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She repeated as champion in 2011 and 2013. She is the first player from North America to win the Intercontinental Cup[4] in 2012 with participants from Africa, Latin America, North America, and Oceania.She was a bronze medalist in women’s team and women’s singles at the 2011 Pan American Games. Hsing was the women’s singles champion at the North American Championships in the year 2013,[6] and at the North America Cup in the year 2011[8] and 2012.[7] During her junior career, she was ranked as high as 4th in the world in both the cadet (U-15)[9] and the junior (U-18)[10] age group.In May 2014, she became the first American-born player in the China Table Tennis Super League, signing a contract with Zhejiang Jinhua Bank.[11]Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]2012 London Olympics[edit]Personal life[edit]Competition records[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Hsing was born in Fremont, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her mother, Xin Hua Jiang (Chinese: \u59dc\u65b0\u534e; pinyin: Ji\u0101ng X\u012bnhu\u00e1),[12] was born in China, and grew up in Henan Province. Her father, Michael Hsing (Chinese: \u90a2\u5180\u5317; pinyin: X\u00edng J\u00ecb\u011bi),[13] is a computer engineer who was born in Taiwan.[14][15]Hsing started playing table tennis when her parents could not find a babysitter one night and brought the then seven-year-old to the Palo Alto Table Tennis Club with them.[16] She joined the Palo Alto Table Tennis Club junior training program under the head coach Dennis Davis.Ariel played her first table tennis tournament \u201c2003 California Open\u201d at age 7. She didn’t quite know how to serve legally and was faulted more than ten times. She hung in there and won her first tournament.At age eight and a few days old, Ariel won her first national title \u201cGirls 10 and Under\u201d at the 2003 U.S. Nationals at Las Vegas. She then successfully defended her title in 2004 and 2005. On a side note, Ariel’s mom also won a trophy at the same tournament.In July 2005, Ariel won all her matches at the 2005 Junior Olympics\/Nationals held at New Orleans. She brought home six gold medals and a special \u201cJoel Ferrell Sportsmanship Award,\u201d which had her name engraved on a special plaque at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) National Headquarter.In 2012, Hsing won the singles titles at the ITTF North American Cup and the United States Junior and Cadet Open.[17] She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and was seeded 46th in women’s singles.[18]Hsing is acquaintances with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and used to refer to them as “Uncle Warren” and “Uncle Bill”. She met Buffett at age 9 when one of Buffett’s friends retained a table tennis coach for Buffett at his seventy-fifth birthday party and it was decided to have the 9-year-old Hsing play Buffett as a joke.[19][20] Since then, Ariel has been invited to the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting to play table tennis with Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and the stockholders.[21] Gates was present during Hsing’s Round of 32 loss during the 2012 Olympics and hugged her as she left the court.[22]On July 9, 2012, she appeared on an episode of the Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out. She stumped panelists Ciara Bravo, Alex Heartman, Leon Thomas III and Stephen Kramer Glickman, for one round.2012 London Olympics[edit]  Ariel Hsing in London during the 2012 OlympicsHsing entered the Olympics as the 46th seed [18] and ranked 115th in the world.[22]In the round of 128 Hsing defeated Yadira Silva in 4 games (11-9, 11\u20138, 11\u20133, 11-5) in a match where she never trailed by more than 2 points.In the round of 64 Hsing defeated Ni Xia Lian of Luxembourg 4-2 (11-9, 10\u201312, 11\u20139, 11\u20135, 10\u201312, 12-10),In the round of 32 Hsing lost to the #2 seed and eventual gold medalist Li Xiaoxia of China 4-2 (11-4, 9-11, 11\u20136, 6-11, 11\u20138, 11-9) with the longest rally of 18 occurring in game 6.After the loss Hsing said it was the best she had ever performed at a tournament giving herself a “10 out of 10, or maybe 9.9 as I wasn’t quite there.”[22]Personal life[edit]Hsing has been blogging for espnW for her Olympic journey.[23]After the Olympics, Hsing was selected as the 2012 Female High School Athlete of the year by San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.[24]Hsing graduated from Valley Christian High School in San Jose in 2013. She is a graduate of Princeton University[25] and was elected as Social Chair for the Class of 2017. Hsing speaks both English and Mandarin Chinese.[26]She is featured in the documentary Top Spin directed by Mina T. Son and Sara Newens.Ariel participated in Andy Akiho’s Ping Pong Concerto, world premiered in Shanghai on July 18, 2015, at Shanghai Symphony Hall by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.[27] Ping Pong Concerto has also performed in Beijing, Guangzhou, Foshan, and is scheduled to perform in London and Hong Kong.[28]Ariel is a contributing author of “2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials Are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing the World” by Stacey Ferreira and Jared Kleinert, which became the #1 New Release in Business Leadership on Amazon.[29]In 2016, with her independent study of “Chinese Stock Market Anomalies: An Empirical Analysis,\u201d Ariel was selected by China Hands Magazine as the 25 under 25: Leaders in U.S.-China Relations, which “profiles 25 students and professionals under the age of 25 who have demonstrated exceptional promise in China studies and in furthering the future of the U.S.-China relationship.”[30]Competition records[edit]2015 North American Collegiate Championship \u2013 Women’s Team Champion (Princeton University)[31]2015 National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) Championship \u2013 Women’s Doubles Champion2014 National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) Championship \u2013 Women’s Team Champion (Princeton University)2014 National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) Championship \u2013 Women’s Singles Champion2013 North American Championship \u2013 Women’s Singles Champion2013 North American Championship \u2013 Junior Girls’ Team Champion2013 North American Championship \u2013 Junior Girls’ Singles Champion2013 US Open \u2013 Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Women’s U21-Silver2012 ITTF Intercontinental Cup \u2013 Women’s Champion2012 North America Cup \u2013 Women’s Champion2012 ITTF Brazil Open \u2013 Women’s U21 Champion2012 ITTF USA Junior & Cadet Open \u2013 Junior Girls Singles, Doubles, and Team Champions.2011 North American Championship and Cup Women’s Champion2011 ITTF Junior Circuit Finals \u2013 Girls Singles 3rd place.2011 Pan American Games \u2013 Women Team Bronze medalist2011 Pan American Games \u2013 Women Singles Bronze medalist2011 JUIC International Jr. & Cadet \u2013  Open Champion2011 Canadian Junior Open \u2013  Team and doubles Champion, Single 2nd2010 ITTF Global Cadet Challenge \u2013 Girls Single 3rd place2010 ITTF Global Cadet Challenge \u2013 Girls Doubles 2nd place2010 Inaugural Youth Olympic Games \u2013 USA representative2010 North America Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls singles Champion2010 North America Championship \u2013 Junior Girls 2nd place2010 North America Championship Junior Girls Team Champion2010 China vs. World Team Challenge \u2013 Represented Junior Girls World team finished 2nd place.2010 Italian Junior & Cadet Open \u2013 Cadet Girls Singles Champion2010 Italian Junior & Cadet Open \u2013 Cadet Girls Doubles Champion2010 Safir International \u2013 Girls Under 16 Champion2010 PanAm Youth Olympics Trial in El Salvador \u2013 Girls First Place2009 North America Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls singles Champion2009 North America Championship \u2013 Junior Girls singles Champion2009 North America Championship Junior Girls Team Champion2009 Pan American ITTF Cadet Challenge Trial Champion2009 Canadian Junior open Cadet Champion2009 Canadian Junior open Cadet Doubles Champion2009 Canadian Junior open Junior Team Champion2008 Pan American Junior Girls champion2008 North America Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls singles Champion2008 North America Championship \u2013 Junior Girls singles Champion2007 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Junior Girls Singles Champion2007 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls Singles Champion2007 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Girls 13 and Under Singles Champion2007 U.S. Open Championship \u2013 Girls 13 and under Singles Champion2007 North America Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls singles Champion2007 North America Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls Team Champion2006 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls Singles Champion2006 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Girls 13 and Under Singles Champion2006 U.S. Open Championship \u2013 Girls 15 and under Singles Champion2006 U.S. Open Championship \u2013 Girls 13 and under Singles Champion2006 U.S. Open Championship \u2013 Girls 11 and under Singles Champion2005 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Cadet Girls Singles 2nd place2005 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Girl 10 and under Singles Champion2005 Junior National under 10 Girls: Gold2005 Junior National under 12 Girls: Gold2005 Junior National under 14 Girls: Gold2005 Junior Olympic under 10 Girls: Gold2005 Junior Olympic under 12 Girl double: Gold2005 Junior Olympic team under 16 girls: Gold2005 Junior National\/Olympic Joel Ferrell Sportsmanship Award2004 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Girl 10 and under Singles Champion2003 U.S. National Championship \u2013 Girl 10 and under Singles Champion[32]References[edit]  ^ “ITTF_Database \u2013 HSING Ariel Yenhua (USA)”. Ittf.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2014.^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill;  et\u00a0al. “Ariel Hsing”. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2014.^ “ITTF world ranking”. ITTF. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.^ a b “Runner Up in Singapore, Winner in Huangshi, Ariel Hsing Flies High”. ITTF. Retrieved January 19, 2017.[permanent dead link]^ a b “XVI Pan-American Games Results Book” (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.^ a b “Revenge is Sweet for Ariel Hsing; Top Seeds Capture North American Titles”. ITTF. Retrieved January 19, 2017.[permanent dead link]^ a b “Graduation Day, Teenagers Capture ITTF-North American Cup Titles”. ITTF. 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