Lily Yip
| Lily Yip | |
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| Nationality |
 United States |
| Born |
August 22, 1963 Guangzhou |
| Playing style | Chinese penhold, short pips out |
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| Shui-Ling Yip | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 葉瑞玲 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 叶瑞玲 | ||||||||||||
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Shui-Ling "Lily" Yip[1] is a Chinese-born American table tennis player and coach.
Yip began playing table tennis in Guangzhou at the age of 7 and went on to become a member of the Guangdong provincial team at age 15.[2] She moved to the USA in 1987 and obtained American citizenship in 1991.[3] She competed in women's singles and doubles at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.[4] Between 1991 and 2003, Yip participated in 3 Pan American Games, winning 2 gold and 4 silver medals. She also played in 9 World Championships and 3 World Team Cups.
At the US National Championships, Yip was the runner-up in women's singles 4 times and won the women's doubles title 4 consecutive times (1992-1995). In 2005, Yip and son Adam Hugh became national champions in mixed doubles. In 2006, Yip and daughter Judy Hugh won the women's doubles title at the US Open.[5]
In 2004, Yip was inducted into the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame.[6] She was named USATT National Coach of the Year in 2004, 2010 and 2013.[7] Yip resides in Warren Township, New Jersey and is the director of the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey, one of 7 "National Centers of Excellence" recognized by USA Table Tennis.[8]
External links
References
- ↑ USA Table Tennis Hall of Famer Profile: Lily Yip
- ↑ "Lily Yip, Pingpong Powerhouse". The Star-Ledger. February 24, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ↑ "USATT Hall of Fame Profile". Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Sports-Reference". Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ↑ Shust, Joseph "Former two-time Olympian from Warren Township an advocate for ping pong in America", Echoes-Sentinel, December 3, 2012. Accessed January 17, 2014
- ↑ "USATT Hall of Fame Profile". Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ↑ "USATT Coach of the Year Program". Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ↑ "National Centers of Excellence". Retrieved January 15, 2014.
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