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|}} Ariel Yenhua Hsing (born November 29, 1995)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ariel Hsing )〕 is an American table tennis player who competed in the 2012 Olympics. Hsing became the youngest U.S. table tennis national champion in history in 2010 at age 15. She repeated as champion in 2011 and 2013. She was a bronze medalist in women's team and women's singles at the 2011 Pan American Games. During her junior career, she was ranked as high as 4th in the world in both the cadet (U-15)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=111120&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=0& )〕 and the junior (U-18)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=111120&U18=1&U21=0&Siniors=0& )〕 age group. In May 2014, she became the first American-born player in the China Table Tennis Super League, signing a contract with Zhejiang Jinhua Bank.〔 (首位引进乒超的美国球员邢延华 )〕 ==Career== In 2012, Hsing won the singles titles at the ITTF North American Cup and the United States Junior and Cadet Open. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and was seeded 46th in women’s singles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2012 Olympic Games: Women’s Singles Seeding List )〕 Hsing is acquaintances with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates and used to refer to them as "Uncle Warren" and "Uncle Bill". She met Buffett at age 9 when one of Buffett’s friends retained a table tennis coach for Buffett at his seventy-fifth birthday party and it was decided to have the 9-year-old Hsing play Buffett as a joke. Gates was present during Hsing's Round of 32 loss during the 2012 Olympics and hugged her as she left the court.〔 On July 9, 2012, she appeared on an episode of the Nickelodeon game show ''Figure It Out''. She stumped panelists Ciara Bravo, Alex Heartman, Leon Thomas III and Stephen Kramer Glickman, for one round. == 2012 London Olympics == Hsing entered the Olympics as the 46th seed 〔 and ranked 115th in the world. In the round of 128 Hsing defeated Yadira Silva in 4 games (11-9, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5) in a match where she never trailed by more than 2 points. In the round of 64 Hsing defeated Ni Xia Lian of Luxembourg 4-2 (11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5, 10-12, 12-10), In the round of 32 Hsing lost to the #2 seed and eventual gold medalist Li Xiaoxia of China 4-2 (11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9) with the longest rally of 18 occurring in game 6. After the loss Hsing said it was the best she had ever performed at a tournament giving herself a "10 out of 10, or maybe 9.9 as I wasn't quite there."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ariel Hsing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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