2020 USA Women's Team Captain
Home Club: Wu Yue Table Tennis
Coach:
Handed: Right
Style of Play: Offensive
Grip: Shakehands
Blade and Rubber: Blade - Joola Falcon Fast 7 layers, Rubber - Forehand JOOLA MAXXX 500 & Backhand JOOLA Rhyzm MAXXX-P

Competition Record/Titles:

2020 World Cup - 9th Place
2020 Pan Am Cup - Women Singles: Bronze Medal
2019 World Team Cup - 5th place
2019 Pan Am Games - Women Singles and Women Doubles: Silver Medalist. Women's Team: Bronze Medalist
2018 NCTTA National Championships Women Singles, Women's Doubles and Teams Champion
2017 World Championships Women's Doubles top 8 (with Lily Zhang)
2016 North American World Cup Champion
2016 US Olympic Team Member
2015 Pan Am Games Women's Singles & Women's Team Gold Medal
2015 Pan Am Games Team
2010 November ITTF Canada Double Fish Open, women's singles champion
2011 April ITTF North American Championship, women's single 3rd place finisher
2011 June ITTF Pro Tour Brazilian Open 21 Women Singles runner-up
2010 Canadian Open Champion
2007 August ITTF WJC Taiyuan Junior Open, representing China, 1st place - girls' singles and teams

US Tournaments:

2011 July US Open: 3rd placer - Women's Singles and champion - 21 women's singles
2011 May JOOLA Eastern Tour Open: 3rd place - Open Singles
2011 March FIT Open: 2nd place – Open Singles, and 1st place - Women's Singles
2011 March FIT Open: 2nd place – Open Singles, and 1st place - Women's Singles
2010 May JOOLA Eastern Tour Open: 3rd place- Open Singles, and 1st place- Women's Singles
2010 April JOOLA New York City Tour Open: 1st place – Open Singles, and 1st place - Women's Singles
2009 October New York State Open: 2nd place – Open Singles
2009 July US Open: 2nd place – Women's Doubles
2009 May JOOLA Eastern Tour Open: 2nd place – Open Singles, and 1st place- Women's Singles
2008 November and 2009 March New Jersey Open: 1st place- Open Singles
2008 JOOLA North American Teams Championships: 3rd place- Elite Division, 1st place Women's Division

Former Beijing Women Team member from 2003 to 2008.

How were you introduced to table tennis:
My mother introduced me to table tennis.

How long have you been playing the sport?
I have been playing the sport for 17 years

Favorite table tennis player:
Zhang Yining of China

Favorite sport other than table tennis:
Soccer

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