Shui-Ling "Lily" Yip is a Chinese-born American

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player and coach. Yip began playing table tennis in

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at the age of 7 and went on to become a member of the Guangdong provincial team at age 15. She moved to the US in 1987 and obtained American citizenship in 1991. She studied computer science at Middlesex County College. She competed in women's singles and doubles at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Between 1991 and 2003, Yip participated in three

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, winning two gold and four silver medals. She also played in nine World Championships and three World Team Cups. At the US National Championships, Yip was the runner-up in women's singles four times and won the women's doubles title four consecutive times (1992-1995). In 2005, Yip and her son Adam Hugh became national champions in

mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...

. In 2006, Yip and her daughter Judy Hugh won the women's doubles title at the US Open. In 2004, Yip was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame. She was named USATT National Coach of the Year in 2004, 2010 and 2013. 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.

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Lily Yip Table Tennis Center

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