Xu Xin (table tennis)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu (许).
Xu Xin
ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open, Magdeburg, Germany, 7 November 2017 – 12 November 2017, Xu Xin
Personal information
Native name许昕
Nationality China
Born (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 (age 34)[1]
Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styleleft-handed, penhold grip
Equipment(s)Stiga Dynasty Carbon, TG2 Skyline Blue (FH, black), DHS NEO Hurricane 3 custom sponge (BH, red)
Highest ranking1 (January 2013)[2]
Current ranking103 (May 2023)[3]
ClubShanghai Zhongxing
Medal record
Men's Table Tennis
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 0
World Championships 10 1 2
World Cup 7 1 0
Total 19 3 2
Representing  People's Republic of China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Rotterdam Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Dortmund Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Suzhou Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Suzhou Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Düsseldorf Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Halmstad Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Yokohama Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Paris Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Düsseldorf Singles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2009 Linz Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Magdeburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Verviers Singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dubai Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Saarbrücken Singles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Gold medal – first place 2012 Hangzhou Singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai Singles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Macau Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lisbon Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Doha Singles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Singles
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Lucknow Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Lucknow Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Macau Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Pattaya Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lucknow Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lucknow Mixed doubles

Xu Xin (simplified Chinese: 许昕; traditional Chinese: 許昕; pinyin: Xǔ Xīn; born 8 January 1990) is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 as of May 2019 for men's singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 1 in January 2013.

He is Vice Chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation.

He has won 17 World Tour Singles titles and has won the World Championships in men's doubles thrice, mixed doubles twice, and five times in the team event. In addition, Xu Xin along with Ma Long and Zhang Jike won the men's team gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

  1. ^ a b "ITTF players' profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Ranking progression". ittf.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Rankings". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 17 September 2022.