fullname crank headercolor birth_place weight hrank height sport birth_date residence playingstyle article_title name
huang yao xi 259 -lrb- october 2010 -rrb- lightblue changsha , hunan , china 50 kg lb 0 on 196 -lrb- june 2009 -rrb- 1.60 0 on table tennis 6 july 1979 san gabriel , california left-handed , penhold crystal huang
 crystal huang
crystal huang

crystal huang -lrb- also huang yao xi , ; born july 6 , 1979 in changsha , hunan -rrb- is an american table tennis player of chinese origin .
as of october 2010 , hunag is ranked no. 196 in the world by the international table tennis federation -lrb- ittf -rrb- .
she is also left-handed , and uses the penhold grip .
huang currently resides with her family in san gabriel , california , and obtains a dual citizenship .
huang earned a spot on the u.s. team for the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , by placing first over canada 's zhang mo in the women 's singles from the north american qualification tournament in vancouver .
huang joined with her fellow players wang chen and five-time olympian gao jun for the inaugural women 's team event .
she and her team placed second in the preliminary pool round , receiving a total of five points , two victories over the netherlands and nigeria , and a single defeat from the singaporean trio wang yuegu , li jiawei , and feng tianwei .
the u.s. team offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating romania in the first play-off , but lost their next match to south korea , with a unanimous set score of 0 -- 3 .
in the women 's singles , huang lost the preliminary round match to congo 's yang fen , attaining a set score of 2 -- 4 .
