Gao Jun

Gao Jun
Nationality	United States
Born	(1969-01-25) 25 January 1969 Hebei, China
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	75 kg (11.8 st; 165 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Penhold
Equipment(s)	Butterfly
Highest ranking	7
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing China Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Doubles World Championships 1991 Chiba Doubles 1993 Gothenburg Team 1991 Chiba Team 1989 Dortmund Doubles 1989 Dortmund Mixed Doubles 1993 Gothenburg Singles 1993 Gothenburg Doubles Representing United States Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Team 2003 Santo Domingo Singles 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gao.

Gao Jun (Chinese: 高军; pinyin: Gāo jūn; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player.

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 the Chinese National Team. She moved to the U.S. in 1994 and became a U.S. citizen. 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.

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

• 2008 Olympic profile