Gao Jun

Gao Jun (; 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

1969 births

Living people

American female table tennis players

Chinese female table tennis players

Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Olympic table tennis players for China

Olympic silver medalists for China

Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Table tennis players at the 2007 Pan American Games

Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Olympic table tennis players for the United States

American sportswomen of Chinese descent

Olympic medalists in table tennis

Asian Games medalists in table tennis

American sportspeople of Chinese descent

Chinese emigrants to the United States

Table tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games

Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Pan American Games medalists in table tennis

Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States

Table tennis players from Baoding

Naturalised table tennis players

Asian Games gold medalists for China

Asian Games silver medalists for China

Asian Games bronze medalists for China

Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games

Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games

21st-century American women