Gao Jun
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 25, 1969 Heibei, 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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Gao Jun (Chinese: 高军; pinyin: Gāo jūn; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player.[1][2]
Biography
Gao Jun was born in Baoding, Hebei province of China. She now resides in Southern California. She is the owner of 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] She competed for the United States in three consecutive Olympic Games from 2000 to 2008. In 2009, Gao was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame.
Gao is a nine-time U.S. women's champion. She also 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 pulled out of the North American Olympic trials due to an injury.[5]
References
- ^ "ITTF biography". ITTF. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "GAO Jun (USA)". ITTF Statistics. ITTF. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Tim Boggan. "Gao Jun". USA Table Tennis. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "U.S., Canadian table tennis players vying for Olympic slots". News & Observer. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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