Gao Jun
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| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 25, 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (11.8 st; 165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Penhold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equipment | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gao Jun (Chinese: 高军; pinyin: Gāo jūn; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Gao 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
[edit]References
[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.
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