Gao Han (; born 3 July 1971) is a Chinese former

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

sprinter who competed in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

. She holds a personal best of 11.26 seconds, set in 1992. Gao was the Chinese national champion in the event in 1992 and won a bronze medal at the

1993 East Asian Games The 1st East Asian Games were held in Shanghai, People's Republic of China from May 9 to May 18, 1993. The main stadium for the inaugural edition of the games was the Hongkou Football Stadium. Shanghai also hosted a number of sports-themed exhibit ...

behind Wang Huei-Chen and Xiao Yehua. She represented

China at the 1992 Summer Olympics China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, reaching the quarter-finals of the women's 100 m and running in the first round of the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

with teammates Tian Yumei,

Chen Zhaojing Chen Zhaojing (born 5 April 1969) is a former Chinese track and field athlete who competed in sprint events. She won four national titles in the 200 metres between 1991 and 1994. Chen also won the 200 m event at the 1993 National Games of Chin ...

, and Xiao Yehua. Relay gold came later that year for the quartet at the

1992 IAAF World Cup The 6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 25–27, 1992, at the Estadio Panamericano in Havana, Cuba. Overall ...

.IAAF Statistics Book Split 2010
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.

International competitions

National titles

Chinese Athletics Championships The Chinese Athletics Championships ( zh, 全国田径锦标赛) is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for the People's Republic of China. It is organised by Chinese Athletic Association, China's nation ...

**100 metres: 1992

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gao, Han Living people 1971 births Chinese female sprinters Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Chinese women