{{short description|American table tennis player}} {{Infobox table tennis player | name = Lily Yip | image = | fullname = Shui-Ling Yip | nicknames = | nationality = {{USA}} | playingstyle = Chinese penhold, short pips out | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|08|22}} | birth_place = Guangzhou | height = | death_date = | death_place = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's table tennis}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold | 1991 Havana |Doubles}} {{MedalGold | 1991 Havana |Team}} {{MedalSilver | 1991 Havana |Singles}} {{MedalSilver | 1995 Mar del Plata |Singles}} {{MedalSilver | 1995 Mar del Plata |Team}} {{MedalSilver | 2003 Santo Domingo |Doubles}} }} {{Infobox Chinese|title=Shui-Ling Yip|s={{linktext|叶|瑞|玲}}|t={{linktext|葉|瑞|玲}}|p=Yè Ruìlíng|j=Jip6 Seoi6 Ling4|y=Yip6 Seui6 Ling4}}
'''Shui-Ling "Lily" Yip''' (born August 22, 1963)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405012404/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip |title=USA Table Tennis Hall of Famer Profile: Lily Yip }}</ref> is a Chinese-born American table tennis player and coach.
Yip resides in Warren Township, New Jersey and is the director of the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey, one of seven "National Centers of Excellence" recognized by USA Table Tennis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Clubs/National-Centers-of-Excellence/Lily-Yip-TTC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111911/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Clubs/National-Centers-of-Excellence/Lily-Yip-TTC |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-01-16 |title=National Centers of Excellence |accessdate=2014-01-15 }}</ref>
==Biography== In 1970, at the age of 7, Yip began playing table tennis in Guangzhou.<ref name="starledger2008"/>
In 1975, at the age of 12, Yip began playing table tennis professionally.<ref name="bolder2025">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-iurOD3QF8 |title=Olympic Table Tennis Legend Lily Yip is Serving Up Inspiration to Senior Athletes |work=Growing Bolder |date=2025-03-11 |accessdate=2026-04-26 }}</ref>
In 1978, at age 15, Yip went on to become a member of the Guangdong provincial team.<ref name="starledger2008">{{cite news |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |date=2008-02-24 |url=http://blog.nj.com/iamnj/2008/02/lilly_yip.html |title=Lily Yip, Pingpong Powerhouse |accessdate=2014-01-15 |first=Donna |last=Gialanella }}</ref>
In 1987, Yip moved to the United States, obtaining American citizenship four years later, in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/USATT/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip |title=USATT Hall of Fame Profile |accessdate=2014-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223112444/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/USATT/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip |archivedate=2013-12-23 }}</ref>
Yip studied{{when|date=April 2026}} computer science at Middlesex County College.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145922955/ |title=Yip (continued) |work=Asbury Park Press |date=1993-02-02 |accessdate=2017-04-04 |quote=In the rest of her time, she's enrolled at Middlesex County College, studying computer science. }}</ref>
Between 1991 and 2003, Yip participated in three Pan American Games, winning two gold and four silver medals. She also played in nine World Championships and three World Team Cups.{{fact|date=April 2026}}
At the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, Yip competed in women's singles and doubles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/lily-hugh-yip-1.html |title=Sports-Reference |accessdate=2014-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514033827/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/lily-hugh-yip-1.html |archive-date=2009-05-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
From 1992 through 1995, at the US National Championships, Yip was the runner-up in women's singles four times and won the women's doubles title four consecutive times.<ref name="shust2012"/>
In 2004, Yip was inducted into the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/USATT/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip |title=USATT Hall of Fame Profile |accessdate=2014-01-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223112444/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/USATT/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip |archivedate=2013-12-23 }}</ref>
In 2004, 2010, and 2013, Yip was named USATT National Coach of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Coaching/Coach-of-the-Year-Program |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622055118/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Coaching/Coach-of-the-Year-Program |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-22 |title=USATT Coach of the Year Program |accessdate=2014-01-15 }}</ref>
In 2005, Yip and her son Adam Hugh became national champions in mixed doubles.<ref name="shust2012"/>
In 2006, Yip and her daughter Judy Hugh won the women's doubles title at the US Open.<ref name="shust2012">{{cite web |last=Shust |first=Joseph |url=http://newjerseyhills.com/echoes-sentinel/news/former-two-time-olympian-from-warren-township-an-advocate-for/article_53da5716-3d7f-11e2-8300-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Former two-time Olympian from Warren Township an advocate for ping pong in America |work=Echoes-Sentinel |date=2012-12-03 |accessdate=2014-01-17 }}</ref>
In 2026, Yip appeared in a commercial for Ensure Max Protein called "Lily Yip Doesn't Play Like She's 62".<ref name="x">{{cite web |url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/g2H0/ensure-max-protein-lily-yip-doesnt-play-like-shes-62 |title=Ensure Max Protein TV Spot, 'Lily Yip Doesn't Play Like She's 62' |date=2026-02-16 |accessdate=2026-04-26 |work=iSpot }}</ref>
==See also==
==References== {{reflist|1}}
==Bibliography==
==External links== * [http://www.lilyttc.com Lily Yip Table Tennis Center] * [https://www.ispot.tv/ad/g2H0/ensure-max-protein-lily-yip-doesnt-play-like-shes-62 Ensure Max Protein TV Spot, 'Lily Yip Doesn't Play Like She's 62']
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