Julia Wu

Julia Wu is a right-handed table tennis player from New Zealand who has represented New Zealand and Oceania in a number of international championships, including the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore and the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju. She plays with a shakehand grip. In the 2009 ASB Young Sports Person of the Year Awards, Wu was a finalist in the Girls Table Tennis section.^[1]

Sporting career

Wu was professionally trained in Auckland, where she was part of the high performance programme within the Auckland Table Tennis Association. She was also selected for the ITTF World Hopes team, which supports the development of high-achieving athletes.^[2]

When asked about representing New Zealand, she replied: “It means a lot - I would've never thought that I would have made it but I did, so I am extremely happy to be part of the team.”^[3]

Competitions

• 2008 Oceania Table Tennis Championships^[4]
• 2008 Tahiti Junior Open^[4]
• 2008 New Zealand Summer Nationals^[5]
  • U15 Girl's Singles - 1st
  • U15 Girl's Doubles - 1st (with Angie Guo)
  • U15 Mixed Doubles - 2nd (with Brad Storer)
• 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships^[6]
• 2009 ITTF Cadet Challenge & ITTF Junior Circuit Finals^[4]
• 2010 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualification Event^[4]
• 2010 Oceania Table Tennis Championships^[4]
  • Individual Events
    • U21 Women's Doubles - 3rd
    • U18 Girls’ Singles - 3rd
    • U18 Girls’ Doubles – 3rd (with Jennifer Tseng; tied with Natalie Paterson/Sophia Dong)
  • Team Events
    • U18 Girls' Team - 2nd (with Jennifer Tseng and Natalie Paterson)
• 2010 Youth Olympic Games^[7][8]
  • Played Women's Singles and Mixed Team
• 2010 New Zealand Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Junior Circuit^[9]
  • Cadet Girls' Doubles - 1st (with Angie Guo)
• 2015 Summer Universiade^[10][11]
  • Played Women's Singles, Women's Doubles, Women's Team, and Mixed Doubles^[12]

Personal life

Wu is an avid guitar and bass player.

See also

• Kevin Wu
• Table tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "2009 ASB Young Sports Person of the Year Awards". Richard Spranger Photography. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
2. Auckland Table Tennis Association. "Talent a-plenty". Scoop News. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
3. "Julia Wu". New Zealand Olympic Team. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
4. "Julia Wu Results". ITTF. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
5. "TTNZ 2008 Summer Nationals Results Summary" (PDF). TTNZ Archives. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
6. "ITTF World Junior Championships" (PDF). AIPS Media. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
7. "NZ's golden goal bags hockey bronze at Youth Olympics". Stuff. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
8. "Julia Wu was selected to participate in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games". Auckland International College. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
9. Marshall, Ian. "Kong Lingnan overcomes earlier disappointment to secure Oceania title". ITTF. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
10. "Big Massey presence in New Zealand's World Uni Games team". Massey University. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
11. "World University Games New Zealand team wrap Thursday". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
12. "Table Tennis". Universiade Gwangju 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.