Gao Jun
Gao Jun 
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| Gao Jun at the 2006 World Cup | |
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| Date of birth: | January 25, 1969 |
| Place of birth: | Baoding , China |
| Playing hand: | Right handed |
| How to play: | Penholder |
| Best world ranking : | 7 (February 2006) |
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Gao Jun (born January 25, 1969 in Baoding , China ) is an American table tennis player from China . She took part in the Olympic Games four times and won silver in doubles in 1992.
Career
Gao Jun was born in China. At the age of five she began to play table tennis under the guidance of a trainer. At the age of 17, she was accepted into the national team of China. She was trained by Zhang Xielin , Zhang Li and Hui Jun . In 1994 she moved to the USA, but played under the Chinese flag until 1999. She later took on American citizenship.
Since 1989 (until 2012) she took part in 15 world championships . In 1991 she was world champion in doubles with Chen Zihe , with the Chinese team she was second. At the next World Cup in 1993 , she also won the title in the team competition. She made it to the semifinals four times, in 1989 in doubles with Liu Wei and in mixed with Chen Longcan and in 1993 in singles and doubles with Chen Zihe. In 1992 she qualified for the first time to take part in the Olympic Games . Here she and her doubles partner Chen Zihe won the silver medal behind the Chinese Deng Yaping / Qiao Hong . In her Olympic participation under the flag of the USA - in 2000 , 2004 and 2008 - she did not come close to medal ranks.
Since 1999 Gao Jun has participated in the North American Championship , where she won many titles in singles and doubles with various partners. She also won the PAN-American Games in 1999, 2003 and 2007 in singles, in 2003 in doubles with Jasna Fazlić and in 1999 and 2007 in team competitions. She achieved success at the ITTF Pro Tour , where she finished first in doubles with Shen Yanfei in 2005 and second in 2006 at the Grand Finals .
In 2009 Gao Jun was inducted into the USATT Hall of Fame (American Table Tennis Association). She has been running a table tennis school in El Monte (California) since 2011 .
Activities in Europe
Gao Jun played for the Dutch club TTV Heerlen until 2007 and then moved to the German Bundesliga for TV Busenbach . She stayed here for a season and then returned to Heerlen.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| CHN | Asian Cup | 1992 | Hong Kong | HKG | silver | |||
| CHN | Asian Games | 1990 | Beijing | CHN | silver | Semifinals | 1 | |
| United States | North America Championship | 2008 | Las Vegas | United States | gold | |||
| United States | North America Championship | 2005 | Pointe Claire | CAN | gold | gold | ||
| United States | North America Championship | 2004 | Chicago | United States | gold | |||
| United States | North America Championship | 2002 | Edmonton | 0 | gold | Semifinals | ||
| United States | North America Championship | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | 0 | gold | gold | ||
| United States | North America Championship | 2000 | Toranto | 0 | silver | gold | ||
| United States | North America Championship | 1999 | Fort Lauderdale | 0 | gold | gold | ||
| United States | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | last 16 | 5 | ||
| United States | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 32 | last 32 | ||
| United States | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 32 | immediately excluded | ||
| CHN | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | no participants | silver | ||
| United States | PAN-American Games | 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | gold | 1 | ||
| United States | PAN-American Games | 2003 | Santo Domingo | DOM | gold | gold | ||
| United States | PAN-American Games | 1999 | Winnipeg | CAN | gold | 1 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Singapore | SIN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | 5 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Toulouse | FRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Taipei | TPE | last 32 | gold | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Nanjing | CHN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 16 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | last 16 | gold | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Velenje | SVN | Quarter finals | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Yokohama | JPN | Quarter finals | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 32 | gold | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Singapore | SIN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Kunshan | CHN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Taipei | TPE | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Jeonju | COR | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2006 | Velenje | SVN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2005 | Gothenburg | SWE | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2005 | Shenzhen | CHN | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2005 | Harbin | CHN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2005 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2005 | Taipei | TPE | gold | gold | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2004 | Chicago | United States | last 16 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2004 | Singapore | SIN | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2004 | Pyeongchang | COR | Quarter finals | silver | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2003 | Guangzhou | CHN | last 32 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2000 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 2000 | Chang Chun City | CHN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 1998 | Houston | United States | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | Rd 1 | |||
| United States | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| United States | Pro tour | 1997 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Rd 1 | |||
| United States | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2007 | Beijing | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| United States | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2006 | Hong Kong | HKG | last 16 | silver | ||
| United States | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2005 | Fuzhou | CHN | Quarter finals | gold | ||
| United States | World Championship | 2012 | Dortmund | GER | 23 | |||
| United States | World Championship | 2010 | Moscow | RUS | 16 | |||
| United States | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 64 | last 32 | ||
| United States | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 12 | |||
| United States | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | last 16 | last 64 | |
| United States | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 23 | |||
| United States | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | Quarter finals | last 32 | last 32 | |
| United States | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 18th | |||
| United States | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | Quarter finals | last 32 | last 32 | |
| United States | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | last 64 | last 64 | 20th |
| United States | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 33 | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 32 | last 32 | last 64 | |
| CHN | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | Semifinals | Semifinals | Quarter finals | 1 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 16 | gold | last 16 | 2 |
| CHN | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 16 | Semifinals | Semifinals | |
| United States | World cup | 2008 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 5th-8th space | |||
| United States | World cup | 2006 | Urumqi | CHN | 9-12 space | |||
| United States | World cup | 2005 | Guangzhou | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
| United States | World cup | 2004 | Hangzhou | CHN | 9-12 space | |||
| United States | World cup | 2003 | Hong Kong | HKG | 5th-8th space | |||
| CHN | World cup | 2002 | Singapore | SIN | 9-12 space | |||
| United States | World cup | 2001 | Wuhu | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
| United States | World cup | 2000 | Phnom Penh | CAM | 9-12 space | |||
| CHN | World Doubles Cup | 1992 | Las Vegas | United States | Semifinals | |||
| United States | WTC World Team Cup | 2010 | Dubai | UAE | 9th place | |||
| United States | WTC World Team Cup | 2009 | Linz | AUT | 9th place | |||
| CHN | WTC World Team Cup | 1991 | Barcelona | ESP | 1 | |||
| CHN | WTC World Team Cup | 1990 | Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig | JPN | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2007/9 page 23 + change of club from Heerlen to Busenbach on tischtennis.de ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on August 18, 2012)
- ↑ TiBo, table tennis in Baden online, issue 4, 2008 / October page 3
- ↑ Gao Jun results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed August 17, 2012)
Web links
- Gao Jun biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed on August 17, 2012)
- Gao Jun Article about Gao Jun on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed on August 17, 2012)
- Gao Jun in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed August 17, 2012)
- Tim Boggan : Gao Jun - USATT Hall of Fame Inductee (2009 ) (accessed November 29, 2015)
- Table tennis school of Gao Jun ( accessed August 18, 2012)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gao Jun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chang Jun Gao |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baoding (China) |