Lin Gaoyuan

Lin Gaoyuan
Lin Gaoyuan (German Open 2017)
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	March 19, 1995
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	5 (April 2020)
Best world ranking :	2 (May – July 2019)

Gaoyuan Lin ( Chinese  林高遠 , Pinyin Lín Gāoyuǎn * 19th March 1995 in Shenzhen ) is a Chinese table tennis - national team .

Career

At the 2009 Youth World Cup, Lin won medals in all competitions: bronze in singles and mixed doubles, silver in doubles and gold with the team. In 2010 and 2011 he took part in several World Tour tournaments, his first medal placement in the adult division was reaching the semi-finals at the Korea Open 2011. He also won the U-21 competition at the Grand Finals 2010. At the 2010 World Youth Championships , In 2011 and 2012 he won three silver medals in singles and three gold medals with the team, as well as two bronze and one gold medals, and one bronze and one silver medals. In January 2011 he was represented in the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time , in December he reached a preliminary record with 32nd place. Due to the strong Chinese competition, however, it was hardly present internationally in the following years.

In the Chinese Super League he was one of the best players in singles in 2016, with a score of 11: 0. At the 2017 Asian Cup, he reached the quarter-finals in singles and won gold in doubles alongside Fan Zhendong . In an internal qualifying tournament, he also secured a place at the 2017 World Cup . There he met Xu Xin in the round of 16 , but missed all match points in the decision set when the score was 10: 5 and lost at 10:12. By beating Fan Zhendong in the final, Lin Gaoyuan won the Asian Cup in September and qualified for the World Cup . At the Austrian Open , he beat Marcos Freitas , Kōki Niwa , Simon Gauzy and Yan An , among others , winning his first individual title on the World Tour and as a result moved into the top 10 in the world rankings. At the World Cup he reached the quarter-finals, but was unable to take advantage of a 3-1 lead against Timo Boll and a 10-4 lead when the score was 3: 3 and lost 3: 4. He also qualified for the Grand Finals , in which he lost in the quarterfinals to Dimitrij Ovtcharov 3: 4 after leading 2-0. In the Super League, he was one of the best players in 2017 with a record of 22: 5 and victories over Ma Long , Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin - gold, silver and bronze medalists at the World Cup. In 2018 he took part in a team World Cup for the first time and won gold with China, in October he won bronze at the World Cup after a semi-final defeat against Fan Zhendong . At the end of the year he took part in the Grand Finals , where he beat World Cup third place Lee Sang-su , Xu Xin and Jun Mizutani before losing to Tomokazu Harimoto in the final . At the 2019 World Cup he reached the quarter-finals in singles and won bronze in doubles with Liang Jingkun .

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team	U-21
CHN	Asian Cup	2018	Yokohama	JPN	silver
CHN	Asian Cup	2017	Ahmedabad	IND	gold
CHN	Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	IDN	silver		gold	gold
CHN	Asian Championship	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	silver	gold		gold
CHN	Asian Championship	2017	Wuxi	CHN	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Youth Asian Championship	2011		IND	Semifinals	gold		gold
CHN	Youth Asian Championship	2010		THA	Semifinals			gold
CHN	ITTF Challenge Series	2019	Lisbon	POR	silver	Semifinals	gold
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2020	Magdeburg	GER	Semifinals	silver	last 16
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Linz	AUT	last 16	gold	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Bremen	GER	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Stockholm	SWE	silver	silver	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Geelong	OUT	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Sapporo	JPN	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Hong Kong	HKG	gold	gold
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Shenzhen	CHN	silver	last 16
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Doha	QAT	silver	Quarter finals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Budapest	HUN	gold	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	Semifinals		Quarter finals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2018	Shenzhen	CHN	Semifinals	gold	gold
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2018	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2017	Linz	AUT	gold
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2017	Tokyo	JPN	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2017	Budapest	HUN	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2014	Kuwait City	KUW	last 64	gold
CHN	ITTF Pro Tour	2011	Kobe	JPN	last 16	gold
CHN	ITTF Pro Tour	2011	Incheon	COR	Semifinals	last 16
CHN	ITTF Pro Tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	Agony	Agony			gold
CHN	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	2019	Zhengzhou	CHN	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	2018	Incheon	COR	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	2017	Astana	KAZ	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR					gold
CHN	World cup	2018	Paris	FRA	3rd place
CHN	World cup	2017	Liege	BEL	Quarter finals
CHN	World Team Cup	2019	Tokyo	JPN				gold
CHN	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				gold
CHN	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 16
CHN	Youth World Championship	2012	Hyderabad	IND	silver	gold	silver	gold
CHN	Youth World Championship	2011	Manama	BAH	silver	Semifinals	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Youth World Championship	2010	Bratislava	SVK	silver	Semifinals	disq.	gold
CHN	Youth World Championship	2009	Cartagena de Indias	COL	Semifinals	silver	Semifinals	gold

material

Lin Gaoyuan uses the table tennis blade "LIN GAOYUAN ALC" by Butterfly , which he is named after. It is based on the Butterfly Viscaria wood. As a table tennis rubber he plays the "DIGNICS 05" on the backhand.

Web links

• World rankings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Xu Xin's crazy comeback and Ovtcharov's out. ittf.com, June 4, 2017, accessed June 4, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Lin Gaoyuan lays ghosts to rest, now a winner. ittf.com, September 17, 2017, accessed September 19, 2017 . 
3. ↑ mytischtennis.de: Lin Gaoyuan and Liu Shiwens teams win Super League. February 12, 2018, accessed February 13, 2018 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lin is the family name here, Gaoyuan is the first name.