Julia Wu (table tennis)
Julia Wu is a right-handed table tennis player from New Zealand who has represented New Zealand and Oceania in a number of international championships, including the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore and the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju. She plays with a shakehand grip. In the 2009 ASB Young Sports Person of the Year Awards, Wu was a finalist in the Girls Table Tennis section.[1]
Sporting career
[edit]Wu was professionally trained in Auckland, where she was part of the high performance programme within the Auckland Table Tennis Association.
When asked about representing New Zealand, she replied: "It means a lot – I would've never thought that I would have made it but I did, so I am extremely happy to be part of the team."[2]
Competitions
[edit]- 2008 Oceania Table Tennis Championships[3]
- 2008 Tahiti Junior Open[3]
- 2008 New Zealand Summer Nationals[4]
- U15 Girls' Singles – 1st
- U15 Girls' Doubles – 1st (with Angie Guo)
- U15 Mixed Doubles – 2nd (with Brad Storer)
- 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships[5]
- 2009 ITTF Cadet Challenge & ITTF Junior Circuit Finals[3]
- 2010 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualification Event[3]
- 2010 Oceania Table Tennis Championships[3]
- Individual Events
- U21 Women's Doubles – 3rd
- U18 Girls' Singles – 3rd
- U18 Girls' Doubles – 3rd (with Jennifer Tseng; tied with Natalie Paterson/Sophia Dong)
- Team Events
- U18 Girls' Team – 2nd (with Jennifer Tseng and Natalie Paterson)
- Individual Events
- 2010 Youth Olympic Games[6][7]
- Played Women's Singles and Mixed Team
- 2010 New Zealand Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Junior Circuit[8]
- Cadet Girls' Doubles – 1st (with Angie Guo)
- 2015 Summer Universiade[9][10]
- Played Women's Singles, Women's Doubles, Women's Team, and Mixed Doubles[11]
Personal life
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Wu is an avid guitar and bass player.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2009 ASB Young Sports Person of the Year Awards". Richard Spranger Photography. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Julia Wu". New Zealand Olympic Team. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Julia Wu Results". ITTF. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "TTNZ 2008 Summer Nationals Results Summary" (PDF). TTNZ Archives. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "ITTF World Junior Championships" (PDF). AIPS Media. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "NZ's golden goal bags hockey bronze at Youth Olympics". Stuff. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Julia Wu was selected to participate in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games". Auckland International College. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Marshall, Ian. "Kong Lingnan overcomes earlier disappointment to secure Oceania title". ITTF. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Big Massey presence in New Zealand's World Uni Games team". Massey University. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "World University Games New Zealand team wrap Thursday". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Table Tennis". Universiade Gwangju 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.