Ian Lariba
| Ian Lariba | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Yanyan |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Born |
13 October 1994 Cagayan de Oro, Philippines |
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
Ian Lariba (born October 13, 1994) is a Filipina table tennis player. She has represented the Philippines in international tournaments and competed at the women's singles of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Lariba was born in Cagayan de Oro on October 13, 1994. She started taking up table tennis at age 9 with her parents encouraging her to take up "something new" for the summer. Prior to taking up the sport, Lariba took up badminton at a sports complex in Cagayan de Oro but found herself to be too small for the sport at that time. At the age of 10, Coach Noel Gonzales of the Philippine national table tennis team discovered Lariba while playing in the Palarong Pambansa. Just a year after taking up table tennis, she started to participate in provincial and national competitions. She also played for the varsity team of the Corpus Christi School.
Lariba attended De La Salle University for her college studies. For her college studies, as early as around 2009, she was already inclined to choose La Salle as her college over University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University which were her other options. She is taking up management in financial institution as her major degree.
Lariba is also a varsity player for her university, De La Salle University playing at the UAAP Table tennis tournament. She entered the table tennis team after being scouted in a national competition. On her first season she was named as UAAP Season 74 Rookie of the Year and on the UAAP Season 75 her team won the championship and Lariba herself was named Most Valuable Player (MVP). Her collegiate team failed short of winning the championship at UAAP Season 76, winning games only to suffer a sweeping lost to UP Lady Maroons in the final.
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