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Date of Birth: Sep 21, 1957 Residence: Pinole Education: BS Biochemistry from Berkeley and Pharm D at UOP Ethnicity: Chinese Rating: 2069 Style: Shakehand Looper Equipment: Komann R-9 blade with Mark V GPS BH and Friendship 802-40 FH Sponsor: None Clubs Played: Berkeley TTC, Concord TTC, Oakland Chinatown and Sacramento TTC |
While a high school student in Hong Kong, Bunny became hooked to the game after a friend introduced him to it. He started off as a penhold player and played without any formal coaching. He then moved to the US in 1977 and could not find any table-tennis clubs so started playing tennis. In the early nineties, a friend of his named Joe Ching told him about the Berkeley Table Tennis Club to Bunny's delight and Bunny began playing table-tennis again five times a week at various clubs in Northern California. He started playing tournaments and recently crossed 2100 after a great tournament in the 2004 Western Open in City Beach Fremont. His favorite players to watch are World and Olympic Champion Kong Linghui and 3-time European Men's Singles Champion Vladimir Samsonov. He currently works at Rite Aid as a pharmacy manager and has two promising kids who are showing talent and passion for the game. They are his ten-year old son, Kanon Lee, and his eight-year old daughter, Aria Lee, who are being coached by Bunny and Masaaki Tajima at Sunset Club. They hope to go to the Junior Olympics in the near future. Bunny plays with the shakehand grip today and hopes to see the US Team move into the top 10 in the world in his lifetime.