Chelsea Edghill

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Chelsea Edghill
OLY
Personal information
Full nameChelsea Aretha Renee Edghill[1]
NationalityGuyanese
Born (1997-07-06) July 6, 1997 (age 28)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.[2]
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)[3]
Sport
CountryGuyana
SportTable tennis
Event
Singles Event
ClubMalteenoes Sports Club (Guyana)[4]
Lusitania de Lourosa (Portugal)
Coached byIdi Lewis

Chelsea Edghill OLY (born July 6, 1997) is a Guyanese table tennis player who has competed at the Commonwealth Games and became the first player from Guyana to compete at the Olympic Games in Table Tennis.

Career

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Edghill competes in the women's singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, and team table tennis events, and is ranked #408 as an individual.[5] In the 2014 Youth Olympic Games she placed 25th in the women's singles; in the 2018 Latin American Table Tennis Championships she went out in the preliminary round, and made it to the first round of the 2019 Pan American Games.[6] In 2018 she was the Caribbean Senior Championships Under 21 champion.[7] As a team athlete, she competed at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.[5]

In 2021, she became the first Guyanese Olympic table tennis competitor with her appearance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, being entered as a wild card, the only female tennis player to do so.[4] She was also one of the nation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. After defeating her opponent in the preliminary round, she was knocked out in the first round.[8]

She resides in Aveiro, Portugal, and at the club level competes with Lusitania de Lourosa in Santa Maria da Feira.[6]

Personal life

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Edghill grew up in Georgetown, Guyana where she was raised with her two siblings.[citation needed] Edghill's brother Kyle has also competed for Guyana in table tennis, and their mother has managed the Guyanese youth table tennis team.[6] She attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.[9] She graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry.

References

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