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Edward Ly (born on January 29, 2003 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian Olympic table tennis athlete. [1]
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Edward Ly (born on January 29, 2003 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian Olympic table tennis athlete. [1]
At the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta, Ly won three gold medals representing his home province of Quebec. [1] Ly would then compete on the international stage, winning three medals across two editions of the Pan American Youth Championships. [1] Ly's first major games was the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [2] The following year, in July, Ly was named to Canada's 2023 Pan American Games team. [3] [4] Ly would help the Canadian men's team to a silver medal at the Pan American Championships in September 2023. The win also secured 2024 Olympics qualification for the team. [5] Shortly after, Ly would repeat his performance at the 2023 Pan American Games, with a silver medal in the men's team event. [6]
At the 2024 Pan American Cup, Ly was called up last minute to replace Eugene Wang. [7] Ly Would go onto win the gold medal at the event, jumping his world ranking to 36th. [7] [8] [9] [10] In June 2024, Ly qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [11] [12]
Ly started table tennis at the age of 10. [13] Ly is currently studying natural sciences at Cégep André-Laurendeau. [13]
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