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Liu Shiwen
Winning five women’s table tennis World Cups.
Olympic team gold · World singles title
- Born
- 12 April 1991
- Birthplace
- Fushun, China
More people
Liu Shiwen
Liu Shiwen is a Chinese table tennis player whose sustained singles success also included Olympic and world titles in team and doubles competition.
Early life
Liaoning
Was born in Fushun.
Early training
Took up table tennis as a child and reached the world junior singles final in 2004.
Career
- 2009–2010
Senior breakthrough
Won her first World Cup and rose to world number one.
- 2012–2019
Established champion
Added World Cups and won the world singles title.
- 2021
Tokyo partnership
Won Olympic mixed doubles silver with Xu Xin.
Achievements
Olympic team gold
Helped China win the Rio team event.
World singles title
Defeated Chen Meng in Budapest.
Fifth World Cup
Beat Zhu Yuling to set a women’s World Cup title record.
Beyond table tennis
Athlete representation
Became co-chair of the ITTF Athletes’ Commission after the 2022 election.
Recovery
Returned to competition after elbow surgery interrupted her 2020 season.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Athlete representation ↗Fifth World Cup ↗Photo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
