Lin Ye (table tennis)

Lin Ye (Chinese: 林叶, born 1 February 1996) is a China-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in China, Lin started playing table tennis at the age of 8. She later moved to Singapore where she obtained citizenship in 2013 via the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.[4] Lin was named the Young Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014.[5]

Lin Ye
Nationality	Chinese (before 2013) Singaporean (after 2013)
Born	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China[1]
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip[2]
Highest ranking	34 (August 2014)[3]
Current ranking	58 (January 2020)
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Medal record Representing  Singapore Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Team 2014 Glasgow Singles Southeast Asian Games 2015 Singapore Team 2015 Singapore Doubles 2013 Naypyidaw Team

Lin won a team gold and singles bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

On 2 June 2015, Lin and her compatriot, Zhou Yihan, defeated top seed Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu 4–3 to clinch the Women Doubles title in 28th Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore.[6] The pair continued their good momentum and caused one of the biggest upset in history when they defeated the top doubles pair Ding Ning and Liu Shiwen 3–0 in ITTF World Tour, Japan Open Semi-Final[7] but lost to another China pair of Wu Yang and Liu Fei in the Final.

On 12 December 2015, Lin defeated Hamamoto Yui of Japan to clinch the U21 singles title in ITTF World Tour Grand Finals held in Lisbon, Portugal. This is her second U21 singles title.[8]