Erica Wu Explained

Erica Wu
Birth Date:	15 May 1996
Birth Place:	Arcadia, California, U.S.
Residence:	Arcadia, California
Height:	5feet
Weight:	1190NaN0

P:	Wú Xuànníng
W:	Wu^2 Hsüan^4-ning^2

Erica Shen-Ning Wu^[1] (born May 15, 1996) is an American table tennis player^[2] who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[3] She was the 2011 and 2012 US national champion in women's doubles (with Gao Jun) and reached the semifinals in women's singles at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 US national championships.^[4] She was part of the US team that won the bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. At the 2012 North American Championships, Wu was the runner-up in women's singles behind fellow Olympian Lily Zhang. she was a senior at Princeton University studying computer science. Between 2018 and 2022, she worked as a Software Engineer at Meta.

Personal life

Erica Wu was born in Arcadia, California. Her parents are Taiwanese immigrants who worked as actuaries. She is an only child.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wu Erica Shen-Ning. 2017 Summer Universiade. 2019-12-10.
2. Erica Wu . January 5, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034448/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wu/erica-wu-1.html . January 6, 2014 . mdy-all .
3. Web site: 2012 Olympic Games USA Table Tennis Media Guide . https://web.archive.org/web/20120720213851/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2012/July/18/2012-Olympic-Games-USA-Table-Tennis-Media-Guide.aspx?p=1 . dead . July 20, 2012 . US Olympic Committee . July 29, 2012.
4. Web site: Erica Wu . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023005231/http://www2.teamusa.org/Athletes/WU/Erica-Wu . dead . October 23, 2013 . US Olympic Committee . January 5, 2014.
5. Huang, Josie. Arcadia teenager Erica Wu dreams of Olympic qualification, KPCC, April 20, 2012.