Gu Jiaming (, born 1964 in

Jingzhou Jingzhou () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. Its total residential population was 5,231,180 based on the 2020 census, 1,068,291 of whom resided in the built-up (''or metro' ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The p ...

) is a retired female

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

Career

She won the bronze medal at the 1987 IBF World Championships in the women's singles. The following year she won the women's singles at the prestigious All-England Championships beating

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic ...

's Lee Young-suk and she played the winning singles for China's world champion

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

(women's international) team."Finals of the 1988 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Contests", ''World Badminton'', June/July 1988, 2--6.

Achievements

World Championships

''Women's singles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006. ''Women's singles''

Invitational tournament

''Women's singles''

References

Chinese female badminton players Living people 1964 births Asian Games medalists in badminton Badminton players at the 1986 Asian Games Badminton players from Hubei Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women 20th-century Chinese women {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub