YU Fu

Date of Birth: 29 Nov 1978

Age: 42

Gender: Female

Place of birth: HEBEI

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : FUNCHAL

Residence Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles Round 2 #31 POR YU FYU Fu 4 IND MUKHERJEE SMUKHERJEE Sutirtha 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Singles Round 3 #47 JPN ITO MITO Mima 4 POR YU FYU Fu 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Singles
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2R

European Games

Year	Location	Singles
2019	Minsk, BLR	1

European Championships

Year	Location	Singles	Doubles W	Doubles X	Team
2021	Warsaw, POL	QF	QF	-	-
2019	Nantes, FRA	-	-	-	2
2018	Alicante, ESP	2R	2R	-	-
2017	Luxembourg, LUX	-	-	-	8
2016	Budapest, HUN	2	2R	1R	-

ITTF World Tour - Eliminations per phase since 2017

Year	Event	W	RU	SF	QF	L16	L32	L64
2020	Singles	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2020	Doubles W	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2019	Singles	-	-	-	1x	-	2x	-
2019	Doubles W	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2018	Singles	-	-	-	-	2x	4x	-
2017	Singles	-	-	-	-	2x	3x	-

ITTF World Tour - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
Quarterfinal	2020	Doubles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2019	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Quarterfinal	2019	Doubles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
Last 16	2018	Singles	Czech Open	Olomouc, CZE
Last 16	2018	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
Last 16	2017	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
Last 16	2017	Singles	Japan Open	Tokyo, JPN
1/16 Final	2020	Singles	Hungarian Open	Budapest, HUN
1/16 Final	2019	Singles	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, CHN
1/16 Final	2019	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Austrian Open	Linz, AUT
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Korea Open	Incheon, KOR
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Japan Open	Kitakyushu, JPN
1/16 Final	2018	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Swedish Open	Stockholm, SWE
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	China Open	Chengdu, CHN
1/16 Final	2017	Singles	Qatar Open	Doha, QAT

Legend
W - Winner, RU - Runner-up, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 4R - 4th Round, 3R - 3rd Round, 2R - 2nd Round, 1R - 1st Round, Prel. Rnd - Preliminary Round, L16 - Last 16, L32 - Last 32, L64 - Last 64, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Mandarin, Portuguese

TTC Berlin Eastside [Germany]

Xie Juan [national]; Duarte Fernandes [husband], POR

Right (ITTF, 02 Aug 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Duarte Fernandes has played table tennis at international level representing Portugal, including at the 2003 European Championships in Courmayeur, Italy. (dnoticias.pt, 14 Apr 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 03 Jun 2020)

She took up table tennis at age seven in the People's Republic of China. (comiteolimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Jul 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (plataformamedia.com, 26 Jun 2019)

Winning gold in singles at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. (publico.pt, 26 Jun 2019)

Her husband Duarte Fernandes. (publico.pt, 28 Jun 2019)

General Interest

Grip
Penhold (ITTF, 02 Aug 2019)

Style of play
Attack (ITTF, 02 Aug 2019)

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She says she has not yet decided if she will retire from the sport after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "In 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, I thought they were the last [Olympic Games], but they were not. Now it will be one more. I don't know, let's see." She plans to continue working in table tennis after she stops competing. "Table tennis is a profession and the best of them." (observador.pt, 26 Jan 2020)

FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO PORTUGAL
Born and raised in the People's Republic of China, she moved to Spain in 1998 to play table tennis professionally. In 2001 she relocated to Portugal, where she eventually settled and obtained Portuguese citizenship in August 2013. "I've been here for almost 20 years [speaking in January 2020]. I like everything, the people, the climate, the food, and I like Madeira. My husband is from Madeira, my daughter was born here. It is like my second home, my second country." (comiteolimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Jul 2015; observador.pt, 26 Jan 2020)

Milestones

She became the first female table tennis player representing Portugal to win a medal at the European championships when she claimed bronze in singles at the 2013 edition of the tournament in Schwechat, Austria. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Aug 2019; comiteolimpicoportugal.pt, 01 Jul 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/yu.fu.560

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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