Hsing at the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder's Weekend, 2018
Personal information
Full name
Ariel Yenhua Hsing[1]
Nationality
American
Residence
San Jose, California[2]
Born
(1995-11-29) November 29, 1995 (age 28) Fremont, California[2]
Height
5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2]
Weight
117 lb (53 kg)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing style
Shakehand
Highest ranking
73 (October 2012)[3]
Club
Jinhua Bank (China)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing United States
Intercontinental Cup
2012 Huangshi
Singles [4]
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara
Team[5]
2011 Guadalajara
Singles[5]
North American Championships
2013 Vancouver
Singles[6]
North America Cup
2012 Mississauga
Singles[7]
2011 Mississauga
Singles[8]
Ariel Yenhua Hsing
Traditional Chinese
邢延華
Simplified Chinese
邢延华
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Xíng Yánhuá
Wade–Giles
Hsing2 Yen2-hua2
Ariel Yenhua Hsing (born November 29, 1995)[2] is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Hsing became the youngest U.S. table tennis national champion in history in 2010 at age 15. She repeated as champion in 2011 and 2013. She is the first player from North America to win the Intercontinental Cup[4] in 2012 with participants from Africa, Latin America, North America, and Oceania.
She was a bronze medalist in women's team and women's singles at the 2011 Pan American Games. Hsing was the women's singles champion at the North American Championships in the year 2013,[6] and at the North America Cup in the year 2011[8] and 2012.[7] During her junior career, she was ranked as high as 4th in the world in both the cadet (U-15)[9] and the junior (U-18)[10] age group.
In May 2014, she became the first American-born player in the China Table Tennis Super League, signing a contract with Zhejiang Jinhua Bank.[11]
^"ITTF_Database – HSING Ariel Yenhua (USA)". Ittf.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
^ abcdeEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ariel Hsing". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
^"ITTF world ranking". ITTF. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
^ ab"Runner Up in Singapore, Winner in Huangshi, Ariel Hsing Flies High". ITTF. Retrieved January 19, 2017.[permanent dead link]
^ ab"XVI Pan-American Games Results Book" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
^ ab"Revenge is Sweet for Ariel Hsing; Top Seeds Capture North American Titles". ITTF. Retrieved January 19, 2017.[permanent dead link]
^ ab"Graduation Day, Teenagers Capture ITTF-North American Cup Titles". ITTF. Retrieved January 17, 2017.[permanent dead link]
^ ab"Ariel Hsing Secures ITTF-North America Cup Crown in Resounding Style". ITTF. Retrieved January 17, 2017.[permanent dead link]
^"ITTF U-15 World Ranking". Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
^"ITTF U-18 World Ranking". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
^(in Chinese) 首位引进乒超的美国球员邢延华 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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