Home Club: Indian Community Center (ICC)
Coaches: ICC Coaching staff
Sponsor: Butterfly North America
Style of play: Penhold short pips fast attack
Blade: Butterfly Amultart
Rubber: Butterfly Flarestorm II (short pips out); Backhand - Butterfly Tenergy05FX
How long have you been playing the sport?
- almost 20 years
How did you get introduced to the sport?
- from my parent
Career Goals after the trials:
I would like to qualify for the Olympic
List any hobbies:
hiking, table tennis
List anything interesting about yourself, your family or your sports career:
I like to play video games
Favorite athlete or table tennis player:
- Zhang Yining
Favorite sports teams:
US Women table tennis
Favorite food:
Chinese food
- 2016 US Women's Doubles (with Lily Zheng) Champion
- 2016 US Olympic Team
- 2016 US National Women's Team
- 2015 US Women's Singles Champion
- 2015 US Pan Am Games Women's Team Event - Gold
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Lily Zhang earns spot in second straight Olympics
USA Today April 08, 2016
Lily Zhang earned her second straight Olympic table tennis spot Friday, beating fellow American Jiaqi Zheng 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9 in the North American Olympic trials.
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Nanjing Medallist, Stern Test Awaits from Vastly Experienced Source Awaits
Ian Marshall/ITTF April 06, 2016
A Youth Olympic medal already in her possession, the highest world ranked player on duty in the Women’s Singles event at the forthcoming 2016 ITTF-North America Olympic Games Qualification Tournament, a stern examination awaits Lily Zhang of the United States if she is to reserve a place at the forthcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
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2016 ITTF North America Olympic Qualification Tournament Videos & Results
ITTF April 05, 2016
Congratulations to our 2016 Olympic Team: Yue "Jennifer Wu, Lily Zhang, Jiaqi Zheng, Yijun Feng, Kanak Jha and Timothy Wang! The US will have teams in both the Men's and Women's Team Event for the first time ever!
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Experience And Youth To Be Served Up On USA Squad At Rio Trials This Weekend
Richard Finn/USATT April 05, 2016
A blend of experience and youth will be served up on the eight-player United States squad for this week’s North American Olympic Table Tennis Trials, the last stop in the qualifying process for the summer games in Rio.
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Bohan Zhang Wins 2016 Butterfly Cary Cup
Barbara Wei/Butterfly April 04, 2016
Bohan Zhang (2696) cruised to the 2016 Butterfly Cary Cup championship title, taking out Triangle Table Tennis’s coach Di Yu (2473) in the round of 16, followed by Canada’s Jeremy Hazin (2461) in the quarter final, and then LYTTC’s Kaden Xu (2670) in the semifinal.
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Triangle Table Tennis Looks Forward to Future Success with Cary Cup Tournament
Barbara Wei/Butterfly April 04, 2016
Bohan Zhang (2696) cruised to the 2016 Butterfly Cary Cup championship title, taking out Triangle Table Tennis’s coach Di Yu (2473) in the round of 16, followed by Canada’s Jeremy Hazin (2461) in the quarter final, and then LYTTC’s Kaden Xu (2670) in the semifinal.
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Top 16 Seeds Advance to Single Elimination Rounds at 2016 Butterfly Cary Cup
Barbara Wei/Butterfly April 03, 2016
On the main day of play at the 2016 Butterfly Cary Cup, over 130 players competed in 16 giant round robin groups of 8 players each to determine the top competitors moving on to the single elimination rounds on Sunday.
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North American Olympic Qualifier Participants Compete at 2016 Butterfly Cary Cup
Barbara Wei/Butterfly April 02, 2016
For three US team members who have qualified to compete in the North American Olympic Qualifier event in Markham, Ontario next weekend, the Road to Rio leads through North Carolina.
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2016 World Championships Highlights: Lee Ho Ching vs Zheng Jiaqi
ITTF Feb. 29, 2016
Relive all the Perfect 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships highlights from the Women’s Round 4 match between Hong Kong & USA featuring Lee Ho Ching vs Zheng Jiaqi.
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Markham Once Again City to Decide Olympic Games Fortunes
Ian Marshall/ITTF Feb. 24, 2016
Success for Wu Yue of the United States in the Women’s Singles event at the 2015 Pan American Games in Markham, Toronto secured her place in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
