Gao Jun

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'''Gao Jun''' ({{lang-zh|c=高军|hp=Gāo jūn}}; born January 25, 1969) is a Chinese American table tennis player.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=102941 |title=ITTF biography |publisher=ITTF |access-date=30 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004225905/http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=102941 |archive-date=4 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=1147 |title=GAO Jun (USA) |work=ITTF Statistics |publisher=ITTF |access-date=30 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004225911/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=1147 |archive-date=4 October 2012 }}</ref>

==Biography== 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<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gao-jun-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624150301/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gao-jun-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2018 |title=Olympic Results |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=30 December 2010 }}</ref> the Chinese National Team. She moved to the U.S. in 1994 and became a U.S. citizen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatt.org/organization/halloffame/gao.html |title=Gao Jun |author=Tim Boggan |publisher=USA Table Tennis |access-date=30 December 2010 |archive-date=15 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815100634/http://www.usatt.org/organization/halloffame/gao.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/19/2012153/us-canadian-table-tennis-players.html |title=U.S., Canadian table tennis players vying for Olympic slots |publisher=News & Observer |access-date=11 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111151019/http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/19/2012153/us-canadian-table-tennis-players.html |archive-date=11 January 2014 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820125043/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/220709.shtml 2008 Olympic profile]

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