Liu Shiwen

Liu Shiwen (; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player. 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). In a sit-down interview with CCTV, Liu discussed her 2019 World Championship run, placing a big emphasis on the psychological aspect. She noted that she felt like an underdog against both Ding Ning in the semi-finals and Chen Meng in the finals.

In 2020, Liu's season was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. She did not return for ITTF's restart events at the end of the year due to injury. Liu was expected to return in 2021 at WTT Doha, but plans were cut short by China's decision to withdraw due to coronavirus concerns.

2021 After getting surgery for an elbow injury that sidelined her through most of 2020, Liu began training with her teammates again in January.

In March, Liu participated in the Chinese National Team training camp and played in the China National Games Qualifying tournament, where she stated that she felt that she was fully recovered from her injury. National team coach Li Sun stated that Liu looked even better than expected in training camp, which prompted speculation that Liu was a front-runner to represent China in the singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. However, Liu lost 4–0 to Zhu Yuling in the quarter finals of the China Olympic Scrimmage in May.

In May, Liu was selected to represent China in the team event but not the singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. However, shortly after she lost 4–0 to He Zhuojia in the quarter-finals of the second leg of the China Olympic Scrimmage.

Liu played mixed doubles with Xu Xin at the Tokyo Olympics. In an interview in July, Liu stated that their doubles chemistry was better than ever before. Following the loss, Liu withdrew from the team event and was replaced by Wang Manyu.

In September, Liu reached the quarter-finals of the women's singles at the China National Games. After her round of 16 victory over Gu Yuting, Liu stated that the China National Games was her first real tournament in a year and a half. Liu defeated Gu Yuting to reach the semi-finals of the women's singles event, and won the mixed doubles gold medal with Xu Xin. Liu went on to win bronze in women's singles after losing to Sun Yingsha 4–0 in the semi-finals and defeating Chen Meng 3–1 in the bronze medal match. thumb Liu (front) and teammates Cao Zhen and Fan Ying looking at jewelry in 2012.

In December 2022, Liu was elected president of the FIBT Athletes' Commission for a four-year term. In April 2023, she became vice-president of the Guangdong Provincial Ping Association.

Career records Singles (as of 18 June 2019) World Championships: Winner (2019), Runner-up (2013, 2015), SF (2009, 2011, 2017) World Cup: Winner (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019), Runner-up (2017) Asian Games: Winner (2014) Asian Championships: Winner (2013), SF (2009, 2012, 2017), Runner-up (2019) Asian Cup: Winner (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016), Runner-up (2009, 2015, 2017) World Junior Championships: Runner-up (2004) Asian Junior Championships: SF (2004) Pro Tour Grand Finals: Winner (3) London, England (2011), Hangzhou, China (2012), Dubai, UAE (2013). Pro Tour / ITTF World Tour Winner (14): 2009: Danish Open, China (Suzhou) Open, China (Tianjin) Open 2010: Kuwait Open 2010 2011: Qatar Open 2011 2012: Hungary Open, Korea Open 2013: Kuwait Open, Dubai Open 2015: Polish Open 2016: Qatar Open, Japan Open 2018: Qatar Open, Australia Open Runner-up (16): 2009: English Open 2010: Qatar Open 2011: Sweden Open, Austria Open 2012: Slovenia Open, China (Shanghai) Open, China (Suzhou) Open 2013: Qatar Open, China (Suzhou) Open, Russian Open 2014: China (Chengdu) Open, Sweden Open 2016: Korea Open, China (Chengdu) Open 2019: Qatar Open, Japan Open ITTF Challenge: Winner: Thailand Open (2018)

Doubles World Championships: Winner (2015, 2017), Runner-up (2013), QF (2007, 2009) Asian Games: Runner-up (2010, 2014) Asian Championships: Winner (2005) World Junior Championships: Winner (2004) Asian Junior Championships: Winner (2004) Pro Tour Grand Finals: Winner (2009) Pro Tour /ITTF World Tour Winner (20) 2008: Korea Open 2008 2009: Danish Open, China (Tianjin) Open 2010: Qatar Open 2011: China (Shenzhen) Open 2012: Hungary Open, Korea Open 2013: China (Changchun) Open, Russian Open 2014: Kuwait Open, China (Chengdu) Open, Sweden Open 2015: China (Chengdu) Open 2016: Kuwait Open, Qatar Open, Korea Open 2017: China 2018: Japan 2019: China Open, Japan Open Runner-up (7) 2007: China (Nanjing) Open 2009: Qatar Open, China (Suzhou) Open 2010: Kuwait Open, China (Suzhou) Open 2016: Japan Open, China (Chengdu) Open

Mixed doubles

Olympic Games: Runner-up (2020) World Championships: Winner (2019) Asian Championships: Winner (2019), SF (2009) World Junior Championships: Winner (2004) ITTF World Tour: Winner (3) 2018: Austria Open 2019: Hungary Open, Qatar Open, Sweden Open

Team Olympics: Winner (2016) World Championships: Winner (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018), Runner-up (2010) World Team Cup: Winner (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019) Asian Games: Winner (2010, 2014) Asian Championships: Winner (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015); Second Runner-up (2005) World Junior Championships: Winner (2004) Asian Junior Championships: Winner (2004)