Country: USA
Sport: Badminton
Date of Birth: 09/02/1994
First Olympics: 2016, Rio de Janeiro
Born in Pasadena, California, and raised in nearby Arcadia, Iris Wang started playing badminton at 8 years old. Her older sister, Rena, is a former professional badminton player who competed at the London 2012 Olympics; the sisters would train at the San Gabriel Valley Badminton Club in California. The younger Wang climbed the rankings in 2015 and finished the year ranked world no. 31.
