Sally Yee
Sally Yee ![]() |
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Date of birth: | April 10, 2001 |
Place of birth: | Suva |
Playing hand: | Right |
How to play: | Shakehand, attack |
Current world rankings : | 244 |
Best world ranking : | 216 (February and April 2019) |
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Sally Yee (born April 10, 2001 in Suva ) is a table tennis player from Fiji . She participated in the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2016 World Cup.
Career
Sally Yee comes from a table tennis family. Guided by her parents, she started playing table tennis. Her first international success was winning the bronze medal in mixed at the Oceania Championships in 2016. In the same year she qualified for participation in the Olympic Games . At 15 years and 128 days at the start of the tournament, she was the youngest table tennis player here. Already in the preliminary round she was eliminated 4-0 against Offiong Edem (Nigeria).
family
Sally's mother, Harvi Yee, won the Fiji National Championship. Her sister Grace, number 1 in the national rankings in 2018, was part of the Fiji's women's team at the Commonwealth Games.
Web links
- Sally Yee in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed October 27, 2019)
- Results overview (accessed on October 27, 2019)
- Profile and interview (accessed October 27, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Yee Sally: ranking history (ITTF) (accessed October 27, 2019)
- ^ Table tennis Olympia in Rio: The youngest participants. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Rio 2016 Olympic Games # TABLE TENNIS - PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES WOMEN , page 36 (W_Bio_Rio2016.pdf) (accessed October 27, 2019)
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SURNAME | Yee, Sally |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Fijian table tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 2001 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Suva |