Ju Ping Tian

[3] Tian moved to Australia with her family in 1983 under an agreement for sport exchanges with China.

[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.

Tian has been recognised for her outstanding contributions to the development of Australian gymnastics and is credited to significantly improving Australia's international ranking.

[5] Australian Team's performances at major competitions whilst she was head coach were: 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.

[10] 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.