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Shin Yu-bin

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

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 ranking10 (27 Apirl 2026)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2026 MacaoSingle
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 DurbanDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 DohaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 DohaMixed doubles
Mixed Team World Cup
Silver medal – second place2023 ChengduMixed team
Silver medal – second place2024 ChengduMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2019 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2026 MacauSingles
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
MRSin Yubin

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

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2019

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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

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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]

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.

2022

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Shin Yubin won her first WTT singles title at the WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022 after defeating Yang Xiaoxin 4–3 in the final. She also won the mixed doubles title with Lim Jong-hoon, completing a double victory at the tournament.[12]

2023

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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. Shin Yubin competed in four events and won a medal in each. She won bronze in the women’s singles, bronze in the women’s team event with Jeon Ji-hee, Suh Hyo-won, Lee Eun-hye, and Yang Ha-eun, bronze in the mixed doubles with Lim Jong-hoon, and gold in the women’s doubles with Jeon Ji-hee. The women double final was the inter-Korean match. The pair defeated their North Korean opponents 4–1 in the final, marked South Korea’s first Asian Games gold in table tennis since 2002 - Lee Chul-seung and Ryu Seung-min’s gold in the men’s doubles and Lee Eun-sil and Seok Eun-mi’s gold in the women’s doubles were the country’s last Asiad golds in the sport. .[13]

2024

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On July 2, 2024, Shin Yubin entered the world top 10 for the first time, reaching No. 9. 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,[14] then lost to Hina Hayata in the women's singles.[15] 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.[16]

2025

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At the World Table Tennis Championships 2025, Shin with Lim Jonghoon and Ryu Han-na, won bronze medals in the mixed doubles and women’s doubles events, becoming the first Korean female player in 32 years—since Hyun Jung-hwa — to win multiple medals at a single WTTC. [17]

At the end of the year, Shin Yubin and Lim Jonghoon defeated the world No. 1 mixed doubles pairs Lin Shidong/Kuai Man in the semifinals and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha in the final at the WTT Finals Hong Kong, becoming the first Korean mixed doubles pair to achieve this feat. [18]

In 2025, Shin Yubin also made remarkable progress in women’s singles, becoming the first Korean female player to reach the semifinals of a Grand Smash event at China Smash 2025.[19] She was also the first Korean female player to reach the semifinals twice consecutively at the Montpellier and Frankfurt events in the WTT Champions series.

2026

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According to the world rankings in week 7 of 2026, Lim Jonghoon and Shin Yubin officially became the world No. 1 mixed doubles pair.[20]

In April 2026, at the ITTF World Cup Macao 2026, Shin Yubin became the first Korean female player in history to win a medal at the World Cup.[21]

Finals

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Singles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Asian Championships Japan Hina Hayata 1–3 Runner-up [22]
2022 WTT Contender Nova Gorica Monaco Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 Winner [23]
2023 WTT Contender Lagos China Li Yake 4–2 Winner [24]
WTT Contender Tunis Japan Miwa Harimoto 2–4 Runner-up [25]
WTT Contender Lima Romania Bernadette Szőcs 4–1 Winner [26]
2024 WTT Contender Doha South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 3–4 Runner-up [27]

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 [28]
2021 WTT Star Contender Doha Jeon Ji-hee Japan Kasumi Ishikawa / Miu Hirano 3–0 Winner [29]
Asian Championships Jeon Ji-hee Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching 3–1 Winner [22]
2022 WTT Contender Almaty Choi Hyo-joo Japan Hina Hayata / Miu Hirano 0–3 Runner-up [30]
2023 WTT Contender Doha Jeon Ji-hee China Zhang Rui / Kuai Man 1–3 Runner-up [31]
World Championships Jeon Ji-hee China Chen Meng / Wang Yidi 0–3 Runner-up [32]
WTT Contender Lagos Jeon Ji-hee China Fan Siqi / Liu Weishan 3–1 Winner [33]
WTT Contender Zagreb Jeon Ji-hee China Qian Tianyi / Liu Weishan 3–2 Winner [34]
WTT Contender Lima Jeon Ji-hee South Korea Choi Hyo-joo / Kim Na-yeong 3–2 Winner [35]
WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Jeon Ji-hee South Korea Choi Hyo-joo / Kim Na-yeong 3–1 Winner [36]
Asian Games Jeon Ji-hee North Korea Cha Su-yong / Pak Su-gyong 4–1 Winner [37]
WTT Star Contender Lanzhou Jeon Ji-hee China Chen Meng / Wang Manyu 0–3 Runner-up [38]
2024 WTT Contender Doha Jeon Ji-hee Germany Annett Kaufmann / Sabine Winter 3–0 Winner [39]
WTT Star Contender Goa Jeon Ji-hee South Korea Joo Cheon-hui / Choi Hyo-joo 3–1 Winner [40]
WTT Saudi Smash Jeon Ji-hee China Chen Meng / Wang Manyu 0–3 Runner-up [41]
WTT Star Contender Bangkok Jeon Ji-hee Japan Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato 1–3 Runner-up [42]
2025 WTT Star Contender Chennai Ryu Han-na Japan Miwa Harimoto / Miyuu Kihara 2–3 Runner-up [43]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Choi Hyo-joo Japan Miwa Harimoto / Satsuki Odo 1–3 Runner-up [44]
2026 WTT Singapore Smash Miyu Nagasaki Japan Miwa Harimoto / Hina Hayata 0–3 Runner-up [45]

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 [46]
2023 WTT Contender Doha Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Shidong / Kuai Man 0–3 Runner-up [47]
WTT Star Contender Bangkok Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Gaoyuan / Chen Xingtong 2–3 Runner-up [48]
WTT Contender Tunis Lim Jong-hoon Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju / Chen Szu-yu 0–3 Runner-up [49]
WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Lim Jong-hoon Spain Álvaro Robles / María Xiao 3–1 Winner [50]
2024 WTT Star Contender Goa Lim Jong-hoon Spain Álvaro Robles / María Xiao 3–0 Winner [51]
WTT Singapore Smash Lim Jong-hoon China Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 1–3 Runner-up [52]
WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Lim Jong-hoon Japan Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata 3–0 Winner [53]
WTT Contender Zagreb Lim Jong-hoon Japan Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata 2–3 Runner-up [54]
WTT Contender Lagos Lim Jong-hoon China Luo Jiecheng / Xu Huiyao 3–0 Winner [55]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Lim Jong-hoon Japan Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata 2–3 Runner-up [56]
2025 WTT Star Contender Chennai Lim Jong-hoon Japan Maharu Yoshimura / Satsuki Odo 3–0 Winner [57]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Lim Jong-hoon Brazil Hugo Calderano / Bruna Takahashi 3–0 Winner [58]
WTT Contender Zagreb Lim Jong-hoon China Huang Youzheng / Chen Yi 3–0 Winner [59]
WTT United States Smash Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Shidong / Kuai Man 0–3 Runner-up [60]
WTT Europe Smash — Sweden Lim Jong-hoon China Lin Shidong / Kuai Man 0–3 Runner-up [61]
WTT Finals Lim Jong-hoon China Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 3–0 Winner [62]
2026 WTT Singapore Smash Lim Jong-hoon Brazil Hugo Calderano / Bruna Takahashi 0–3 Runner-up [63]

References

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  2. 1 2 "SHIN YU BIN". kttl.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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  6. ↑ "2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Table Tennis Championships – Results". results.ittf.com.
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  8. 1 2 "2019 ITTF World Tour Czech Open – Results". results.ittf.com.
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  10. ↑ "17살 '탁구 신동' 신유빈 1위...최연소 올림픽 출전" [17-year-old 'Table Tennis Shindong' Shin Yu-bin 1st place... the youngest to participate in the Olympics]. KBS News (in Korean). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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  34. ↑ "WTT Contender Zagreb 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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  41. ↑ "Saudi Smash 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  42. ↑ "WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  43. ↑ "WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  44. ↑ "WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  45. ↑ "Singapore Smash 2026". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
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  48. ↑ "WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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  53. ↑ "WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  54. ↑ "WTT Contender Zagreb 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  55. ↑ "WTT Contender Lagos 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  56. ↑ "WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  57. ↑ "WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  58. ↑ "WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  59. ↑ "WTT Contender Zagreb 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  60. ↑ "United States Smash 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  61. ↑ "Europe Smash - Sweden 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  62. ↑ "WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  63. ↑ "Singapore Smash 2026". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
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