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]
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]