Gu Jun (; born 3 January 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.

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 The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic competitions and two

IBF World Championships The BWF World Championships is a badminton tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation. It's the most prestigious badminton competition, offering the most ranking points, along with the Summer Olympics badminton events introduced in ...

(which were then held biennially). They helped

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

to regain the

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 world team trophy) from

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

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 to retain the Cup in

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 ...

. Gu Jun was elected to the

World Badminton Hall of Fame The Badminton World Federation (BWF) Hall of Fame is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It honours both players and other contributors to the sport of badminton. The BWF Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization with the goal to preserve, celebrat ...

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) is a South Korean former female badminton player. She was born in Ansan. 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 Jang Hye-ock (; born 9 February 1977) is a badminton player from South Korea who affiliate with Chungnam Provincial office team. She won the gold medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships in women's doubles, playing with Gil Young-ah. At 18 ye ...

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, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

. 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''

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

* ''Girls' doubles'' * ''Mixed doubles''

Senior level

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

References

badmintoncn.comEuropean results
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All England champions 1899-2007

External links

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