Sun Yingsha

Sun Yingsha is genuinely one of those athletes who makes you rethink what "dominant" even means — she became world number one before she turned 22, and she's barely slowed down since. What I find fascinating is her style: aggressive forehand, quick footwork, but also this almost eerie composure under pressure that you'd expect from a veteran twice her age. At the Paris 2024 Olympics she took gold in both the mixed doubles (with Wang Chuqin) and the team event, stacking titles like it's routine. She's also a Shanghai Jiao Tong University student, which somehow makes her even more impressive — balancing elite competition and actual academics. Table tennis has always had Chinese champions, but Sun Yingsha feels like a generational leap even by those standards.

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Name (English)

Sun Yingsha

Name (Japanese)

孫穎莎

Reading

そん・えいさ

Born

November 4, 2000 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

Origin

Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China

Height

162 cm

Occupation

table tennis player

University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sunyingsha_official/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20Yingsha
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%AB%E7%A9%8E%E8%8E%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32772779

Tags

• table tennis player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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