Lily Zhang

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Lily Zhang Table tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Size: 170 cm
Weight: 55 kg
Playing hand: right
How to play: Shakehand (attack)
Current world rankings : 27 Template: Infobox table tennis player / maintenance / local value
Best world ranking : 26 (Dec. 2019 + Jan. 2020)

Lily Ann Zhang (born June 16, 1996 in Redwood City , California ) is an American table tennis player . She represented her country twice at the Olympic Games .

Career

Lily Zhang started playing table tennis at the age of seven and was promoted by Dennis Davis, among others . At the age of eleven she was accepted into the youth national team. She was able to win the national championships with the team in 2008. Just two years later, she was the best American youth player. In 2010 and 2011, Zhang again won the national championships in her age group, and in 2011 she won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in both the individual and the team. This improved her in the ITTF world rankings by over 100 places. At the Qatar Peace and Sport Cup, which is in the tradition of ping-pong diplomacy , she won gold in 2011 with the Russian Anna Tikhomirova .

From 2012 she played increasingly in the adult sector. So she was able to win gold at the National Championships by a seven-set win over Ariel Hsing . She also qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . There she failed in the first round to Cornelia Molnar , in the round of 16 of the team competition the USA lost 3-0 to Japan. Zhang was also able to take part in the North American Championships, where she won the final against Erica Wu . At the World Youth Championships, the American reached the quarter-finals and was defeated by Gu Yuting 2: 4. Further tournament participation followed in 2013 when she reached the semifinals at the US Open and lost to Elizabeta Samara . In January of this year she also reached a place in the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time , and in May 2013 she became the best-placed American player. In 2014 she won the bronze medal at the Youth Olympic Games .

In 2016 she was able to qualify again for the Olympic Games , in which she reached the third round, and participate in the World Cup through a wildcard . Here she failed in the round of 16 with 1: 4 to Cheng I-ching . In 2017 she became national champion again and beat Sabine Winter at the World Cup in Düsseldorf, among others , before losing to Li Jie in the round of 32 she reached for the first time . By winning the Pan American Cup, she qualified for the World Cup , where she was eliminated in the group stage. In 2018 she won the national championships again and joined the Bundesliga club TTG Bingen / Münster-Sarmsheim , which she left a year later for SV DJK Kolbermoor .

She started the year 2019 at number 95 in the world rankings. In the course of the year she won all four titles at the Pan American Championship, made it to the quarter-finals of the Team World Cup with the USA and beat the World Cup , in which she was able to participate again with a wildcard including Sofia Polcanova and the top 10 player Miu Hirano , so that in the end she was the first US American and the first player not born in Asia or Europe to take 4th place. In December she moved up to number 26 in the world rankings and received the ITTF Breakthrough Star Award.

Double partners

Entry in at least three joint tournaments in the respective year.

Results from the ITTF database

Results from Lily Zhang:

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team U-21
United States Olympic games 2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA last 32 last 16
United States Olympic games 2012 London CLOSELY last 64 last 16
United States Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanijng CHN 3rd place
United States Pan American Games 2019 Lima BY Quarter finals silver Semifinals
United States Pan American Games 2015 Toronto CAN Semifinals gold
United States Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara MEX Semifinals Semifinals
United States Pan American Championship 2019 Asunción PAR gold gold gold gold
United States Pan American Championship 2018 Santiago de Chile CHI last 16 silver last 16 silver
United States North American Championship 2015 new York United States gold gold
United States North American Championship 2012 Cary United States gold gold
United States North American Championship 2011 Mississauga CAN silver
United States North American Championship 2010 Grand Rapids United States silver
United States Panamerican Cup 2020 Guaynabo PURE silver
United States Panamerican Cup 2017 San Jose CRC gold
United States North America Cup 2016 Burnaby CAN 4th Place
United States North America Cup 2015 Markham CAN silver
United States North America Cup 2014 Vancouver CAN 3rd place
United States North America Cup 2013 Westchester United States gold
United States North America Cup 2011 Mississauga CAN Semifinals silver
United States ITTF World Tour 2014 Incheon COR Agony last 16 silver
United States ITTF World Tour 2013 Washington United States Semifinals
United States ITTF World Tour 2012 Santos BRA last 32 Quarter finals silver
United States World cup 2019 Cheng you CHN 4th Place
United States World cup 2017 Markham CAN 17th to 20th space
United States World cup 2016 Philadelphia United States Round of 16
United States Team World Cup 2019 Tokyo JPN Quarter finals
United States Team World Cup 2018 London CLOSELY Quarter finals
United States Team World Cup 2010 Dubai UAE 9th place
United States World Championship 2019 Budapest HUN last 64 last 32 Agony
United States World Championship 2018 Halmstad SWE 13-14 space
United States World Championship 2017 Dusseldorf GER last 32 Quarter finals last 64
United States World Championship 2016 Shah Alam MAS 17th to 20th space
United States World Championship 2014 Tokyo JPN 21.-24. space
United States World Championship 2013 Paris FRA last 64 last 64 last 128
United States World Championship 2012 Dortmund GER 23rd place
United States World Championship 2011 Rotterdam NED last 128 last 64 Agony
United States World Championship 2010 Moscow RUS 16th place
United States World Championship 2009 Yokohama JPN Agony last 64 Agony
United States Youth World Championship 2014 Shanghai CHN last 16 last 16 last 64 Semifinals
United States Youth World Championship 2012 Hyderabad IND Quarter finals last 32 last 32 7th place
United States Youth World Championship 2011 Manama BHR last 16 Quarter finals last 32 9th place
United States Youth World Championship 2010 Bratislava SVK last 32 last 32 last 64 15th place
United States Youth World Championship 2009 Cartagena de Indias COL last 64 last 64 12th place
United States Youth World Championship 2008 Madrid ESP Agony last 32 last 64 13th place
United States Qatar Peace & Sport Cup 2011 Doha QAT gold

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ranking progression ZHANG Lily. ittf.com, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Facts about Lily Zhang. Retrieved October 27, 2018 (American English).
  3. ↑ Who is ... Lily Zhang. nbcolympics.com, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  4. ^ Peace and Sport host the historic Table Tennis Cup in Qatar. sportanddev.org, November 21, 2011, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  5. ^ Ping pong for diplomacy in Dubai. sportsnet.ca, November 22, 2011, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Lily Zhang Captures Her First Women's Singles US National Championship! paddlepalace.com, January 7, 2013, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Olympian Lily Zhang named 2012 Junior and Women's North American Champion. vikingsportsmag.com, September 4, 2012, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  8. ^ ITTF World Ranking Seniors - Women Singles May 2013. ittf.com, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Bronze Medal for USA's Lily Zhang at Youth Olympics. paddlepalace.com, August 20, 2014, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Lily Zhang favorite at Milpitas after Olympic success. ettu.org, September 10, 2016, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Stars Named to Attend 2016 Women's World Cup. ettu.org, September 1, 2016, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  12. ^ Last eight places decided, status prevails in Philadelphia. ettu.org, October 8, 2016, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  13. ^ Dina Meshref for the third time, Zhang Mo avenges Costa Rica defeat. ittf.com, October 28, 2017, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Lily Zhang strengthens TTG Bingen / Münster-Sarmsheim. damen-tischtennis-bundesliga.de, June 1, 2018, accessed on August 9, 2020 .
  15. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2019/9 page 24
  16. ↑ Chengdu Review: Lily Zhang stuns, reaches semi-final. ittf.com, October 19, 2019, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Chengdu Review: Liu Shiwen makes Women's World Cup history. ittf.com, October 21, 2019, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Lily Zhang: 2019 Breakthrough Star! ittf.com, December 12, 2019, accessed August 9, 2020 .
  19. ↑ a b Players' matches. ittf.link, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Lily Zhang - Butterfly Table Tennis . In: Butterfly Online . ( butterflyonline.com [accessed October 27, 2018]). Lily Zhang - Butterfly Table Tennis ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / butterflyonline.com
personal data
SURNAME Zhang, Lily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zhang, Lily Ann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Redwood City , California