User:Racoon42/LilyZhang
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| Lily Zhang | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lily Zhang | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 16, 1996 Palo Alto, CA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5.45”[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 lb (53 kg)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Table tennis career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Allround | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lily Zhang is an American table tennis player and competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[4]
Early Life
[edit]Lily Zhang was born in Redwood City, California on June 16, 1996.[2] Her father played for his county’s table tennis team in the Xi'an Province, and Lily started playing table tennis with her parents when she was 6. By the age of 13, she was the #2 ranked Junior Woman table tennis player in the United States. Lily began her training at a youth center in Milpitas, California, where she would practice 3 hours a day and 18 hours a week.[5] She currently lives in Palo Alto, California where she attends Palo Alto High School.[6]
Playing Style
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U.S. Career
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International Career
[edit]In Lily's short career she has competed in a number of international events and played against numerous international competitors.
Pan American Games
[edit]Lily participated in the 2011 Pan American Games where she played both as an individual and also as part of the United States team. Lily and the two other Americans on the team, Ariel Hsing and Erica Wu, took home a team bronze medal. Lily also won the individuals bronze medal at the event.[7]
Qatar Peace and Sport Cup
[edit]On November 22, 2011, Lily Zhang and Anna Tikhomirova won the Woman's Doubles title at the Qatar Peace and Sport Cup.[3]
2012 London Olympics
[edit]After qualifying for the last single's position on by beating Canada's Anqi Luo in five games in the North American Olympic Trials, Lily Zhang would head into London as the 49th[8] seed behind her teammate Ariel Hsing. Given her ranking, Zhang would be facing up against Croatia's Cornelia Molnar where she would proceed to lose in straight games (11-6,11-8,11-7,11-5)[9]
The team competition saw the United States play second-seeded Japan in the first round of proceedings [10] . Zhang would proceed to lose to Sayaka Hirano of Japan in straight games (11-9,11-5,11-3) and would team with Erica Wu in the doubles to lose to Kasumi Ishikawa and Ai Fukuhara, also in straight games (11-7,11-7,11-1)[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Team USA Table Tennis". Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ^ a b "Lily Zhang - Table Tennis - Olympic Athlete | London 2012". London 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ a b Marshall, Ian. "Smiling Faces Print A Thousand Words, Doha Reserves a Place in History". ITTF. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ "2012 Olympic Games USA Table Tennis Media Guide". Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ^ "Bay Area a hotbed for table tennis". ABC News. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "Meet the U.S. High School Students Competing in 2012 Olympic Games". U.S. News. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ "NBC Olympics Athlete Profile: Lily Zhang". Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "2012 Olympic Games. Women's Singles Seeding List" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Olympics: Lily Zhang Out of Table Tennis Singles Event". Mercury News. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "2012 Olympic Games Women's Team Seeding List" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Li Qian Defeats Bronze Medallist but Singapore Recovers to Reach Last Eight". ITTF. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
External links
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Category:Living people
Category:American table tennis players
Category:Olympic table tennis players of the United States
Category:Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:American sportspeople of Asian descent
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