Chelsea Edghill

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Chelsea Edghill

| honorific_suffix = OLY

| fullname = Chelsea Aretha Renee Edghill{{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}}

| image =

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| nationality = Guyanese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1997|7|6}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.{{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}}

| height = 177 cm{{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}}

| weight = 62 kg

| country = Guyana

| sport = Table tennis

| event = Singles Event

| club = Malteenoes Sports Club (Guyana)
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.{{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}} 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. In 2018 she was the Caribbean Senior Championships Under 21 champion.{{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}} As a team athlete, she competed at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

She resides in Aveiro, Portugal, and at the club level competes with Lusitania de Lourosa in Santa Maria da Feira.{{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}}

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. She attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.{{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}} She graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry.