Yu Mengyu
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Nationality | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | August 18, 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing style | Right-handed, shakehand grip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 9 (March 2010)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 15 (December 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yu Mengyu (simplified Chinese: 于梦雨; traditional Chinese: 于夢雨; pinyin: Yú Mèngyǔ; born 18 August 1989) is a Singaporean table tennis player.[1] She was part of the team that won the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, Russia.
2016 Summer Olympics
Yu participated in ITTF Asian-Olympics Qualifier (South-East Asian region) at Hong Kong from 13-17 April 2016. She was the runner-up in SEA group, losing to her team-mate, Feng Tianwei. According to May 2016 ranking published by International Table Tennis Federation, she qualified for the singles event at Rio de Janeiro Olympics. This will be her Olympics debut. [4] She was seeded ninth in singles event and fourth in women's team event. She reached the singles Quarter-Final but lost 2-4 to Kim Song-i of North Korea.[5] Feng, Yu and Zhou reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0-3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1-3. [6]
- Singles Event
Date | Round | Result | Opponent | Score | Individual Sets | ||||||||
- | 1st | Bye | |||||||||||
- | 2nd | Bye | |||||||||||
7 August | 3rd | Win | Lay Jian Fang | 4-0 | 11-9 | 11-9 | 11-6 | 12-10 | - | - | |||
8 August | 4th | Win | Jeon Ji Hee | 4-1 | 12-10 | 8-11 | 12-10 | 11-7 | 11-2 | - | |||
9 August | Quarter-Final | Loss | Kim Song-i | 2-4 | 8-11 | 11-6 | 5-11 | 6-11 | 11-9 | 6-11 |
- Team Event
Date | Round | Result | Opponent | Score |
12 August | Round of 16 | Win | Egypt | 3-0 |
13 August | Quarter-Final | Win | South Korea | 3-2 |
15 August | Semi-Final | Loss | China | 0-3 |
16 August | Bronze Medal match | Loss | Japan | 1-3 |
Career records
- Singles
- Olympics : QF (2016)
- World Championships: round of 64 (2013) ; round of 32 (2011) ; round of 16 (2009, 2015).
- World Cup : QF (2012).
- World Tour Grand Finals: QF (2009) ; SF (2014).
- Asian Championships: round of 16 (2007, 2009) ; QF (2013).
- Asian Cup : 3rd (2014), QF (2016).
- Commonwealth Games : 2nd (2010, 2014).
- Southeast Asian Games : 1st (2013).
- Women's Doubles
- World Championships: round of 16 (2009) ; 3rd (2013, 2015).
- World Tour Grand Finals: SF (2009) ; 1st (2012).
- Asian Championships: 3rd (2007,2009).
- Commonwealth Games : 1st (2014).
- Southeast Asian Games : 1st (2009); 2nd (2015).
- Mixed Doubles
- World Championships: round of 64 (2009); round of 32 (2015) ; round of 16 (2011, 2013)
- Southeast Asian Games : 1st (2015)
- Asian Championships: 2nd (2015)
- Team
- Olympics : 4th (2016)
- World Championships: 1st (2010); 2nd (2008, 2012) ; 3rd (2014) ; QF (2016).
- World Team Cup: 2nd (2009, 2010) ; 3rd (2011, 2013, 2015).
- Asian Championships: 2nd (2007, 2009, 2012) , 3rd (2013).
- Commonwealth Games: 1st (2010, 2014).
- Southeast Asian Games : 1st (2009, 2013, 2015).
References
- ^ a b "Profile on STTA website". Singapore Table Tennis Association. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu secure individual slots at Rio Olympics
- ^ Olympics: S'pore's Feng and Yu eliminated in table tennis quarter-finals
- ^ Singapore table tennis players failed to retain team bronze after loss to Japan.
- Singaporean table tennis players
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Singapore
- Table tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 1989 births
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Table tennis players from Liaoning
- Chinese female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players of Singapore
- Singaporean sportspeople stubs
- Table tennis biography stubs
- Asian Games silver medalists
- Asian Games bronze medalists
- Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis