LIU Juan

United States of America

Date of Birth: 14 Feb 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Female

Place of birth: WUHAN

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : NEW YORK, NY

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Singles	9
	Women's Team USA United States	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles Preliminary Round #2 NGR OSHONAIKE OOSHONAIKE Olufunke 1 USA LIU JLIU Juan 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles Round 1 #13 ESP DVORAK GDVORAK Galia 1 USA LIU JLIU Juan 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Singles Round 2 #29 SVK BALAZOVA BBALAZOVA Barbora 0 USA LIU JLIU Juan 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles Round 3 #45 ROU SZOCS BSZOCS Bernadette 2 USA LIU JLIU Juan 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles Round of 16 #58 USA LIU JLIU Juan 2 SGP YU MYU Mengyu 4	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Team Round of 16 #7 TPE Chinese Taipei 3 USA United States 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Watching movies. (westchestertabletennis.com, 28 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Coach

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin

New York Indoor Sports Club [United States of America]

Gao Jun [national], USA

Left (natabletennis.com, 01 Jan 2007)

She took up table tennis at age seven in the People's Republic of China. (westchestertabletennis.com, 28 Sep 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (scmp.com, 24 Jun 2019)

General Interest

Grip
Penhold (teamusa.org, 02 Sep 2019)

Style of play
Attack (westchestertabletennis.com, 28 Sep 2019)

General
MOVE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Born and raised in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, she moved to Beijing at age 13 to enter a government-run table tennis academy. She represented her nation of birth at the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, winning gold and silver medals. In 2011 she moved to New York City, NY, United States of America, to live with her long-time partner, who she later married. After living in the United States of America for five years she became a US citizen, surrendering her Chinese citizenship. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Apr 2020; teamusa.org, 01 Mar 2020; scmp.com, 24 Jun 2019)

RETIREMENT REVERSAL
In October 2018 she received an email from USA Table Tennis [USATT] saying that she may not be able to represent the United States of America at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. This was due to the International Table Tennis Federation [ITTF] reviewing its criteria on players born outside the country they now represent. The news prompted her to retire from the sport in December 2018, however she reversed her decision in June 2019 after the ITTF cleared athletes who were Olympic-eligible before May 2018 to be able to play. "I know some people try to land into smaller countries and get a pass into the Olympics. I'm obviously not in that kind of situation." (scmp.com, 24 Jun 2019)

OCCUPATION
She is the co-owner of New York Indoor Sports Club in the United States of America. (teamusa.org, 01 Mar 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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