since 2013 and became a Monegasque citizen in 2017.[2] She has represented Monaco at the Olympics twice - in 2021, where she reached finished T17 in the women's singles and served as the nation's flag nation's flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony,[6] and 2024, where she lost in the first round of the women's singles.
Finals
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Ref |
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Winner | 2013 | Swiss Open | Georgina Póta | 4–1 | [7] |
Winner | 2014 | ITTF World Tour, Croatia Open | Misako Wakamiya | 4–1 | [8] |
Winner | 2015 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Sarah De Nutte | 3–0 | [9] |
Winner | 2016 | Swiss Open | Georgina Póta | 4–1 | [10] |
Winner | 2016 | ITTF World Tour, Czech Open | Maki Shiomi | 4–0 | [11] |
Runner-up | 2018 | Mediterranean Games | Dina Meshref | 1–4 | [12] |
Winner | 2018 | Luxembourg Open | Anna Blazhko | 4–0 | [13] |
Winner | 2019 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Louiza Kourea | 3–0 | [14] |
Runner-up | 2020 | ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open | Honoka Hashimoto | 1–4 | [15] |
Winner | 2021 | WTT Contender Budapest | Elizabet Abraamian | 4–0 | [16] |
Winner | 2021 | ITTF Czech International Open | Mariia Tailakova | 4–0 | [17] |
Runner-up | 2021 | WTT Contender Tunis | Hana Matelová | 3–4 | [18] |
Winner | 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Shao Jieni | 4–0 | [19] |
Runner-up | 2022 | WTT Contender Nova Gorica | Shin Yu-bin | 3–4 | [20] |
Winner | 2023 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Camella Iacob | 3–0 | [21] |
Runner-up | 2023 | European Games | Bernadette Szőcs | 3–4 | [22] |
References
[edit]- ^ In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
- ^ a b "YANG Xiaoxin".
- ^ a b "Monaco Olympic athletes in the spotlight. Interview with Xiaoxin Yang". hellomonaco.com. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Xiaoxin Yang". olympedia.org. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Women's Singles 2022 Week #27". ittf.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Xiaoxin Yang: "Sport is Never Easy, Especially During Key Moments"". monacolife.net. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Neuenschwander, Thomas (12 February 2013). "SAMSONOV and YANG new Swiss Open winners". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Walther, Xiaoxin triumph in ITTF Croatia Open". All Sports Ghana. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Dimitrij Ovtcharov wins 2016 DHS Swiss Open". SD Sport. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Daish, Simon (5 September 2016). "Monaco claims second World Tour title: Yang Xiaoxin with the honours". ITTF. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Hard fought success and an air of revenge, gold for Dina Meshref". ittf.com. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (8 September 2018). "Milestone wins, Brian Afanador and Yang Xiaoxin strike gold in Luxembourg". ITTF.
- ^ "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ Marshall, Ian (9 February 2020). "Kirill Gerassimenko and Honoka Hashimoto win in Granada". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "WTT Contender Budapest 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Yang Xiaoxin win in Czech Republic". ittf.com. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "WTT Contender Tunis 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Mediterranean Games 2022". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Event Overview - Women's Singles". european-games.org. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Bernadette SZOCS newly-crowned champion in Krakow". ettu.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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- Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games
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- European Games silver medalists for Monaco
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