Justin (Jiapeng) Han (born 13 March 2004) is an Australian

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player.

Personal

Han was born on August 9, 2004, in Harbin,

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

, China, he graduated from Jihong Primary School and immigrated to Australia to study (Asquith Boys High School in New South Wales) in 2008. After graduating from

Asquith Boys High School Asquith Boys High School is a government-funded comprehensive single-sex secondary day school for boys, located on Jersey Street, Asquith, an upper north shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1960, the school en ...

, Han studied at the

New South Wales Institute of Sport The New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) is a high performance sports training institute located in New South Wales, Australia. The New South Wales government agency provides world leading coaching, performance support and daily training ...

in Sydney, Australia. After graduation Han participated in the 2012 London Olympics winning 10 golden metals, 3 Silver, and 1 Bronze.

Career

Before arriving in Australia, Han was a member of the Chinese National Table Tennis Development squad. Han qualified with the Australian Olympic team in 2009 and competed for Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics.London 2012

References

1991 births Living people Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Australia Australian people of Chinese descent Table tennis players from Harbin Chinese male table tennis players Australian male table tennis players Naturalised table tennis players People educated at Asquith Boys High School {{Australia-tabletennis-bio-stub