Ju Ping Tian

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tian(田).

Ju Ping Tian AM (Chinese: 田菊坪, born 8 October 1942) [1] is a Chinese Australian gymnastics coach who was Head Coach of the Australian Women's Artistic Team and Australian Institute of Sport women's artistic program.

Tian was a member of the Chinese national gymnastics team and received the Chinese Masters award as an athlete in 1957.[2] She completed a physical education degree at the Beijing Sport University.[2] Tian coached Chinese athletes from 1965 to 1983 to Olympic and world championship medals and from 1981 to 1983 she was the Chinese National Women's Coach.[3]

Tian moved to Australia with her family in 1983 under an agreement for sport exchanges with China.[2][4][5] Her first coaching job in Australia was at the NSW State Sports Centre.[3] In 1985, she was appointed Head Coach of the Australian Institute of Sport Women's Artistic Gymnastics program replacing Kazuya Honda who relocated to Melbourne.[3][6] She held this position until 2004 and was subsequently appointed the National Junior Development Coach.[7]

Tian was Australian Women's Artistic Head Coach from 1985 until 1996.

Tian has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to the development of Australian gymnastics and is credited to significantly improving Australia's international ranking. As a result she was subsequently appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2006 by the Governor-General of Australia.[5]

  1. ^ Australian Team Handbook - 1986 Olympic Games, Atlanta. Sydney: Australian Olympic Committee. 1996.
  2. ^ a b c Ferguson, James (2007). More than sunshine & vegemite. Sydney: Halstead Press. ISBN 9781920831349.
  3. ^ a b c Hourigan, John (27 October 1991). "Going for gold". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ Cowley, Michael (26 January 2006). "Coach touched by controversy". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference age was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Australian Institute of Sport. Annual report 1984/1985 (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ Mitchell, Selina (26 January 2006). "Gymnastics coach vaults past controversies". No. The Australian.