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Our Team

Di Yu

Owner, Head Coach

Di Yu - originally on the Liaoning Chinese Provincial Team - has defeated many top 30 ranked table tennis players in the world, has more than 10 years of coaching experience, is a certified National Coach, and has successfully coached many Olympians and National Team Juniors. Some players Di Yu has coached include:

- Lily Zhang, 3x Olympian and 5x National Champion

- YiJun Feng, 2x Olympian and National Champion 

- Jeremy Hazin, Olympian and Canadian National Champion

- JiangShan Guo, Chinese National Team

- Amy Wang, 2021 National Champion 

- Rachel Wang, U15, U17, U19 National Teams

- Jacob Kordus, U11 National Team

- Anav Gupta, U15 National Team

- Isabella Xu, U17 National Team

- Ethan Ruan, U17 National Team

- Daniel Ng, U19 National Team

- Emelie Lin, U19 National Team 

- Zelin Ye, U15 Canadian National Team 

- Changbo Lu, 2022 USATT U15 #5

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JiangShan Guo

Owner, Coach

JiangShan Guo earned multiple gold medals in various Chinese tournaments and was 3rd place in the Chinese National Youth Seeding Camp in 2011. She was officially selected for the Chinese Women's Table Tennis National Team in 2014 where she trained with many world champions such as XingTong Chen, XiaoXia Li, and Manyu Wang. Unfortunately, JiangShan Guo was forced to retire due to injury. Since coming to the United States, she has been ranked top 3 for U.S. Women and has won many medals at U.S. Open, World Table Tennis Contender, Joola Global Teams, and Butterfly Cary Cup. 

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Itziar A. Rios

Coach

- 2022 Semifinalist U18 Texas Qualifications
- 2022 Semifinalist U2350 Texas Qualifications
- 2021 Champion U2100 Spin and Smash
- 2021 Finalist Spin and Smash Hardbat Open
- 2021 Semifinalist U 4200 Florida Teams
- 2020 Semifinalist 1600 over Sandhills Butterfly Open
- 2018 Semifinalist U18 Arnold Table Tennis Championship
- 2018 Semifinalist U2350 Arnold Table Tennis Championship
- 2018 Champion Wildcat Winter Student Open
- 2018 Finalist Wildcat Winter Open Division
- 2018 Finalist NYTTA Singles
- 2017, 2018 Champion Badger States Games
- 2017 Champion Green Bay Fall Advanced
- 2017 Semifinalist American Teams Championship
- 2016 Semifinalist U18 Edgeball Chicago International

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Luisa Zuluaga

Coach

- A Colombian player with 22 years of sports experience.
- Has competed in national and international tournaments.
- Member of the Colombian national team from 2003 to 2021.
- Champion in the Bolivarian Games 2018.
- Finalist in the 2018 Central American Games.
- Finalist in the Pan American Games 2011.
- Champion in the National Games 2019.
- Throughout her sports career, she was a champion in all categories       from under-13 to the adult category.
- Attended World Championships from the U-13 category to the major category.
- 10 years of coaching experience.
- Holds a degree in Physical Education, Recreation, and Sport.

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Michael Levene

Coach

- SAFE sport certified
- 10+ years of professional coaching

- USATT Regional coach

- ITTF Certified Coach
- USATT Certified Referee and Umpire
- December 2021 USATT US Open Champion
- July 2022 USATT US nationals Silver and Bronze Medalist
- July 2018 Event finalist at World Veterans Championships
- Represented Great Britain in ITTF international competition
- Numerous Singles and Doubles championship titles at State and National level.

- Former top 60 in England Men’s and top 12 Men’s over 40.
- Style: Left-handed attacker with inverted / pimples combination, switching sides during play

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Brianne Quiroz

Coach

- Colombian player with 9 years of sports experience, competing since she was 12 years old.
- Champion from the U13 category to the adult category
- Champion from the U13 category to the adult women’s doubles category.
- Champion from the U13 category to the U21 mixed doubles category. 
- Top 5 rated in the Colombian federation 5 
- She had different international camps and training.
- Colombia national team from the U15 to U21 category.
- 3 years of coaching experience.

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Louis Levene

Coach

Louis has a peak USATT rating of 2343 and is one of the top players in the region. He has many years of playing experience and coaches with a heavy focus on strategy and match play.​​​

- Career best win against USATT rated 2625 player

- 2022 Butterfly Teams - Division A Champions

- Former #1 ranked U21 Player in North Carolina

- Multiple 1st place finishes in top division leagues and tournaments in the area

- Asked to be a part of USA juniors table tennis team in the 2017 Maccabiah Games

- Received a table tennis scholarship to play for Lindenwood University

- Always up to date with the forever evolving ways the game is played including strategy and technique

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