Gao Ning

Gao Ning
Gao in 2017
Personal information
Native name高宁
NationalitySingapore
Born (1982-10-11) 11 October 1982 (age 42)[1]
Xinji, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking9 (April 2008)[3]
Current ranking34 (August 2016)
ClubChartres ASTT

Gao Ning (simplified Chinese: 高宁; traditional Chinese: 高寧; pinyin: Gāo Níng; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player.[1] He is currently appointed as the Singapore Table Tennis National Coach for men. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 34 as of August 2016.[3] He was first in men's singles at the 2007 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.[4] In 2018, Gao and Yu Mengyu won the men's singles and mixed doubles at the Commonwealth Games .[5][6]

He won a gold medal as a team member plus silver medals in the men's singles and men's doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Gao Ning cried after his singles match defeat to an opponent in the Beijing 2008 Olympics as no coach was available to guide him during the match. His coach was sick before the match. The scene of him in tears was telecast on local TV, causing the head coach of the Singapore table tennis team to lose his job.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won another two gold medals and a silver.[7] The gold medals came in the men's doubles, with Li Hu, and the men's team, again with Li, and Zhan Jian.[7] The silver came in the men's individual, where he lost the final to his teammate Zhan.[7]

  1. ^ a b "ITTF player's profile". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Athlete's Profile". 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  4. ^ Acharya, Mahesh. "Gold for Gao Ning but Nigerians Prevent Singaporean Clean Sweep in Jaipur".. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  5. ^ http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/commonwealth-games-gao-and-yu-secure-mixed-doubles-gold-medal Retrieved on 16 April 2018. The Straits Times
  6. ^ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/commonwealth-games-singapore-s-gao-ning-wins-singles-gold-in-10139598 Archived 27 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 16 April 2018. Channel News Asia
  7. ^ a b c "Glasgow 2014 – Ning Gao Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2015.