Lily Yip

{{short description|American table tennis player}}

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| name = Lily Yip

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| fullname = Shui-Ling Yip

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| nationality = {{USA}}

| playingstyle = Chinese penhold, short pips out

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|08|22}}

| birth_place = Guangzhou

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| show-medals = yes

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{{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}}

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Shui-Ling "Lily" Yip (born August 22, 1963)[https://web.archive.org/web/20150405012404/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip USA Table Tennis Hall of Famer Profile: Lily Yip] is a Chinese-born American table tennis player and coach.

Yip began playing table tennis in Guangzhou at the age of 7 and went on to become a member of the Guangdong provincial team at age 15.{{cite news |newspaper=The Star-Ledger |date=February 24, 2008 |url=http://blog.nj.com/iamnj/2008/02/lilly_yip.html |title=Lily Yip, Pingpong Powerhouse |accessdate=January 15, 2014}} She moved to the US in 1987 and obtained American citizenship in 1991.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/USATT/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip |title=USATT Hall of Fame Profile |accessdate=January 15, 2014 |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=December 23, 2013 }} She studied computer science at Middlesex County College.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145922955/ "Yip (continued)"], Asbury Park Press, February 2, 1993. Accessed April 4, 2017. "In the rest of her time, she's enrolled at Middlesex County College, studying computer science."

She competed in women's singles and doubles at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/lily-hugh-yip-1.html |title=Sports-Reference |accessdate=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514033827/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/lily-hugh-yip-1.html |archive-date=May 14, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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.

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 (1992–1995). In 2005, Yip and her son Adam Hugh became national champions in mixed doubles. In 2006, Yip and her daughter Judy Hugh won the women's doubles title at the US Open.Shust, Joseph [http://newjerseyhills.com/echoes-sentinel/news/former-two-time-olympian-from-warren-township-an-advocate-for/article_53da5716-3d7f-11e2-8300-001a4bcf887a.html "Former two-time Olympian from Warren Township an advocate for ping pong in America"], Echoes-Sentinel, December 3, 2012. Accessed January 17, 2014

In 2004, Yip was inducted into the USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/USATT/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Lily-Yip |title=USATT Hall of Fame Profile |accessdate=January 15, 2014 |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=December 23, 2013 }} She was named USATT National Coach of the Year in 2004, 2010 and 2013.{{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=June 22, 2013 |title=USATT Coach of the Year Program |accessdate=January 15, 2014}}

Yip resides in Warren Township, New Jersey and is the director of the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center in Dunellen, New Jersey, one of 7 "National Centers of Excellence" recognized by USA Table Tennis.{{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=January 16, 2014 |title=National Centers of Excellence |accessdate=January 15, 2014}}