{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Short description|Guyanese table tennis player (born 1997)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Chelsea Edghill | honorific_suffix = OLY | fullname = Chelsea Aretha Renee Edghill<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arquivo.fptm.pt//documentos/arbitragem/2020-21/FPTM_Agentes_Inscritos_1_Divisao__2020_2021.pdf |title=FPTM - LISTAGEM DE AGENTES INSCRITOS NA 1a DIVISÃO PARA A ÉPOCA 2020_2021|website=Federação Portuguesa de Ténis de Mesa|language=pt|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> | image = | caption = | nationality = Guyanese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1997|7|6}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2021/05/15/chelsea-edghill-proud-of-performance-in-argentina-despite-missing-out-on-qualifying-for-tokyo-olympics/ |title=Chelsea Edghill proud of performance in Argentina Despite missing out on qualifying for Tokyo Olympics|website=Kaieteur News Online|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> | height = 177 cm<ref name="trans">{{cite web|url=https://www.tabletennistransfers.com/en/sparring_partner/chelsea-edghill/860 |title=Chelsea Edghill|website=Table Tennis Transfers|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> | weight = 62 kg<ref name="trans"/> | country = Guyana | sport = Table tennis | event = Singles Event | club = Malteenoes Sports Club (Guyana)<ref name=MSC/><br/>Lusitania de Lourosa (Portugal) | coach = Idi Lewis }} '''Chelsea Edghill''' {{post-nominals|list=OLY}} (born July 6, 1997) is a Guyanese table tennis player who has competed at the Commonwealth Games and became the first player from Guyana to compete at the Olympic Games in Table Tennis.
==Career== Edghill competes in the women's singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, and team table tennis events, and is ranked #408 as an individual.<ref name=Glasgow2014>{{cite web|title=Glasgow 2014 - Chelsea Edghill Profile|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/table_tennis/1035454/c_edghill.html|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Glasgow 2014}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In the 2014 Youth Olympic Games she placed 25th in the women's singles; in the 2018 Latin American Table Tennis Championships she went out in the preliminary round, and made it to the first round of the 2019 Pan American Games.<ref name=2020OlympicsProfile/> In 2018 she was the Caribbean Senior Championships Under 21 champion.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-09-27|title=Titles for Guyana, success for Shemar Britton and Chelsea Edghill|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/09/27/titles-guyana-success-shemar-britton-chelsea-edghill/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=International Table Tennis Federation}}</ref> As a team athlete, she competed at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.<ref name=Glasgow2014/>
In 2021, she became the first Guyanese Olympic table tennis competitor with her appearance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, being entered as a wild card, the only female tennis player to do so.<ref name=MSC>{{cite web|date=2021-07-26|title=MSC congratulates Chelsea Edghill|url=https://guyanatimesgy.com/msc-congratulates-chelsea-edghill/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Guyana Times}}</ref> She was also one of the nation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. After defeating her opponent in the preliminary round, she was knocked out in the first round.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-07-24|title=Defeat for Chelsea Edghill in Round One of Tokyo Olympic Games|url=https://newsroom.gy/2021/07/24/defeat-for-chelsea-edghill-in-round-one-of-tokyo-olympic-games/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=News Room Guyana}}</ref>
She resides in Aveiro, Portugal, and at the club level competes with Lusitania de Lourosa in Santa Maria da Feira.<ref name=2020OlympicsProfile>{{cite web|title=Table Tennis EDGHILL Chelsea|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1338000-edghill-chelsea.htm|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726195759/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1338000-edghill-chelsea.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Personal life== Edghill grew up in Georgetown, Guyana where she was raised with her two siblings.{{cn|date=March 2022}} Edghill's brother Kyle has also competed for Guyana in table tennis, and their mother has managed the Guyanese youth table tennis team.<ref name=2020OlympicsProfile/> She attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.<ref name=Lindenwood>{{cite web|title=Chelsea Edghill - 2017-18 Table Tennis - Lindenwood University|url=http://lindenwoodlionssls.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10478|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Lindenwood Lions|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727093238/https://lindenwoodlionssls.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=10478|url-status=dead}}</ref> She graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry.
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==External links== * {{WTT player|115498}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|chelsea-edghill}} * {{Official website|https://chelseaedghill.com/}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edghill, Chelsea}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Guyanese female table tennis players Category:Sportspeople from Georgetown, Guyana Category:American people of Guyanese descent Category:Table tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Olympic table tennis players for Guyana Category:Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Table tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Table tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games Category:Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Guyanese sportswomen