Lily Yip

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Lily Yip (born August 22, 1963 in Guangdong ) is an American table tennis player and trainer from China . She took part in the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996 .

Career

Lily Yip is the daughter of a police officer. She started playing table tennis at the age of seven, and when she was 12 she attended a table tennis boarding school. In 1980 she finished third in women's doubles at the Chinese National Adult Championships. However, further national successes were not enough to penetrate the Chinese top.

In 1987 she emigrated to the United States. Here she was still active and was soon one of the five best American players. In 1991 she became an American citizen. At the national championships from 1992 to 1995 she won four times in a row in doubles (twice with Wei Wang and twice with Amy Feng) and in 2005 in mixed alongside her son Adam Hugh. In the singles she was defeated in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 in the final of Amy Feng, who was also from China.

In 1992 and 1996 she qualified to take part in the Olympic Games . In 1992 she won the singles against Helen Amankwah (Ghana), but lost against Chunli Li (New Zealand) and Yu Sun-bok (North Korea). Also in doubles she had to accept two defeats at Diana Gee's side , namely against the French Emmanuelle Coubat / Xiao-Ming Wang and against Chan Tan Lui / Chai Po Wa from Hong Kong. Against the Argentineans Alejandra Gabaglio / Hae-Ja Kim de Rimasa they won. This resulted in 33rd place in singles and 17th place in doubles.

At the 1996 Olympic Games , she finished 17th in singles and 9th in doubles. In singles, she only lost to Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong), but defeated Krisztina Tóth (Hungary) and Monica Doti (Brazil). In doubles with Wei Wang , too , they achieved two wins, namely against Bettine Vriesekoop / Emily Noor (Netherlands) and against Bose Kaffo / Funke Oshonaike (Nigeria). They had to admit defeat to the Russian Irina Palina / Elena Timina .

Lily Yip is married to Barry Hugh, with whom they have a son named Adam and a daughter named Judy. Both play table tennis, Lily Yip won the national mixed championships with Adam in 2005.

In 2004 Lily Yip was inducted into the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame.

Later she worked as a table tennis trainer - in addition to supporting her children. In Dunellen she runs the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center and Academy . In 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2014 she was named USATT Trainer of the Year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US National Champions (accessed May 5, 2019)
  2. ↑ Hall of Fame Inductees (accessed May 5, 2019)
  3. ↑ Lily Yip TTC (accessed May 5, 2019)
  4. ↑ Coach of the Year Guidelines (accessed May 5, 2019)

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personal data
SURNAME Yip, Lily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hugh, Lily (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American table tennis player and trainer
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd August 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Guangdong