A Sabbatical Of ‘Anything Besides Table Tennis’ Lifted Amy Wang From Her Lowest Point To The Paris Games
Wang, a UCLA pre-med student who just missed out on the 2020 Olympic team, is set to make her Olympic debut in Paris.
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Age
22
Hometown
Sewell, NJ
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Quick Facts
- Started playing table tennis at age 4
- Her father played recreationally during college and began coaching Amy from the beginning
- Made the U15 national team at 8 years old and has been on the U.S. national team since then
- First made the U.S. women's national team at 12 years old
- Currently a junior at UCLA, majoring in neuroscience
- Hobbies include binge-watching TV shows, playing with her dog, volunteering, collecting Disney ears
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Paris 2024, 9th (Team - Women), 17th (Singles - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – 9th (Doubles - Mixed), 17th (Doubles - Women), 65th (Singles - Women)
- Years of participation: Doubles - Mixed 2021, 2023; Doubles - Women 2023; Singles - Women 2019, 2021, 2023; Team - Women 2018
- Top finish: 9th – 2023 (Doubles - Mixed)
Career Highlights
- 2x U.S. Women's National Champion
- 2x U.S. Open Women's National Champion
- 2023 Pan American Championships, Havana, Women's Singles Champion
- 2023 Pan American Games, Gold Medalist (Doubles, Teams)
- World Junior Championships, Vila Nova de Gaia, Silver (Teams)
- Former World #1 in U19 Girls
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