title: Julia Wu (table tennis)
text: # Julia Wu (table tennis)
  
  Julia Wu is a right-handed table tennis player from New Zealand who has represented New Zealand and Oceania in a number of international championships, including the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore and the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju. She plays with a shakehand grip. In the 2009 ASB Young Sports Person of the Year Awards, Wu was a finalist in the Girls Table Tennis section.
  
  ## Sporting career
  
  Wu was professionally trained in Auckland, where she was part of the high performance programme within the Auckland Table Tennis Association.
  
  When asked about representing New Zealand, she replied: "It means a lot – I would've never thought that I would have made it but I did, so I am extremely happy to be part of the team."
  
  ### Competitions
  
  * 2008 Oceania Table Tennis Championships
  * 2008 Tahiti Junior Open
  * 2008 New Zealand Summer Nationals
     * U15 Girls' Singles – 1st
     * U15 Girls' Doubles – 1st (with Angie Guo)
     * U15 Mixed Doubles – 2nd (with Brad Storer)
  * 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
  * 2009 ITTF Cadet Challenge & ITTF Junior Circuit Finals
  * 2010 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualification Event
  * 2010 Oceania Table Tennis Championships
     * Individual Events
        * U21 Women's Doubles – 3rd
        * U18 Girls' Singles – 3rd
        * U18 Girls' Doubles – 3rd (with Jennifer Tseng; tied with Natalie Paterson/Sophia Dong)
     * Team Events
        * U18 Girls' Team – 2nd (with Jennifer Tseng and Natalie Paterson)
  * 2010 Youth Olympic Games
     * Played Women's Singles and Mixed Team
  * 2010 New Zealand Junior & Cadet Open – ITTF Junior Circuit
     * Cadet Girls' Doubles – 1st (with Angie Guo)
  * 2015 Summer Universiade
     * Played Women's Singles, Women's Doubles, Women's Team, and Mixed Doubles
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Wu is an avid guitar and bass player.
  
  