Edward Ly
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| Born | January 29, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Ly (born on January 29, 2003 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian Olympic table tennis athlete.[1]
At the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alberta, Ly won three gold medals representing his home province of Quebec.[1] Ly would then compete on the international stage, winning three medals across two editions of the Pan American Youth Championships.[1] Ly's first major games was the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2] The following year, in July, Ly was named to Canada's 2023 Pan American Games team.[3][4] Ly would help the Canadian men's team to a silver medal at the Pan American Championships in September 2023. The win also secured 2024 Olympics qualification for the team.[5] Shortly after, Ly would repeat his performance at the 2023 Pan American Games, with a silver medal in the men's team event.[6]
At the 2024 Pan American Cup, Ly was called up last minute to replace Eugene Wang.[7] Ly Would go onto win the gold medal at the event, jumping his world ranking to 36th.[7][8][9][10] In June 2024, Ly qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11][12]
