{{Short description|American table tennis player}} {{about|the American table tennis player|the Chinese actress|Huang Yi (actress)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox table tennis player | name = Crystal Huang | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Huang Yaoxi | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|7|6|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Changsha, Hunan, China | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{cvt|1.60|m|0|order=flip}} | weight = {{cvt|50|kg|0|order=flip}} | website = | playingstyle = Left-handed, penhold attacker<ref name=tt-bio/><ref name=huang-profile/> | equipment = | club = | hrank = 196 (June 2009)<ref name=wr/> | crank = 259 (October 2010)<ref name=wr/> | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes }}
'''Crystal Huang''' (born '''Huang Yaoxi''',{{family name footnote|Huang|lang=Chinese}} {{zh|s=黄姚熹|t=黃姚熹|p=Huáng Yáoxī}}; July 6, 1979) is an American table tennis player of Chinese origin.<ref>{{cite sports-reference |title=Crystal Huang |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/crystal-huang-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092152/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/crystal-huang-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |access-date=March 2, 2013}}</ref>
==Background== Huang earned a spot on the U.S. team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing first over Canada's Zhang Mo in the women's singles from the North American Qualification Tournament in Vancouver.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Ian |title=Crystal Huang and Zhang Mo Secure Places in Beijing |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15176 |publisher=ITTF |date=April 6, 2008 |accessdate=March 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210113/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=15176 |archivedate=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Huang joined with her fellow players Wang Chen and five-time Olympian Gao Jun for the inaugural women's team event. She and her team placed second in the preliminary pool round, receiving a total of five points, two victories over the Netherlands and Nigeria, and a single defeat from the Singaporean trio Wang Yuegu, Li Jiawei, and Feng Tianwei. The U.S. team offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Romania in the first play-off, but lost their next match to South Korea, with a unanimous set score of 0–3.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Team Bronze Play-Off Round 2 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc=TTW400204/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=March 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821012223/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DTTW400204/index.html |archivedate=August 21, 2012}}</ref> In the women's singles, Huang lost the preliminary round match to Congo's Yang Fen, attaining a set score of 2–4.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Singles Preliminary Round |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc=TTW001901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=March 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821044424/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/tabletennis/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DTTW001901/index.html |archivedate=August 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Crystal Huang Loses in First Round, 2–4 |url=http://www2.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2008/August/18/Crystal-Huang-Loses-in-First-Round-2-4.aspx |publisher=Team USA |date=August 18, 2008 |accessdate=March 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222020212/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2008/August/18/Crystal-Huang-Loses-in-First-Round-2-4.aspx |archivedate=February 22, 2013}}</ref>
As of October 2010, Huang is ranked no. 196 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).<ref name=wr>{{cite web |title=ITTF World Ranking – Crystal Huang |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=110336 |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=March 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073453/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=110336 |archivedate=March 4, 2016}}</ref> She is also left-handed, and uses the penhold grip.<ref name=tt-bio>{{cite web |title=ITTF World Player Profile – Crystal Huang |url=http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=110336 |publisher=ITTF |accessdate=March 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105552/http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=110336 |archivedate=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Huang currently resides with her family in San Gabriel, California, and obtains a dual citizenship.<ref name=huang-profile>{{cite news |last=Fimrite |first=Peter |title=Getting paddled by a professional pingpong player |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Getting-paddled-by-a-professional-pingpong-player-3200398.php |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |date=August 12, 2008 |accessdate=March 2, 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ITTF|110336}} * [https://www.usatt.org/profiles/crystal-huang Crystal Huang] at USA Table Tennis * {{Team USA|new_id=crystal-huang|old_id=HU/Crystal-Huang|archive=20190710034522}} * {{Olympics.com|crystal-huang}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823134506/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete%3D953/bio/index.html |title=NBC 2008 Olympics profile |date=mdy}}
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