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Amy Feng
Courtesy of Tim Boggan Four-time U.S. Women’s Champion Amy Feng’s first coach was her father, Peishing, whom she’d accompanied to a local table tennis club and found that playing the game was fun—certainly better than studying. By 1981, 12-year-old Amy had been accepted as a professional member of the Tianjin, China Women’s Team. Later, in
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Aili Elliott
Aili was a member of the resident training program in Colorado Spring and came to the sport through her parents. Li, played classic pips-out penholder and held the table better than any player in US history except for maybe Patty Martinez Wasserman. Her secret was father Ai Liguo would place a non-forgiving 6-foot green metal
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Mike Dempsey
Courtesy of Tim Boggan 1956-1968: When Mike Dempsey, born in Sept., 1956, is about six months old, his doctor gives him a normal virus shot, but something abnormal happens and Mike loses the use of his legs. “With me,” he says, “being in a wheelchair wasn’t a matter of adapting. You might have a period
US Table Tennis Hall of Fame
Recognizing athletes and contributors in the sport of Table Tennis in the United States