Shin Yu-bin

South Korean table tennis player (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shin Yu-bin (Korean: 신유빈; born 5 July 2004) is a South Korean table tennis player.[2]

Born (2004-07-05) 5 July 2004 (age 21)
Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea[1]
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
SportTable tennis
PlayingstyleRight-handed, shakehand grip
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Shin Yu-bin
Shin in 2023
Personal information
Born (2004-07-05) 5 July 2004 (age 21)
Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea[1]
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking7 (5 March 2024)[3]
Current ranking12 (9 December 2025)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 DurbanDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 DohaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 DohaMixed doubles
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2023 ChengduMixed team
Silver medal – second place2024 ChengduMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2019 TokyoTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouSingles
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 DohaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2021 DohaSingles
Silver medal – second place2021 DohaTeam
Silver medal – second place2023 PyeongchangTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 PyeongchangDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 PyeongchangMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2024 AstanaMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 BhubaneswarTeam
Korean name
Hangul
신유빈
Hanja
申裕斌
RRSin Yubin
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Her father, a former table tennis player, operated a table tennis club, and she naturally started playing the sport around the age of four or five. She showed early promise and was regarded as a table tennis prodigy during her elementary school years, joining the national reserve team. In 2019, at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 16 days, she became the youngest player ever selected for the South Korean national team. Since then, she has established herself as one of the leading figures in South Korean table tennis in the 2020s.

Career

2019

She competed in the 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in the mixed doubles event with Cho Dae-seong. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, 0–3.[5] She also participated in the 2019 Asian Table Tennis Championships in both the women's singles and the mixed doubles, winning against the much higher ranked Cheng I-ching in the round of 32, 3–2, but lost to Feng Tianwei in the round of 16, 0–3 in the women's singles. In the mixed doubles, she competed with Cho Dae-seong. They were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, 1–3.[6][7] Also in 2019, she won the mixed doubles with Cho Dae-seong in the Czech Open, becoming the youngest person to win a mixed doubles title in the ITTF World Tour at 15 years, 50 days. They won against Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito in the finals, 3–2.[8][9]

2021

Shin was named to the South Korean Olympic team on 4 February 2021.[10] She was 17 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, making her the youngest ever Korean Olympic table tennis player, breaking a record previously held by Ryu Seung-min.[11]

In March 2021, Shin played in WTT Doha. She lost to eventual semi-finalist Miyuu Kihara in the round of 32 in the first WTT Contender event, but she beat Miyuu Kihara in their second match-up in the round of 64 of the WTT Star Contender. Shin then upset Margaryta Pesotska in the round of 32.[12] Shin also upset Miu Hirano in the round of 16 in an aggressive and dominant win.[13]

During the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, United States, Shin Yu-bin sustained a right wrist injury. She competed in the women's doubles event but was forced to withdraw from the women's singles event before her first match due to worsening pain. Upon returning to South Korea, medical examinations revealed tendon damage in her wrist, requiring surgery and a long rehabilitation period. As a result, she missed several months of competition before making a comeback in 2022.

2023

Shin was selected for the South Korean national Asian Games team in the table tennis event at the 2022 Asian Games, which runs from September 22 to October 2, 2023. On September 22, 2023, she won the first and second rounds of the preliminary round with Seo Hyo-won and Jeon Ji-hee in the women's team preliminary match. On the 24th, the team won the quarterfinals 3–1 against Vietnam. They met Japan in the semifinals and lost 1:3 to end the group match.

Shin Yu-bin also participated in mixed doubles with Im Jong-hoon. He lost to China in the semifinals and won the bronze medal.

Shin and Jeon Ji-hee competed in women's doubles and advanced to the semifinals by winning over Taiwan. The opponent team was Japan, which beat China, the favorite. She lost the first set, but won 4:1 by scoring a down point. The final was the inter-Korean match. She also won the gold medal in the women's table tennis doubles at the Asian Games for the first time in 21 years.[14]

2024

Shin Yu-bin competed in the Paris Olympics, reaching the bronze medal match in all three events she participated in. Shin first won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event with Lim Jong-hoon,[15] then lost to Hina Hayata in the women's singles.[16] Finally, in the women's team event, she teamed up with Jeon Ji-hee and Lee Eun-hye to defeat the German team and secure her second bronze medal.[17]

Finals

Singles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Asian Championships Japan Hina Hayata 1–3 Runner-up [18]
2022 WTT Contender Nova Gorica Monaco Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 Winner [19]
2023 WTT Contender Lagos China Li Yake 4–2 Winner [20]
WTT Contender Tunis Japan Miwa Harimoto 2–4 Runner-up [21]
WTT Contender Lima Romania Bernadette Szőcs 4–1 Winner [22]
2024 WTT Contender Doha South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 3–4 Runner-up [23]
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Women doubles

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Year Tournament Partner Final opponents Score Result Ref
2019 ITTF Challenge Polish Open Lee Eun-hye Japan Honoka Hashimoto / Maki Shiomi 1–3 Runner-up [24]
2021 WTT Star Contender Doha Jeon Ji-hee Japan Kasumi Ishikawa / Miu Hirano 3–0 Winner [25]
Asian Championships Jeon Ji-hee Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching 3–1 Winner [18]
2022 WTT Contender Almaty Choi Hyo-joo Japan Hina Hayata / Miu Hirano 0–3 Runner-up [26]
2023 WTT Contender Doha Jeon Ji-hee China Zhang Rui / Kuai Man 1–3 Runner-up [27]
World Championships Jeon Ji-hee China Chen Meng / Wang Yidi 0–3 Runner-up [28]
WTT Contender Lagos Jeon Ji-hee China Fan Siqi / Liu Weishan 3–1 Winner [29]
WTT Contender Zagreb Jeon Ji-hee China Qian Tianyi / Liu Weishan 3–2 Winner [30]
WTT Contender Lima Jeon Ji-hee South Korea Choi Hyo-joo / Kim Na-yeong 3–2 Winner [31]
WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Jeon Ji-hee South Korea Choi Hyo-joo / Kim Na-yeong 3–1 Winner [32]
Asian Games Jeon Ji-hee North Korea Cha Su-yong / Pak Su-gyong 4–1 Winner [33]
WTT Star Contender Lanzhou Jeon Ji-hee China Chen Meng / Wang Manyu 0–3 Runner-up [34]
2024 WTT Contender Doha Jeon Ji-hee Germany Annett Kaufmann / Sabine Winter 3–0 Winner [35]
WTT Star Contender Goa Jeon Ji-hee South Korea Joo Cheon-hui / Choi Hyo-joo 3–1 Winner [36]
WTT Saudi Smash Jeon Ji-hee China Chen Meng / Wang Manyu 0–3 Runner-up [37]
WTT Star Contender Bangkok Jeon Ji-hee Japan Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato 1–3 Runner-up [38]
2025 WTT Star Contender Chennai Ryu Han-na Japan Miwa Harimoto / Miyuu Kihara 2–3 Runner-up [39]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Choi Hyo-joo Japan Miwa Harimoto / Satsuki Odo 1–3 Runner-up [40]
2026 WTT Singapore Smash Miyu Nagasaki Japan Miwa Harimoto / Hina Hayata 0–3 Runner-up [41]
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Mixed doubles

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Year Tournament Partner Final opponents Score Result Ref
2019 ITTF World Tour Czech Open Cho Dae-seong Japan Jun Mizutani / Mima Ito 3–2 Winner [8]
2022 WTT Contender Nova Gorica Lim Jong-hoon India Sathiyan Gnanasekaran / Manika Batra 3–0 Winner [42]
2023 WTT Contender Doha Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Shidong / Kuai Man 0–3 Runner-up [43]
WTT Star Contender Bangkok Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Gaoyuan / Chen Xingtong 2–3 Runner-up [44]
WTT Contender Tunis Lim Jong-hoon Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju / Chen Szu-yu 0–3 Runner-up [45]
WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Lim Jong-hoon Spain Álvaro Robles / María Xiao 3–1 Winner [46]
2024 WTT Star Contender Goa Lim Jong-hoon Spain Álvaro Robles / María Xiao 3–0 Winner [47]
WTT Singapore Smash Lim Jong-hoon China Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 1–3 Runner-up [48]
WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Lim Jong-hoon Japan Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata 3–0 Winner [49]
WTT Contender Zagreb Lim Jong-hoon Japan Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata 2–3 Runner-up [50]
WTT Contender Lagos Lim Jong-hoon China Luo Jiecheng / Xu Huiyao 3–0 Winner [51]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Lim Jong-hoon Japan Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata 2–3 Runner-up [52]
2025 WTT Star Contender Chennai Lim Jong-hoon Japan Maharu Yoshimura / Satsuki Odo 3–0 Winner [53]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Lim Jong-hoon Brazil Hugo Calderano / Bruna Takahashi 3–0 Winner [54]
WTT Contender Zagreb Lim Jong-hoon China Huang Youzheng / Chen Yi 3–0 Winner [55]
WTT United States Smash Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Shidong / Kuai Man 0–3 Runner-up [56]
WTT Europe Smash — Sweden Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Shidong / Kuai Man 0–3 Runner-up [57]
WTT Finals Lim Jong-hoon China Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 3–0 Winner [58]
2026 WTT Singapore Smash Lim Jong-hoon Brazil Hugo Calderano / Bruna Takahashi 0–3 Runner-up [59]
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