Selection Announcement - 2022 National Squad (Able-Bodied)

TTA and the National Selection Panel are pleased to announce the 2022 National Squad (Able-Bodied) has been selected.

PODIUM POTENTIAL:
Females: Min Hyung Jee (QLD), Jian Fang Lay (VIC).

DEVELOPING:
Males: Heming Hu (VIC), Nicholas Lum (VIC), Finn Luu (VIC).
Female: Yangzi Liu* (NSW).

EMERGING:
Males: Won Bae (NSW).

NATIONAL SENIOR SQUAD:
Males: Dillon Chambers (VIC), Xavier Dixon (VIC), David Powell (VIC), Kane Townsend (NSW), Chris Yan (NSW), Benjamin Gould (QLD), Lin Ma (VIC), Sam von Einem (SA), Bob Liang (NSW), Alex Lee (NSW).
Females: Michelle Bromley (NSW), Tracy Feng (NSW), Melissa Tapper (VIC), Qian Yang (VIC), Lina Lei (VIC), Matilda Alexandersson (QLD).

NATIONAL JUNIOR SQUAD:
Males: Hwan Bae (NSW), Clarence Cheng (NSW), Jeffrey Guo (NSW), Isaiah Lee (SA), Richard Li (VIC), Chulong Nie (NSW).
Females: Sanaya Buddhadasa* (NSW), Celine Chen (NSW), Hanna Goh* (SA), Hannah Green (VIC), Olivia Green (VIC), Chermaine Quah (VIC), Danni-Elle Townsend (NSW), Parleen Kaur (VIC), Yvonne Liu (NSW), Angela Wang (NSW), Sue Bin Oh (NSW).

NATIONAL IDENTIFIED JUNIOR SQUAD:
Males: Jithen Aluwihare (QLD), Rayan Vardinejad (WA), Nicholas Chee (NSW), Charlie Hollow (VIC), Stephen Liu (NSW), Lucas Lum (VIC), Daniel Noura (VIC), Royce Goh (SA).
Females: Cherry Le* (VIC), Connie Psihogios (VIC), Jasmine Wu (WA), Victoria Zhang (VIC), Yi-Jen Hsu (VIC), Haneul Kim (QLD), Kathleen Yeung (NSW).

NATIONAL HOPES SQUAD:
Males: Aiden Tang (VIC), Nathan Chan (NSW), Leonard Piyachai (NSW), Jethro Chen (WA), Andrew Li (NSW), Navik Rathnasinghe (VIC).
Females: Eujin Hong (QLD), Lily Zhang (NSW), Elina Chen (NSW), Daisy Xie (NSW), Runshu Li (NT), Sophia Zhou (NSW). 

NOTE: Some National Hopes Squad athletes are older than the Hopes age group (U/12) in 2022, however TTA has adopted the same principle as ITTF whereby Hopes athletes are kept in a Hopes Squad for an additional year to assist with their ongoing development. 

NATIONAL IDENTIFIED HOPES SQUAD:
Males: Hadrian De Palo (SA, Joshua Ding (VIC), Lawrence Fan (SA), Adeepa Keerthiratne (QLD), Sebastian Lai (NT), Vincent Lim (ACT), Jaden Deng (VIC). 
Females: Serena Zhang (VIC), Georgia Hollow (VIC), Ella Yu (QLD), Vyshnavi Tatikonda (WA), Dorothy Chen (NSW), Esme Ho (VIC).

SQUAD INCLUSIONS:
Males: Lin Ma (VIC), Royce Goh (SA), Jithen Aluwihare (QLD), Rayan Vardinejad (WA).
Females: Qian Yang (VIC), Lina Lei (VIC), Cherry Le* (VIC).

SQUAD REMOVALS:
Males: Dominic Huang (VIC), Hayden Green (QLD), Luke Cosgriff (VIC), Oscar Savige (QLD), Raymond Zhang (VIC).
Females: Stephanie Sang (VIC), Kai Peng (NSW), Michelle Wu (VIC).

*Australian Permanent Resident

To view the official National Selection Panel announcement, please click here. 

TTA congratulates all athletes on their selection.