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{{Short description|Chinese-American table tennis player}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|01|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place =[[Hebei]], [[China]]
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{{MedalSport  | Women's [[table tennis]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Table tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Doubles]]}}
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{{MedalGold|1991 Chiba|Doubles}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Gothenburg|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|1991 Chiba|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|1989 Dortmund|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|1989 Dortmund|Mixed Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|1993 Gothenburg|Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|1993 Gothenburg|Doubles}}
{{MedalCountry| {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Table tennis at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]]| [[Table tennis at the 1999 Pan American Games|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Table tennis at the 2003 Pan American Games|Singles]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Table tennis at the 2003 Pan American Games|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Table tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games|Singles]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Table tennis at the 2007 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
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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 [[USA Table Tennis|USATT]] Hall of Fame.

Gao is a nine-time [[USA Table Tennis Champions|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>

==See also==
* [[List of table tennis players]]
* [[List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists]]

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

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