page_title: Ju Ping Tian
section_title: Coaching career
hierarchical_section_title: Ju Ping Tian / Coaching career
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian Institute of Sport Head Coach Women's Artistic Gymnastics coaching AIS gymnast Hollie Dykes in the balance beam in 2003
context_page_description: Ju Ping Tian AM 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. She completed a physical education degree at the Beijing Sport University. 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.
  Tian moved to Australia with her family in 1983 under an agreement for sport exchanges with China. Her first coaching job in Australia was at the NSW State Sports Centre. 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. She held this position until 2004 and was subsequently appointed the National Junior Development Coach.
  Tian was Australian Women's Artistic Head Coach from 1985 until 1996.
context_section_description: Australian Team's performances at major competitions whilst she was head coach were:
  1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - 17th in team competition.  
  1986 Commonwealth Gymnastic Federation Championships - 3rd in team competition. 
  1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - 17th in team competition. 
  1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - 16th in team competition ; Monique Allen 25th all round.
  1990 Commonwealth Games - 3rd in team competition ; one gold, one silver and 5 bronze medals.  
  1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - 6th in team competition - qualified for Barcelona Olympics women's team competition for first time.  
  1992 Barcelona Olympics - 7th in team competition  ;  Monique Allen 19th Lisa Read 30th and Kylie Shadbolt 36th.  
  1994 Commonwealth Games -  3rd in team competition ; two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. 
  1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - 12th in team competition - qualified for Atlanta Olympics women's team competition.  
  1996 Atlanta Olympics - 10th in team competition.
  Australian Olympic gymnasts developed by Tian at the Australian Institute of Sport include: Kellie Wilson, Monique Allen, Leanne Rycroft, Kylie Shadbolt, Lisa Read, Julie-Anne Monico, Ruth Moniz and Hollie Dykes.
  In 1995, the Australian Institute of Sport held an Inquiry into her coaching and training methods after accusations by several former gymnasts but Tian was cleared by the Inquiry led by sports lawyer Hayden Opie.   
  In 1997, after being replaced as Head Coach of the Australian team, Murray Chessell, President of Gymnastics Australia stated that Tian's "work inspired a generation of gymnasts and her leadership style and training methods created a high performance culture which formed a model for high performance centres throughout the country."
caption: Australian Institute of Sport Head Coach Women's Artistic Gymnastics coaching AIS gymnast Hollie Dykes on the balance beam in 2003
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