Jiao Zhimin
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Born | Yichun, Heilongjiang, China | 1 December 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jiao Zhimin (Chinese:
Personal life
[edit]In 1984, she met South Korean table tennis player Ahn Jae-hyung at the 1984 Asian Table Tennis Championships in Islamabad, Pakistan. She and Ahn married in 1989 in Sweden due to the lack of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea at that time. Their marriage generated a massive hype within the South Korean media.[4][5] The couple's son, golfer An Byeong-hun, became the youngest champion in United States Amateur Championship history,[4] winning the 2009 event at the age of 17.
After her marriage to Ahn, Jiao retired from professional table tennis and acquired South Korean citizenship. She engaged in business, and started a Korean restaurant and fashion store in Harbin. From 2004, she served as the chairman of an information consulting service founded by her in Beijing.[6][7] In 2010, she was appointed as a public relations ambassador for Jeju Island, a position which she would serve for two years.[8] In 2013, she was appointed as the chairman of Omnitel China.[9] In recent years, Jiao has hosted a talk show on China's CCTV-5 television sports channel. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, she has since returned to South Korea.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jiao Zhimin Biography and Olympic Results". www.Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "자오즈민으로 시작한 귀화…평창올림픽도 '푸른눈 한국인' 열풍". 15 September 2017.
- ^ a b "JIAO Zenmin (CHN)". ITTF Database. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ a b Lei, Lei (2009-09-17). "Champs' son keeps the ball rolling". China Daily.
- ^ "Chinese Sportswomen Marry International". Women of China. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ "[
焦 志 敏 专栏] 为韩中 两国选手加 油 ". Chosun. 2008-01-08. Retrieved July 21, 2023. - ^ "乒一姐远嫁韩国,
拒 绝为他国 效力 ,成 商 业女强 人 获上亿身价". Sohu. 2023-01-17. Retrieved July 21, 2023. - ^ Kim, Daeyoung (2010-11-15). "자오즈민, 제주도 홍보대사 위촉". Jeju News. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ "'자오즈민-안재영' 외아들 병훈 아마 골프 우승". Chosun. 2009-09-14. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- ^ "세기의
韓 -中 '핑퐁 커플' 안재형-자오즈민 "34년 전 결혼, 요즘은 제2의 신혼"[이헌재의 인생홈런]". Donga. 2023-05-21. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
- Living people
- 1963 births
- Naturalized citizens of South Korea
- Chinese female table tennis players
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in table tennis
- Asian Games medalists in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Chinese emigrants to South Korea
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- People from Yichun, Heilongjiang
- Table tennis players from Heilongjiang
- Naturalised table tennis players
- Olympic table tennis players for China
- World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- South Korean expatriates in China
- Businesspeople from Heilongjiang
- 21st-century South Korean businesspeople
- Chinese Olympic medalist stubs
- Chinese table tennis biography stubs