Liu Shiwen

Liu Shiwen
Liu Shiwen in 2013
Personal information
Native name刘诗雯
Nickname(s)Sunny
NationalityChinese
Born (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33)[1]
Liaoning, China
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking1 (January 2010)[3]
Medal record
Women's Table Tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships 8 4 3
World Cup 11 1 0
Total 20 6 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
World Championships
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 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Düsseldorf Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Halmstad Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Paris Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Paris Singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Suzhou Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Yokohama Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rotterdam Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Düsseldorf Singles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou Singles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Linz Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dubai Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Huangshi Singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kobe Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dubai Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sendai Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 London Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Chengdu Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Markham Singles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Singles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Jeju-do Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Lucknow Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Macau Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Busan Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Busan Singles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Pattaya Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Busan Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Jeju-do Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lucknow Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lucknow Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Macau Singles
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Guangzhou Singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Hong Kong Singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Dubai Singles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hangzhou Singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jaipur Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ahmedabad Singles
National Games of China
Gold medal – first place 2021 Shaanxi Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Shaanxi Singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Kobe Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Kobe Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2004 Kobe Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2004 Kobe Singles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 New Delhi Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 New Delhi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2004 New Delhi Singles
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Shiwen (Chinese: 刘诗雯; pinyin: Liú Shīwén; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player.[1] She is a five-time World Cup champion, one-time World Champion, three-time ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champion and four-time Asian Cup champion. She is known to be one of the fastest players in the world.[weasel words]

She held the ITTF No. 1 rank for nine consecutive months from January to September 2010, thirteen consecutive months during 2013–2014, and eleven consecutive months during 2015–2016.[4] Also, she has been consistently ranked first or second in ITTF Women's World ranking from early 2012 to mid-2017 (with no lower rank than third).[4]

  1. ^ a b "ITTF players' profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Liu Shiwen: ranking history (ITTF)". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2020.