Gao Kaiwen

Gao Kaiwen
Personal information
Native name高凯文
NationalityChinese
Sport
SportWeightlifting
TeamChinese Bayi
Chinese Army

Gao Kaiwen (Chinese: 高凯文)[1] is a Chinese weightlifting coach. He has coached 2020 Summer Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, who is the first Olympic gold medalist of the Philippines.[2][3] He has also coached Chinese weightlifters Chen Xiexia who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, and Zhou Lulu who was a gold medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4]

Gao also served as coach of the Chinese Bayi weightlifting team and was head coach of women's team of the Chinese army.[5][6]

  1. ^ "迪亞士：教練高凱文將提早回中國" [Diaz: Coach Gao Kaiwen will return to China early]. Chinese Commercial News (in Chinese). July 30, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Talao, Tito (28 July 2021). "Gao Kaiwen, the Chinese coach behind Hidilyn's historic gold". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Asiad hero Hidilyn Diaz reveals sacrifice on path to golden glory". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ "CHN federation upset with Team HD's Gao, bares Hidilyn Diaz". Tiebreaker Times. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ Yan, Jie; Liu, Kai (27 July 2021). "Feature: Philippines' 1st-ever Olympic gold medalist Diaz realizes dream with Chinese coach". www.xinhuanet.com. Xinhua. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ Robles, Alan (29 July 2021). "China a theme in Philippine athlete Hidilyn Diaz's Olympic gold medal". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 July 2021.