Jiao Zhimin

Jiao Zhimin (Chinese焦 志敏; born December 1, 1963) is a Chinese table tennis player, the bronze in women's singles and won the silver medal in doubles at the 1988 Olympic Games.

International success

Jiao Zhimin was nominated for the World Championships in 1985 and 1987. At the 1985 World Championships she reached both in women's doubles with Guan Jianhua as well as in mixed with fan Changmao the semifinals. Two years later it failed again in a double - this time with He Zhili - in the semifinals. However, they came in mixed with Jiang Jialiang to the final, which was lost to Hui Jun / Geng Lijuan (China). With the Chinese team was world champion in 1987.

At the Olympic Summer Games in Seoul in 1988, she won the bronze medal in the individual behind Chen Jing and Li Huifen, where they had failed in the semifinals. In doubles with Chen Jing she finished second, as they lost Young -ja in the final against the Koreans Jung Hwa Hyun / Yang.

1989 ended Jiao Zhimin their active career.

Family

1989 Jiao Zhimin went to study in Switzerland. In the same year she married in Sweden to South Korean table tennis player Ahn Jae -Hyung, whom she had met in 1984 and won the 1988 bronze medal in doubles at the Olympics. Their son to Byeong - Hu ( born September 17, 1991) was dedicated to the game of golf. He won in 2009 as by then the youngest player, the American Golf Amateur Championship.

Results from the ITTF database