Lin Ying-shin (; born 22 April 1999) is a Taiwanese

sports shooter Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a par ...

. She won her first gold medal at the

2018 ISSF World Cup The 2018 ISSF World Cup is the annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation. Considering 2020 Olympic Games, the ISSF has made many changes in the categories and compet ...

in Munich in the 10 m air rifle. Lin started off the 2018 season by winning a Junior World Cup silver medal in Sydney, and then claimed a silver in the open category at the ISSF World Cup stage 2 in Changwon. Lin competed at the

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, and claimed the first gold medal for the

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contingent after finished in the first place in the mixed 10 metre air rifle team event partnered with

Lu Shao-chuan Lu Shao-chuan (; born 24 March 1997) is a Taiwanese sports shooter. He competed in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, and grabbed the bronze medal in the mixed teams' 10m air rifle event partnered with Viktoriya Sukhorukova of Ukraine. He also compe ...

. She finished third at the

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World Cup in 2019, guaranteeing a place at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

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* 1999 births Living people Taiwanese female sport shooters ISSF rifle shooters Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for Taiwan Shooters at the 2018 Asian Games Shooters at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Asian Games shooters for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei Summer World University Games medalists in shooting Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Asian Games gold medalists in shooting {{Taiwan-sportshooting-bio-stub