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Stephanie Xu Sang of Australia hits a shot during their table tennis Women's Singles match at the Peking University Gymnasium on Day 10 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 18, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Stephanie Sang

Age

38

Place of Birth

HARBIN, China

Hometown

CHINA

Senior Club

CROYDON

Coach

JOHN

Olympic History

Beijing 2008

Tokyo 2020

Career Events

Table Tennis Women's Singles

Table Tennis Women's Team

 

Stephanie's Story

Xu 'Stephanie' Sang first started playing table tennis at the age of six. In 2002, the Chinese-born athlete moved to Australia to study when she was just 15 years old, later becoming an Australian citizen in 2006.

In her first year competing nationally, the Victorian-based athlete was announced as the top ranked Australian table tennis player after an outstanding year competing.

In 2006, she was chosen to represent Australia at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games where she won silver in the team event.

At the 2008 Olympic selection trials, Sang qualified third, claiming the final table tennis position on the 2008 Australian Olympic Team.

 

Making her Olympic debut in Beijing was particularly special for Sang, as it was her birthplace and a lot of her family still lived in China at the time of the Games.

At the Games, Sang reached the second round in singles and placed ninth in the team event.

After taking time off from the sport in order to raise two children, the 33-year-old made an impressive comeback to her sport in 2019.

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