Lily Yip

Lily Yip

Olympian 1992, 1996

Athlete Bio#

USA Table Tennis

Age

61

Hometown

Warren, NJ

Playing Career: 

  • 1992 & 1996 Olympian  
  • Member of US National team for over 12 years

Coaching Career

 

  • 2016 US Olympic Team Leader/Coach
  • Team Leader/Coach for the 2014 World Junior Championships in Shanghai, China. Team USA Girls win a Bronze 
  • Team Leader/Coach for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. USA's Lily Zhang wins a Bronze medal for Girls Team 
  • The Head Coach/Director for the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey. The LYTTC is an ITTF Hotspot and a USA Table Tennis National Center of Excellence.
  • Team Leader for 2014 World Team Cup in Guangzhou, China
  • Head Coach for the 2013 ITTF World Hopes Camp held in at the LYTTC in New Jersey
  • Head Coach for the 2012 US Olympic (including 2014 US YOG player Lily Zhang) and National Team Training in June 2012 at the LYTTC in New Jersey
  • Team Leader/Coach for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
  • Team Leader for the 2008 World Championships in Guangzhou, China
  • US National Junior Team Girl's Coach from 2005 to present
  • 2004 US National Cadet Girl's Coach
  • US Girls Cadet Team Coach to the 2004 World Cadet Challenge 
Awards   
  • Certified as a National Level Coach by USA Table Tennis
  • Four-time US National Coach of the Year for 2014, 2013, 2010 & 2004
  • Inducted to the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame (December 2004)

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