Chelsea Edghill

Edghill competes in the women's singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, and team table tennis events, and is ranked #49 as an individual.[2] In the 2014 Youth Olympic Games she placed 25th in the women's singles; in the 2018 Latin American Table Tennis Championships she went out in the preliminary round, and made it to the first round of the 2019 Pan American Games.[3] In 2018 she was the Caribbean Senior Championships Under 21 champion.[4] As a team athlete, she competed at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.[2]

In 2021, she became the first Guyanese Olympic table tennis competitor with her appearance at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, being entered as a wild card, the only female tennis player to do so.[1] She was also one of the nation's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. After defeating her opponent in the preliminary round, she was knocked out in the first round.[5]

She resides in Aveiro, Portugal, and at the club level competes with Lusitania de Lourosa in Santa Maria da Feira.[3]

Edghill's brother Kyle has also competed for Guyana in table tennis, and their mother has managed the Guyanese youth table tennis team.[3] She attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.[6]