Rachel Sung ( zh, 宋家瑜; born July 9, 2004) is an American

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player who competed at the

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Early life and education

Sung is the daughter of Michael Sung and Tzuying Li, who met while at a table tennis tournament in college in Taiwan. Sung started playing table tennis at age seven. She has an older sister, Trinity, and a twin sister, Joanna, who is also a table tennis player. Sung attends the

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, where she is majoring in cognitive science, specializing in computer programming, with a minor in film, television and media. She was roommates with her doubles teammate and longtime friend

Amy Wang Amy Wang (born December 2, 2002) is an American table tennis player who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Early life and education Wang started playing table tennis at age four, and is coached by her father, Xiaota. Her two older brothers, ...

Career

In November 2021, she competed at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in the doubles event with her twin sister Joanna. In December 2021 she competed at the 2021 ITTF World Youth Championships and won silver medals in the doubles and team events. She then competed at the

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and won a gold medal in the doubles event, and a silver medal in the team event. In November 2023, she competed at the

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and won gold medals in the doubles and

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events. In March 2024, Sung was named to team USA's roster to compete at the

. During the

event, Sung,

and

Lily Zhang Lily Ann Zhang (born June 16, 1996) is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with teammates Ariel Hsing and Erica Wu. She also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio with teammates Jiaqi Zheng ...

lost to Germany in the first round.

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2004 births Living people American female table tennis players American sportswomen of Chinese descent Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Summer World University Games medalists in table tennis Sportspeople from San Jose, California Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games Olympic table tennis players for the United States Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-tabletennis-bio-stub