Rising Table Tennis Star

13-years-old NSW junior table tennis player Chulong Nie, achieved incredible results at the ACT Table Tennis Open held 28-29 November 2020 with one gold medal in Division 1 Singles, one silver medal in Under 18 Boys Singles, and one silver medal in Under 15 Boys Singles.

Over 180 top players from NSW, VIC, TAS & ACT participated in the biggest Table Tennis Open Tournament held in Australia in 2019

Only starting professional training in early 2018 with coach Paul Zhao, Chulong has come up astonishingly fast to be competitive against a gun player like Finn Luu in the ACT Open.

Chulong is currently ranked 1st in Australia for U13 Boys, and is a current Table Tennis Australia National Squad Member.

He has achieved multiple successes at national & international level recently:

Representing Australia at 2019 ITTF World Junior Circuit Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open

Representing Australia at 2019 ITTF World Junior Circuit Serbia Junior & Cadet Open

Representing Australia at 2019 Singapore Youth Invitational Tournament

Winning 1 Gold Medal, 2 Silver Medal & 1 Bronze medal at 2019 US Open

Winning 1 Gold Medal, 1 Silver Medal & 1 Bronze Medal at 2019 National Junior Championships

Winning 1 Bronze Medal at the 2019 National Hopes Challenge

Winning 1 Gold Medal & 2 Silver Medals at 2020 ACT Open

Chulong trains around 3 hours per day during school term, and trains around six hours per day during weekends & school holiday. He competes in club competitions weekly

and state competitions monthly. This Intense training has elevated his game greatly.

As Australia’s number one table tennis player in his age group, he has no doubts that he will represent Australia in the Commonwealth Games & Olympic Games in the near future.

"The Olympics is the event I most want to go to," says Chulong. There is a bright future waiting for the rising champion.