Ge Fei (; born 9 October 1975) is a Chinese former

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player who is one of the most successful doubles player in the sport's history. Among many international titles, Ge won two Olympic gold medals and two IBF World Championship gold medals in the women's doubles with her regular partner

Gu Jun Gu Jun (; born 3 January 1975) is a Chinese former badminton 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. They won over thirty t ...

and a World Championship gold medal in the mixed doubles with Liu Yong. Ge was also a member of Chinese teams that captured the

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(women's world team trophy) 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 Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

. Ge and

were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid-1990s to their retirement after the

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, winning over thirty top tier international titles together. Ge Fei was elected to the

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in 2008. Alongside

, they are the first players to complete the badminton Super Grand Slam. She is married to the former

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singles badminton player Sun Jun.

Olympic Games

;1996 Ge Fei competed in

1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the women's doubles together with

. They won the gold medal beating Gil Young-ah and Jang Hye-ock from Korea 15–5, 15–5 in the final. ;2000 Ge also competed in

in women's doubles with Gu Jun and in mixed doubles together with Liu Yong. In the women's doubles Ge and Gu beat Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei from China 15–5, 15–5 in the final. In mixed doubles she and Liu were upset in round of 16 by Chris Bruil and Erica van den Heuvel from the Netherlands 15–17, 7–15.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Women's doubles''

World Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

World Cup

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Games

''Women's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Cup

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed 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''

IBF World Grand Prix (46 titles, 11 runners-up)

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

IBF International (4 titles)

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

* ''Girls' doubles''

Senior level

* ''Women's singles'' * ''Women's doubles'' * ''Mixed doubles''

References

Sources

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ge, Fei 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Nantong 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 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 1994 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in badminton Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games World No. 1 badminton players Nanjing Sport Institute alumni 21st-century Chinese sportswomen 20th-century Chinese sportswomen