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Lisa Gee
Courtesy of Tim Boggan “The doctors didn’t know Betty was expecting twins,” said Yim Gee, Lisa’s father. (Lisa is the elder sister by one minute.) “And,” he continued, “like the first baby, Diana, too, was in good health. So we thanked God for that. But I went into shock—half my face was paralyzed for eight…
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Jun Gao
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Gao Jun was born Jan. 25, 1969 in Baoding, Hebei, China (not far from Beijing). Her father introduced her to table tennis when she was five and he was serious enough to see that she had a coach. This led to her going off to an athletic boarding school for potential…
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Emily Fuller
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Emily Fuller first surfaced as a player with high hopes when she beat Chicago star Helen Ovenden in straight games in the Rainbow Room of the Hotel Carter in the quarter’s of the 1934 Cleveland APPA National’s. She’d had no chance in the semi’s against the emerging superstar Ruth Aarons, but–give…
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States