Ariel Hsing is one of the most popular and richest Table Tennis Player who was born on November 29, 1995 in Fremont, California, United States. The month of July was 2005. Ariel took home all of her games in the Junior Olympics/Nationals of 2005 in New Orleans. Ariel brought back six gold medals as well as the “Joel Ferrell Sportsmanship Award,” that had her name inscribed upon a special memorial located at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) National Headquarter.
She was a bronze medalist in women’s team and women’s singles at the 2011 Pan American Games. Hsing was the women’s singles champion at the North American Championships in the year 2013, and at the North America Cup in the year 2011 and 2012. During her junior career, she was ranked as high as 4th in the world in both the cadet (U-15) and the junior (U-18) age group.
After the Olympics, Hsing was selected as the 2012 Female High School Athlete of the year by San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.
Ariel participated in the first time in a table tennis event “2003 California Open” at 7 years old. She wasn’t sure how to serve legally , and was criticized more than 10 times. She persevered and was able to win her very first event.
At the age of eight and just a couple of days old Ariel was the first to win her nation-wide award “Girls 10 and Under” at the 2003 U.S. Nationals at Las Vegas. She was then able to defend this title both in 2004 as well as in 2005. In addition Ariel’s mom also received a trophy during the same event.
Hsing became the youngest U.S. table tennis national champion in history in 2010 at age 15. She repeated as champion in 2011 and 2013. She is the first player from North America to win the Intercontinental Cup in 2012 with participants from Africa, Latin America, North America, and Oceania.
