Gu Jun (; born 3 January 1975) is a Chinese former
badminton
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player.
Career
Gu and her regular partner
Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid-1990s to their retirement after the
2000 Olympics
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. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic competitions and two
IBF World Championships
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(which were then held biennially). They helped
China
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to regain the
Uber Cup
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(women's world team trophy) from
Indonesia
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in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
, and to retain the Cup in
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
. Gu Jun was elected to the
World Badminton Hall of Fame The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at badminton, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game.
There is also a USA Badminton Hall of Fame and a Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame ...
in 2008.
Summer Olympics
Gu competed in the
Atlanta 1996 Olympics in the women's doubles with
Ge Fei. They won the gold medal by beating
Gil Young-ah
Gil Young-ah (born April 11, 1970 in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do) is a former female badminton player from South Korea.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won the bronze medal in the women's doubles together with Shim Eun-jung.
Four years lat ...
and
Jang Hye-ock of South Korea 15–5, 15–5 in the final match.
Gu and Ge successfully defended their women's doubles title in the
Sydney 2000 Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
. They won by the same score as 1996, this time against their compatriots
Huang Nanyan
Huang Nanyan (, born April 11, 1977, in Guangxi) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
Career
A women's doubles specialist, Huang won a number of top tier titles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The first of these came at ...
and
Yang Wei.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's doubles''
World Championships
''Women's doubles''
World Cup
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
Asian Games
''Women's doubles''
Asian Championships
''Women's doubles''
Asian Cup
''Women's doubles''
World Junior Championships
The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.
''Girls' doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
IBF World Grand Prix (34 titles, 5 runners-up)
The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.
''Women's doubles''
IBF International (1 title, 1 runners-up)
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
References
badmintoncn.comEuropean results*
All England champions 1899-2007
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Wuxi
Badminton players from Jiangsu
Chinese female badminton players
Badminton players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for China
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
World No. 1 badminton players
Nanjing Sport Institute alumni
21st-century Chinese women
20th-century Chinese women