Chinese American table tennis player
Yue "Jennifer" Wu
Personal information Full name Yue Wu[ 1] Nationality United States Born (1990-01-04 ) January 4, 1990 (age 35) [ 2] Sport Sport Table tennis Club New York Indoor Sports Club[ 1] Playing style offensive[ 1]
Yue "Jennifer "Wu (born January 4, 1990)[ 1] is aChinese American table tennis player originally fromChina who has been named to the U.S. team at the2016 Summer Olympics . She was a gold medalist in women's team and women's singles at the2015 Pan American Games , which qualified her for the 2016 Olympic Games.[ 3]
Wu grew up inBeijing ,China and began playing table tennis at age 8.[ 3] She moved to the United States in 2008.[ 3] She was given the American name Jennifer,[ 3] but says she identifies more with her given name Yue.[ 4]
Wu has been a resident ofFort Lee, New Jersey .[ 5]
^a b c d "Yue Wu profile" . TeamUSA.org. Archived fromthe original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved2016-02-14 .^ "Jennifer Wu (Wu Yue) profile" . Joola. Retrieved2016-02-14 .^a b c d e Blanchette, John (September 30, 2015)."How Unranked Jennifer Wu Shocked The Table Tennis World And Made The Olympic Team" .TeamUSA.org . Archived fromthe original on October 3, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 14, 2016 . ^ "JOOLA Profile Spotlight: Jennifer (Yue) Wu" .Joola.us . September 12, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 14, 2016 .^ Hartnett, Sean."After Taking Up Table Tennis To Improve Her Vision, New Jerseyan Now Sets Sights On Olympic Gold" ,WCBS-TV , July 25, 2016. Accessed August 9, 2016. "The 26-year-old became a U.S. citizen in 2014. Born with the given name Yue, she has adopted Jennifer as her Americanized name, calls Fort Lee, New Jersey, home and is accustomed to American culture and cuisine."
1979 : M. Domonkos &B. Plucas (CAN ) 1983 : I. Bhushan &D. Gee (USA ) 1987 : I. Bhushan ,D. Gee ,L. Gee , &T. Tren Holme (USA ) 1991 : I. Bhushan ,D. Gee ,L. Ai , &L. Yip (USA ) 1995 : P. Cada ,B. Chiu ,G. Lijuan , &C. Xu (CAN ) 1999 : T. Banh ,A. Feng , &G. Jun (USA ) 2007 : T. Banh ,G. Jun , &W. Chen (USA ) 2011 : E. Brito ,J. Valdez , &W. Xue (DOM ) 2015 : W. Yue ,L. Zhang , &J. Zheng (USA ) 2019 : A. Díaz ,M. Díaz , &D. Ríos (PUR ) 2023 : A. Wang ,L. Zhang , &R. Sung (USA )