From October 14-25, 2021 I traveled to Cuenca, Ecuador as Team Leader for Team USA at the 2021 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pan American U11 & U13 Championships. This was the first international competition for the USA table tennis players under 13 and 11 years old.
The U.S. delegation of 37 in total, included 16 players (8 boys and 8 girls); 4 coaches, 16 parents, and 1 team leader.
The team participated in men's singles, women's singles, mixed doubles, men's doubles. women's doubles and team events.
The teams were forned as follows:
U13-Boys
Stanley Hsu; Mu Du; He Xianyao and Krish Gandhi
U11-Boys
Kef Noorani; Brian Wu; Max Mouchinski and Kyler Chen
U13- Girls
Amber Liu; Yishiuan Lin; Mandy Yu and Aria Shi
U11 - Girls
Tashiya Piyadasa; Geetha Krishna, Abigail Yu and Tiana Piyadasa
Coaches:
4 amazing and experienced international coaches included:
Larry Hodges, Qi Wei, Qiumars Hedayatian and Thilina Piyadasa
Team USA finished on first place in the overall medal board - winning 9 out of 12 possible gold medals!
Thank you USATT for your support before, during, and after the trip. Also, our gratitude goes to Butterfly for their sponsorship of team USA Table Tennis team competition uniforms!
Additional information:
USA Table Tennis announces 2021 ITTF Pan Am Youth Championships U13 and U11 Teams, article by USATT:
Team USA shines at 2021 ITTF Pan Am U13 and U11 Youth Championships, article by USATT:
Gold, Silver and bronze, impressive medal haul for United States:
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