Yoshua Shing
Personal information
Nationality Vanuatu
Born (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 30)
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportTable Tennis
Medal record
Men's Table tennis
Representing  Vanuatu
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Nouméa Mixed Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Port Moresby Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Apia Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby Team
Updated on 24 August 2016.

Yoshua Shing (born 20 June 1993 in Port Vila) is a Vanuatuan table tennis player.[1] He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles, but was defeated in the preliminary round in both competitions.[2] He was the flagbearer for Vanuatu at the 2016 opening ceremony.[3] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's singles.[4]

He competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[5]

In 2020, he participated in Pacific Unite: Saving Lives Together.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Yoshua Shing". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Yoshua Shing". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  3. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Table Tennis SHING Yoshua". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Table Tennis | Athlete Profile: Yoshua SHING – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Leading by example, Vanuatu's Yoshua Shing helps essential workers". International Table Tennis Federation. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

External links

Olympic Games Preceded byAnolyn Lulu Flagbearer for  Vanuatu Rio 2016 Succeeded byRio Rii


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