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In the intense competition of the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, the focus of attention is on the Sino-American mixed doubles team Lin Gaoyuan and American Chinese player Zhang An. National table tennis coach Wang Hao and American Chinese coach Gao Jun nervously guided them on the sidelines, and a tense atmosphere enveloped the game scene.
However, for Gao Jun, this pairing is a long-awaited opportunity. Former Chinese table tennis national player Gao Jun, who represented the United States team in the Olympic Games, enjoys a high status in the American table tennis world. His journey to table tennis began as a child, starting to swing a table tennis racket at the age of 5, entering an amateur sports school at the age of 9, and advancing all the way to the Chinese national team. In 1991, he won the Women's Doubles World Championships with Chen Zihe, the women's doubles runner-up at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and the third place in the singles competition at the 1993 World Championships. He then ended his table tennis career and immigrated to the United States in 1994.
In the first few years of coming to the United States, Gao Jun was no longer engaged in table tennis, but devoted himself to working in communication companies and law firms. This time allowed him to adapt to living and working in the United States, eventually becoming a U.S. citizen in 1997.
However, the charm of table tennis has always dragged him. In 1999, the United States Table Tennis Association invited Gao Jun to represent the American team in the Pan American Games. The decision caused a stir, but in the end he managed to qualify for Team USA. At the Pan American Games, Gao Jun represented the U.S. table tennis team for the first time, successfully defeating Canadian player Geng Lijuan, who had dominated North America for many years, bringing a historic victory to the U.S. team. Gao Jun went on to participate in the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games, winning the title of "American Table Tennis Queen".
However, in 2001, Gao Jun decided to return to China, entered the East China Institute of Technology, and represented the school in the Chinese Super League, which once again attracted the attention of the table tennis industry. After a 6-year break, Gao Jun stepped back on the table tennis court.
In 2009, Gao Jun underwent an important career transition, from player to table tennis coach, and subsequently opened his own table tennis club. Zhang An, the number one female player of the American team who participated in the World Table Tennis Championships this time, is a proud disciple of Gao Jun. As early as the 2019 Table Tennis World Cup team competition, Gao Jun mentioned that Zhang An dreamed of forming mixed doubles with Chinese player Xu Xin.
In the 2019 World Cup Women's Team 1/4 Final, although the US Women's Team lost to National Table Ping, the outstanding performance of Chinese player Zhang An impressed Chinese fans. At that time, Gao Jun revealed that Zhang An was particularly envious of South Korea's Liang Xiayin, because Liang Xiayin had won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2015 Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships with Xu Xin. Therefore, Zhang An asked Gao Jun to help her contact the Chinese Table Tennis Association, hoping to fight for the opportunity to form a mixed doubles or doubles partner with Xu Xin or other Chinese players.
Behind this story is the story of a Chinese coach and his disciples, who have worked tirelessly for their dreams in the international table tennis arena. Gao Jun's table tennis journey, from China to the United States, to the coaching profession, is legendary. Under his guidance, Zhang An also has the opportunity to pursue his dream on the international stage. This time at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, they will work together to strive for honor on behalf of the American team and continue to write a wonderful chapter for the future of table tennis.
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