Lily Ann Zhang was born on June 16,1996 and is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with teammates Ariel Hsing and Erica Wu.
18 Facts About Lily Zhang
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Lily Zhang competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with teammates Jiaqi Zheng and Jennifer Wu.
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Lily Zhang is a six-time US national champion in women's singles.
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Lily Zhang is currently a member of the United States National Women's team.
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Lily Zhang was born on June 16,1996, in Redwood City, California, to Chinese parents.
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Lily Zhang's family lived on the campus of Stanford University, where her father was then a mathematics professor.
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Lily Zhang enjoyed playing table tennis with her parents while she was growing up.
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Lily Zhang graduated from Palo Alto High School in 2014 before enrolling in the University of California, Berkeley.
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At the 2010 and 2011 US National Championships, Lily Zhang won the title in the junior girls' event and was the runner-up in women's singles.
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Since 2007, Lily Zhang has competed in numerous international events in the cadet, junior girls' and women's categories.
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Lily Zhang participated in the 2011 Pan American Games where she played both as an individual and as part of the United States team.
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Lily Zhang lost to Sayaka Hirano in straight games and teamed with Erica Wu in the doubles to lose to Kasumi Ishikawa and Ai Fukuhara, in straight games.
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On September 2,2012, Lily Zhang won the women's singles title at the ITTF North American Championships with a victory over fellow 2012 Olympian Erica Wu in straight games.
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At the 2012 ITTF World Junior Championships in Hyderabad, India, Lily Zhang reached the quarterfinals in singles and led the USA into the quarterfinals of the team competition.
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At the 2013 US Open, Lily Zhang won the title in the junior girls' event.
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Lily Zhang extended her World Cup success in 2020 with an upset over Feng Tianwei.
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Lily Zhang competed for the United States at the table tennis event in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Lily Zhang played in the women's team with Amy Wang and Rachel Sung, placing 14th in the event.