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Lin Yun-Ju
Personal information
Native name林昀儒
Nickname(s)The Silent Assassin[1][2] , Little Lin mate (小林同學）
Born (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23)
Yuanshan, Taiwan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly Lin Yun-Ju SZLC with tenergy 05 hard on forehand and dignics 05 on backhand
Highest ranking5 (3 August 2021)[4]
Current ranking12 (20 May 2025)
ClubKinoshita Meister Tokyo (T.League)[5]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Doha Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Houston Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Busan Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Chengdu Singles
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Astana Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Pyeongchang Mixed doubles
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

Lin Yun-Ju (Chinese: 林昀儒; pinyin: Lín Yún rú born 17 August 2001) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.[6][7] He is a left-handed player who plays with the shakehand grip.

Career

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Lin began playing table tennis in third grade.[8] He started competing on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) senior circuit in 2016.[9] At age 14, he officially became a member of the national team at the 2016 World Team Championships, making him the youngest Taiwanese player to achieve this.[8]

Lin made his debut in the men's singles event at the 2017 World Championships, where he lost in a seven-game battle in the first round to Bastian Steger.[10] He remained a member of the national team and competed alongside Chuang Chih-yuan and Chen Chien-an at the 2018 Asian Games, where they won a bronze medal in the men's team event.[11] That same year, he also took part in the 2018 Youth Olympics, where he and his teammate Su Pei-ling secured a bronze medal in the mixed team event.[12]

2019–2021

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In March 2019, Lin won the men's singles title at the ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open, defeating Mattias Falck in the final.[13] He also secured titles in the men's doubles with Liao Cheng-ting and in the mixed doubles with Cheng I-ching, completing a remarkable triple crown at the event. In the May world rankings, he surpassed Chuang Chih-yuan to become the highest-ranked Taiwanese player in men's singles.[14] Lin reached the final of the Japan Open, where he lost to Xu Xin.[15] He then went on to win two consecutive tournaments: first, the T2 Diamond Malaysia in July,[16] followed by his first ITTF World Tour title at the Czech Open in August, at the age of only 18.[17] In these tournaments, he defeated several top players, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Timo Boll.[18]

Lin broke into the world's top ten in September 2019.[19] He later reached another T2 Diamond final in Singapore, where he was once again defeated by Xu Xin.[20] He went on to beat Ma Long to win the bronze medal at the Men's World Cup, becoming the first Taiwanese player ever to medal in the event.[21]

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lin trained in China alongside members of the Chinese national team and other selected foreigners from late 2020 until early 2021.[22] His first international event during this period was the WTT Contender at World Table Tennis' inaugural event, WTT Doha, where he reached the finals after defeating Quadri Aruna in the quarterfinals and Simon Gauzy in the semifinals,[23] before being upset by Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the final.[24] In the WTT Star Contender event, Lin suffered a quarterfinal upset against Ruwen Filus.[25] However, Lin left Doha having secured the fourth seed for the men's singles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[26] In April, the ITTF amended the Olympic seeding system, causing Lin to drop to the fifth seed, below Hugo Calderano.[27]

At the Tokyo Olympics, Lin first competed in the mixed doubles event with Cheng I-ching. As the third seed, the pair lost in the semifinals to Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito but went on to claim the bronze medal by defeating Emmanuel Lebesson and Jia Nan Yuan.[28] In the men's singles event, Lin lost a seven-game semifinal to Fan Zhendong and ultimately placed fourth after falling to Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the bronze-medal match, where he missed four match points.[29][30] In the final table tennis event, the men's team competition, Lin defeated Ovtcharov, but Chinese Taipei was eliminated by Germany 3–2 in the quarterfinals.[31]

At the World Championships following the Olympics, Lin was eliminated in the third round of the men's singles.[32] However, he and Cheng I-ching advanced to the semifinals in the mixed doubles event and claimed Lin's first World Championships medal after losing to the Chinese duo Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha.[33]

2022–2024

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In 2022, Lin claimed the men's singles title at the WTT Contender Zagreb, defeating China's Xiang Peng in the final.[34] He also reached the final at the WTT Contender Almaty, where he lost to Germany's Ruwen Filus in a tightly contested seven-game match.[35] In 2023, Lin once again defeating Xiang Peng to win the men's singles title at WTT Contender Almaty.[36] That year, he also secured three medals at the 2023 Asian Championships and added two more medals at the Asian Games, further proving his strength on the international stage.[37][38][39] Lin achieved a major milestone by winning his first WTT Champions title in Frankfurt, with an impressive series of victories over Patrick Franziska, Benedikt Duda, Tomokazu Harimoto, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long.[40]

At the 2024 World Team Championships, Lin competed as the highest-ranked player on the Chinese Taipei men's team.[41] The team defeated Sweden to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[42] In the quarterfinals, they surprised many by sweeping Germany 3–0, but later lost to France in the semifinals.[43][44] With this result, the team matched its best finish in the event, first reached in 2014. Lin went on to compete in three events at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but despite high hopes, he was knocked out in the quarterfinals of all three.[45][46][47]

Personal life

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Lin was born in Yuanshan, Yilan County, Taiwan. He graduated from Taipei Municipal Nei-Hu Vocational High School and is currently studying at Fu Jen Catholic University.[48]

Achievements

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Major tournaments

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Best results at the Olympic Games, World Championships, and World Cup
Tournaments Events
Singles Men's
doubles 		Mixed
doubles 		Team
Olympic Games 4th — 3rd Quarterfinals
World Championships Quarterfinals 2nd Semifinals Semifinals
World Cup 3rd — — Semifinals

Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open Sweden Mattias Falck 4–2 [13]
T2 Diamond Malaysia China Fan Zhendong 4–1 [49]
ITTF World Tour, Czech Open Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4–1 [50]
2022 WTT Contender Zagreb China Xiang Peng 4–0 [51]
2023 WTT Contender Almaty China Xiang Peng 4–1 [52]
WTT Champions Frankfurt China Ma Long 4–1 [40]

References

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  1. ^ "Final Day: 2019 Chengdu Airlines Men's World Cup ( the silent assassin Lin Yun-Ju)". ITTF. 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Who Will Rule in Seamaster T2 Diamond 2019 Singapore? ( the silent assassin Lin Yun-Ju)". T2 Diamond Table Tennis League.
  3. ^ "リン ユンジュ Lin Yun-Ju". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Lin Yun Ju". tleague.jp. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  6. ^ Table Tennis LIN Yun Ju – Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 30 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Is Lin Yun-Ju the real deal?". International Table Tennis Federation. 24 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b Su, Lynn (November 2021). "Table Tennis Prodigy Lin Yun-ju Lets His Paddle Do the Talking". Taiwan Panorama. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Player profile". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Men's Singles Round of 128" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Asian Games: Taiwan gets bronze in table tennis men's team". Focus Taiwan. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Dramatic end, honour for Japan, gold for China". ittf.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Oman Highlights Final Day: talent shines through". ittf.com. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. ^ "ITTF World Ranking Seniors - Men Singles May 2019". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Xu Xin claims triple crown in Sapporo". ittf.com. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  16. ^ Marshall, Ian (21 July 2019). "T2 Diamond: Lin Yun-Ju and Zhu Yuling win in Malaysia". International Table Tennis Federation.
  17. ^ "Taiwan table tennis phenom Lin Yun-ju wins Czech Open". Taiwan Today. 28 August 2019.
  18. ^ Chia, Nicole (20 November 2019). "Table tennis: Teen prodigy Lin Yun-ju lets his bat do the talking". The Straits Times.
  19. ^ "ITTF World Ranking Seniors - Men Singles September 2019". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  20. ^ "Different duels decide diamond destiny; Xu Xin and Sun Yingsha win in Singapore". ittf.com. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Final Day: 2019 Chengdu Airlines Men's World Cup". ittf.com. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  22. ^ "WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 3: Women's Singles seeds 5 To 8". edgesandnets.com. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Lin Yun-Ju Staves Off Quadri Aruna Comeback On Path To WTT Contender Finals". edgesandnets.com. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  24. ^ "How Dimitrij Ovtcharov Solved The Lin Yun-Ju Problem at WTT Doha". edgesandnets.com. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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  26. ^ "Feng Tianwei Was The Biggest Winner at WTT Doha – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  27. ^ "World Table Tennis News Roundup – 04/19/21 – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  28. ^ "Taiwanese table tennisteam wins bronze at Tokyo Olympics". Taiwan News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  29. ^ "Taiwan's Lin loses to top-seeded player in Olympic table tennis nailbiter". Focus Taiwan. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  30. ^ "Lin Yun-ju falls short of bronze in Olympic bid". Taipei Times. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  31. ^ "Olympic Table Tennis Team Quarterfinal Round-Up". edgesandnets.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  32. ^ "2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  33. ^ "Taiwan duo take bronze at champs". Taipei Times. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  34. ^ "Lin Yun-ju wins final in Zagreb". Taipei Times. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  35. ^ "Filus and Hayata claim singles titles at WTT Contender in Almaty". insidethegames.biz. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  36. ^ "Lin secures men's singles gold at WTT Contender in Almaty". insidethegames.biz. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  37. ^ "26th ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  38. ^ "Taiwanese men settle for table tennis team bronze at Asian Games". Focus Taiwan. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  39. ^ "Taiwan wins 1st men's doubles table tennis medal at Asian Games since 2006". Focus Taiwan. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  40. ^ a b "WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  41. ^ "ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  42. ^ "Late Drama As Denmdark Celebrates Olympic Qualification In Style". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  43. ^ "ITTF World Championships Finals 2024 Day 8". ittf.com. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  44. ^ "France reached the final at the World Championships ending almost three decades of drought". ettu.org. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  45. ^ "Olympic table tennis recap, July 28: Sun and Wang march towards gold". nbcolympics.com. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  46. ^ "Lee and Wang book final berth". Taipei Times. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  47. ^ "Olympics: Japan table tennis teams advance to semifinals in Paris". Kyodo News. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  48. ^ "賀!!本校體碩二鄭怡靜、體大一林昀儒同學桌球混雙取得2020東京奧運門票". Fu Jen Catholic University (in Chinese). 13 December 2019.
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  50. ^ "2019 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  51. ^ "WTT Contender Zagreb 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  52. ^ "WTT Contender Almaty 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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