Ariel Hsing

Ariel Hsing
Hsing won Women's Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles at 2013 U.S. Nationals
Full name	Ariel Yenhua Hsing
Nationality	American
Residence	San Jose, California
Born	(1995-11-29) November 29, 1995 (age 21) Fremont, California
Playing style	Shakehand
Highest ranking	73 (October 2012)
Club	Jinhua Bank (China)
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight	117 lb (53 kg)

Ariel Yenhua Hsing (born November 29, 1995) is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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.

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.

In May 2014, she became the first American-born player in the China Table Tennis Super League, signing a contract with Zhejiang Jinhua Bank.

Hsing was born in Fremont, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her mother, Xin Hua Jiang, was born in China, and grew up in Henan Province. Her father, Michael Hsing, is a computer engineer who was born in Taiwan.

Hsing started playing table tennis when her parents could not find a babysitter one night and brought the then seven-year-old to the Palo Alto Table Tennis Club with them.

Ariel played her first table tennis tournament “2003 California Open” at age 7. She didn’t quite know how to serve legally and was faulted more than ten times. She hung in there and won her first tournament.

At age eight and a few days old, Ariel won her first national title “Girls 10 and Under” at the 2003 U.S. Nationals at Las Vegas. She then successfully defended her title in 2004 and 2005. On a side note, Ariel’s mom also won a trophy at the same tournament.

In July 2005, Ariel won all her matches at the 2005 Junior Olympics/Nationals held at New Orleans. She brought home six gold medals and a special “Joel Ferrell Sportsmanship Award,” which had her name engraved on a special plaque at the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) National Headquarter.