Xiaoxin Yang

Xiaoxin Yang
Personal information
Native name
杨晓欣
NationalityChinese (before 2017)
Monégasque (after 2017)
BornYang Xiaoxin[a]
(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988[1]
Beijing, China[1][2]
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[3]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[3]
Sport
SportTable tennis
ClubCP Lys-lez-Lannoy Lille Métropole (France)
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking10 (5 July 2022)[4]
Current ranking23 (5 November 2024)[5]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Monaco
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaSingles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2022 OranSingles
Silver medal – second place2018 TarragonaSingles
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place2015 ReykjavíkSingles
Gold medal – first place2019 TivatSingles
Gold medal – first place2019 TivatDoubles
Gold medal – first place2023 MsidaSingles
Silver medal – second place2015 ReykjavíkDoubles
Silver medal – second place2023 MsidaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 TivatTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 MsidaDoubles
Xiaoxin Yang
Traditional Chinese楊曉欣
Simplified Chinese杨晓欣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Xiǎoxīn

Xiaoxin Yang (Chinese: 杨晓欣; born 8 January 1988) is a table tennis player. Born in China, she has represented Monaco internationally since 2013 and became a Monegasque citizen in 2017.[2] She has represented Monaco at the Olympics twice - in 2021, where she reached finished T17 in the women's singles and served as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony,[6] and 2024, where she lost in the first round of the women's singles.

Finals

Result Year Tournament Opponent Score Ref
Winner 2013 Swiss Open Hungary Georgina Póta 4–1 [7]
Winner 2014 ITTF World Tour, Croatia Open Japan Misako Wakamiya 4–1 [8]
Winner 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe Luxembourg Sarah De Nutte 3–0 [9]
Winner 2016 Swiss Open Hungary Georgina Póta 4–1 [10]
Winner 2016 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open Japan Maki Shiomi 4–0 [11]
Runner-up 2018 Mediterranean Games Egypt Dina Meshref 1–4 [12]
Winner 2018 Luxembourg Open Russia Anna Blazhko 4–0 [13]
Winner 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe Cyprus Louiza Kourea 3–0 [14]
Runner-up 2020 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open Japan Honoka Hashimoto 1–4 [15]
Winner 2021 WTT Contender Budapest Russia Elizabet Abraamian 4–0 [16]
Winner 2021 ITTF Czech International Open Russia Mariia Tailakova 4–0 [17]
Runner-up 2021 WTT Contender Tunis Czech Republic Hana Matelová 3–4 [18]
Winner 2022 Mediterranean Games Portugal Shao Jieni 4–0 [19]
Runner-up 2022 WTT Contender Nova Gorica South Korea Shin Yu-bin 3–4 [20]
Winner 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe Malta Camella Iacob 3–0 [21]
Runner-up 2023 European Games Romania Bernadette Szőcs 3–4 [22]

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

References

  1. 1 2 "YANG Xiaoxin". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Monaco Olympic athletes in the spotlight. Interview with Xiaoxin Yang". hellomonaco.com. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Xiaoxin Yang". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Women's Singles 2022 Week #27". ittf.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Xiaoxin Yang: "Sport is Never Easy, Especially During Key Moments"". monacolife.net. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Neuenschwander, Thomas (12 February 2013). "SAMSONOV and YANG new Swiss Open winners". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Walther, Xiaoxin triumph in ITTF Croatia Open". All Sports Ghana. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Dimitrij Ovtcharov wins 2016 DHS Swiss Open". SD Sport. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Daish, Simon (5 September 2016). "Monaco claims second World Tour title: Yang Xiaoxin with the honours". ITTF. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "Hard fought success and an air of revenge, gold for Dina Meshref". ittf.com. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  13. ↑ Marshall, Ian (8 September 2018). "Milestone wins, Brian Afanador and Yang Xiaoxin strike gold in Luxembourg". ITTF.
  14. ↑ "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  15. ↑ Marshall, Ian (9 February 2020). "Kirill Gerassimenko and Honoka Hashimoto win in Granada". ITTF. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  16. ↑ "WTT Contender Budapest 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Yang Xiaoxin win in Czech Republic". ittf.com. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "WTT Contender Tunis 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  19. ↑ "Mediterranean Games 2022". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  20. ↑ "WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  21. ↑ "Event Overview - Women's Singles". european-games.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  22. ↑ "Bernadette SZOCS newly-crowned champion in Krakow". ettu.org. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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