Gao Jun (Chinese: 高军; pinyin: Gāo jūn; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player.[1][2]
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| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 25, 1969 Hebei, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (11.8 st; 165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Penhold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment(s) | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editGao Jun was born in Baoding, Hebei province, China. She now resides in Southern California and is the owner of the California Table Tennis club in Rosemead, CA.
She won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's double event, with Chen Zihe for[3] the Chinese National Team. She moved to the U.S. in 1994 and became a U.S. citizen.[4] Gao competed for the United States in three consecutive Olympic Games from 2000 to 2008. In 2009, she was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame.
Gao is a nine-time U.S. women's champion and has won eleven U.S. national titles in women's doubles and eight titles in mixed doubles with various partners. She was ranked number 1 in the U.S. prior to the 2012 London Olympics but withdrew from the North American Olympic trials due to an injury.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "ITTF biography". ITTF. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ "GAO Jun (USA)". ITTF Statistics. ITTF. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ "Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ Tim Boggan. "Gao Jun". USA Table Tennis. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ "U.S., Canadian table tennis players vying for Olympic slots". News & Observer. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
