Joanne Missingham

Name : Joanne Missingham Nationality : China Classification : 5 P Birtdh : 05.26.1994

History

Joanne Missingham (Chinese name: 黑嘉嘉, Hanyu Pinyin:  Hēi Jiājiā) 1p, is an Australian-born player.Born in Brisbane, Queensland on 26th May 1994, Missingham moved with her family to Taiwan when she was four years old, and started to play Go at the age of six. Two years later she passed the amateur 1-dan milestone. Studying under Zhou Keping, Missingham continued to progress in Go, while also pursuing her interests in gymnastics, music (piano and  pipa) and swimming. In 2005 she moved with her family to San Diego, California, USA. Missingham studied with Ruan Yunsheng for two months in 2007. In April 2008, she moved to Tianjin, China, where she studied with Wu Kai? until her promotion to professional shodan in July 2008. Missingham plans to leave middle school temporarily to become a full-time player. Her first language is Chinese, she also speaks fluent English. 2004 - Represented Taiwan in the Amateur Pair Go Championship. 2005 - Represented Taiwan in the Ing World Youth Goe Championship in Barcelona, Spain. 2006 - Oceania Toyota and Denso Cup Open 3rd place. 2006 - Taiwan National Female Champion. 2008 - Oceania Toyota and Denso Cup Open Champion. 2008 - Took second place in the Chinese professional qualifying tournament in July, and was awarded professional status, the first Australian citizen to achieve this goal. 2008 - Represented Oceania in the World Oza tournament, the youngest player ever to do so. 2008 - Represented Australia at the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing. Reached the quarter-finals of the Women's Individual Go tournament, where she lost to Park Ji Eun 9p of Korea, the eventual bronze medal winner. 2009 - In October, selected to represent Taiwan at the  2010 Asian Games (she won the selection tournament with 8 wins, 2 losses). 2010 - In January, became a 1-dan member of the Taiwan Qiyuan. 2010 - In September she reached the final of the 1st  Qionglong Cup after defeating Aoki Kikuyo 8p, Li He 3p and Zheng Yan 2p. (source: Sensei's Library)