Lin Gaoyuan (Chinese: 林高远; pinyin: Lín Gāoyuǎn; born 19 March 1995) is a Chinese table tennis player. He was the Asian Cup champion in 2017,[5] and was a member of the Chinese teams that took the gold medals at the World Team Championships in 2018 and 2022.

Lin Gaoyuan
Lin Gaoyuan at the 2017 German Open
Personal information
Born (1995-03-19) 19 March 1995 (age 29)
Shenzhen, China[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)Butterfly Lin Gaoyuan ALC blade, DHS H3 National Blue (FH, Black), DIGNICS 05 (BH, Red)
Highest ranking2 (May 2019)[3]
Current ranking5 (23 April 2024)[4]
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 3 0 3
World Cup 3 1 1
Total 6 1 4
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Halmstad Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Chengdu Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Busan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Houston Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Houston Doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 London Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chengdu Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Macao Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Paris Singles
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Silver medal – second place 2018 Incheon Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Astana Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Zhengzhou Singles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wuxi Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pyeongchang Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pyeongchang Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Singles
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ahmedabad Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Yokohama Singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bratislava Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Manama Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Hyderabad Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Hyderabad Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Cartagena Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Bratislava Singles
Silver medal – second place 2010 Bratislava Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Manama Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Hyderabad Singles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Hyderabad Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Cartagena Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Cartagena Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Bratislava Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Manama Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Manama Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 New Delhi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Bangkok Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Bangkok Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 New Delhi Singles
Representing  China / Guangdong
National Games of China
Gold medal – first place 2021 Shaanxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tianjin Doubles
All China Table Tennis Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Zhangjiagang Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Anshan Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tianjin Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Huangshi Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2020 Weihai Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Anshan Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Anshan Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Weihai Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Huangshi Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Harbin Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Harbin Mixed doubles

Career edit

2021 edit

In May, Lin played the China Olympic Scrimmages, but he lost to Fang Bo in the group stage of the first leg.[6] Lin lost 4–1 to Fan Zhendong in the quarter-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage.[7]

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

Result Year Tournament Opponent Score Ref
Winner 2017 Asian Cup   Fan Zhendong 4–2 [8]
Winner 2017 ITTF World Tour, Austrian Open   Yan An 4–1 [9]
Runner-up 2018 Asian Cup   Fan Zhendong 0–4 [10]
Runner-up 2018 Asian Games   Fan Zhendong 2–4 [11]
Runner-up 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals   Tomokazu Harimoto 1–4 [12]
Winner 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open   Wang Chuqin 4–0 [13]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open   Liang Jingkun 1–4 [14]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open   Ma Long 2–4 [15]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open   Ma Long 0–4 [16]
Winner 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open   Tomokazu Harimoto 4–2 [17]
Runner-up 2019 Asian Championships   Xu Xin 1–3 [18]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open   Wang Chuqin 0–4 [19]
Runner-up 2022 WTT Contender Muscat   Liang Jingkun 1–4 [20]
Runner-up 2022 WTT Champions European Summer Series   Tomokazu Harimoto 3–4 [21]
Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok   Jang Woo-jin 4–3 [22]
Winner 2023 WTT Contender Zagreb   Fan Zhendong 4–3 [23]
Runner-up 2024 World Cup   Ma Long 3–4 [24]

Men's doubles edit

Result Year Tournament Partner Opponents Score Ref
Winner 2011 ITTF Pro Tour, Japan Open Wu Jiaji   Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa 4–1 [25]
Winner 2014 ITTF World Tour, Kuwait Open Stefan Fegerl   Chiang Hung-chieh / Huang Sheng-sheng 3–2 [26]
Winner 2017 Asian Championships Fan Zhendong   Fang Bo / Zhou Yu 3–1 [27]
Winner 2018 ITTF World Tour, China Open Fan Zhendong   Ovidiu Ionescu /   Álvaro Robles 3–0 [28]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open Fan Zhendong   Liang Jingkun / Xu Xin 2–3 [29]
Winner 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hong Kong Open Liang Jingkun   Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon 3–1 [30]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open Ma Long   Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su 0–3 [31]
Winner 2019 Asian Championships Liang Jingkun   Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin 3–1 [32]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open Liang Jingkun   Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin 2–3 [33]
Winner 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open Liang Jingkun   Jeoung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su 3–0 [34]
Runner-up 2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open Ma Long   Cho Dae-seong / Jang Woo-jin 2–3 [35]
Winner 2021 WTT Contender Laško Zhou Qihao   Yuta Tanaka / Yuto Kizukuri 3–0 [36]
Winner 2021 WTT Contender Novo Mesto Zhou Qihao   Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin 3–1 [37]
Runner-up 2022 WTT Star Contender European Summer Series Liang Jingkun   Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su 2–3 [38]
Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok Lin Shidong   Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin 3–0 [39]
Runner-up 2023 WTT Contender Zagreb Liang Jingkun   Yuan Licen / Lin Shidong 1–3 [40]
Winner 2023 Asian Championships Fan Zhendong   Ma Long / Wang Chuqin 3–2 [41]
Winner 2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan Lin Shidong   Liang Jingkun / Wang Chuqin 3–2 [42]
Runner-up 2024 WTT Finals Lin Shidong   Xiang Peng / Yuan Licen 0–3 [43]
Winner 2024 Singapore Smash Ma Long   Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin 3–2 [44]

Mixed doubles edit

Result Year Tournament Partner Opponents Score Ref
Winner 2018 ITTF World Tour, China Open Chen Xingtong   Masataka Morizono / Mima Ito 3–1 [45]
Runner-up 2018 Asian Games Wang Manyu   Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 2–4 [46]
Winner 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open Liu Shiwen   Ľubomír Pištej / Tatiana Kukulkova 3–0 [47]
Runner-up 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open Zhu Yuling   Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata 1–3 [48]
Winner 2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok Chen Xingtong   Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yu-bin 3–2 [49]
Winner 2023 Asian Championships Wang Yidi   Liang Jingkun / Qian Tianyi 3–1 [41]
Runner-up 2023 Asian Games Wang Yidi   Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 1–4 [50]
Runner-up 2024 WTT Contender Doha Wang Manyu   Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha 2–3 [51]

References edit

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