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Rio 2016 Olympic Calympian: Lily Zhang, Women's table tennis, USA

Cal student and 2x Olympian Lily Zhang will be representing the United States in table tennis in Rio.

Lily Zhang

Sport: Women's Table Tennis (singles and team)

Country: U.S.A.

Birthday: June 16, 1996 (age 20)

Hometown: Palo Alto, California (her father is a math professor at Stanford)

Cal affiliation: current California Golden Bears student, she is an intended psychology major

Years at Cal: 2014 - present

Olympic appearances: 2012 London (youngest Table Tennis player in the entire Olympic, lost in 1st round), 2016 Rio

Cal Achievements:

Since the NCAA does not sponsor table tennis as a sport nor does Cal Athletics sponsor the sport (like men's crew and rugby which are both not governed by the NCAA), Lily Zhang is a member of the Cal family but not the official Cal Athletics family.