Edward Ly (born on January 29, 2003 in

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) is a

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Olympic

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athlete.

Career

At the

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, Ly won three gold medals representing his home province of

. Ly would then compete on the international stage, winning three medals across two editions of the Pan American Youth Championships. Ly's first major games was the

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. The following year, in July, Ly was named to Canada's 2023 Pan American Games team. Ly would help the Canadian men's team to a silver medal at the Pan American Championships in September 2023. The win also secured

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qualification for the team. Shortly after, Ly would repeat his performance at the 2023 Pan American Games, with a silver medal in the men's team event. At the 2024 Pan American Cup, Ly was called up last minute to replace Eugene Wang. Ly Would go onto win the gold medal at the event, jumping his world ranking to 36th. In June 2024, Ly qualified to compete for

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Personal life

Ly started table tennis at the age of 10. Ly is currently studying

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ly, Edward 2003 births Living people Canadian male table tennis players Sportspeople from Montreal Table tennis players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists in table tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Canada