Sean O’Neill

Profile

A 2008 USA Table Tennis Hall of Fame member, Sean O’Neill has represented the United States in every international competition possible, including the Pan Am Games, Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup (team, doubles, and singles), and various international championships such as the English, German, French, Slovak, Brazilian, China, and Japan Opens.

A five-time U.S. Men’s Singles Champion, five-time U.S. Men’s Doubles, and six-time U.S. Mixed Doubles Champion, Sean won a total of twenty-eight U.S. Olympic Sports Festival medals, of which twenty-one were gold. A member of four Pan Am Games teams, Sean won two Gold, five Silver, and one Bronze medals.

Sean coaches a number of top U.S. player including World Team member Jackie Lee and U.S. Junior Champion Justen Yao. Sean coached both the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Paralympic Table Tennis Teams. In 2007, Sean won the USOC “Doc” Counsilman Award for coaching.

Sean worked for NBC Universal at the Olympic Games in 1988, 2004, and 2008 doing color commentary. Sean currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

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