Angelita Rosal
American table tennis player
Angelita Rosal, also known as Angie Rosal Bengtsson, (born 1956) is an American former professional table tennis player and coach. Born of a Dakota mother of the Spirit Lake Tribe and a Filipino father, Rosal is inducted both in the Indian Athletic Hall of Fame and the United States of America Table Tennis Hall of Fame, the first female to be so honored. She was particularly successful in doubles, winning four US titles.
Career
Angelita Rosal began playing table tennis at the age of nine or ten years old. She attended her first United States Olympic Training Center at age eleven in 1967 and quickly showed her match-winning ability. In 1968, she won the national Under-Thirteen championship, following up the following year winning the Under-Fifteen crown. She continued to be successful, competing in ten USA Table Tennis National titles over her career. She was particularly successful in doubles, winning the title at the U.S. National Table Tennis Champions with He-ja Lee no less than three times, in 1978, 1979 and 1980, and once with Jin Na in 1982.
Honours
1973 First female selected to the Indian Athletic Hall of Fame.
1996 Inducted into the United States of America Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
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