Gu Jun facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Gu Jun 顾俊
Personal information
Born	(1975-01-03) 3 January 1975 (age 50) Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.65 m
Weight	62 kg
Country	China
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles
Highest Ranking	1 with Ge Fei
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Women's doubles Gold 2000 Sydney Women's doubles World Championships Gold 1997 Glasgow Women's doubles Gold 1999 Copenhagen Women's doubles World Cup Gold 1996 Jakarta Women's doubles Gold 1997 Yogyakarta Women's doubles Silver 1994 Ho Chi Minh Mixed doubles Sudirman Cup Gold 1995 Lausanne Mixed team Gold 1997 Glasgow Mixed team Gold 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team Uber Cup Gold 1998 Hong Kong Women's team Gold 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Silver 1994 Jakarta Women's team Silver 1996 Hong Kong Women's team Asian Games Gold 1998 Bangkok Women's doubles Gold 1998 Bangkok Women's team Bronze 1994 Hiroshima Women's doubles Bronze 1994 Hiroshima Women's team Asian Championships Gold 1994 Shanghai Women's doubles Gold 1995 Beijing Women's doubles Gold 1998 Bangkok Women's doubles Gold 1999 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles Asian Cup Gold 1995 Qingdao Women's doubles World Junior Championships Gold 1992 Jakarta Girls' doubles Bronze 1992 Jakarta Mixed doubles

Gu Jun (simplified Chinese: 顾俊; traditional Chinese: 顧俊; pinyin: Gù Jùn; 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 top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic competitions and two IBF World Championships (which were then held biennially). They helped China to regain the Uber Cup (women's world team trophy) from Indonesia in 1998, and to retain the Cup in 2000. Gu Jun was elected to the World Badminton 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 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. They won by the same score as 1996, this time against their compatriots Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15–5, 15–5	Gold
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Ge Fei	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	15–5, 15–5	Gold

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–1, 15–7	Gold
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Ge Fei	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	15–4, 15–5	Gold

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–6, 15–12	Gold
1997	Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–10, 9–15, 15–9	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Phan Đình Phùng Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	Chen Xingdong	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson	15–10, 10–15, 2–15	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan	Ge Fei	Chung So-young Gil Young-ah	15–9, 7–15, 10–15	Bronze
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2, Bangkok, Thailand	Ge Fei	Deyana Lomban Eliza Nathanael	12–15, 15–9, 15–11	Gold

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China	Ge Fei	Chen Ying Wu Yuhong	15–11, 18–14	Gold
1995	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–1, 15–4	Gold
1998	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–8, 15–7	Gold
1999	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ge Fei	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	15–8, 15–10	Gold

Asian Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15–7, 18–17	Gold

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

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Han Jingna	Rikke Olsen Mette Sørensen	15–5, 15–6	Gold
1992	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Han Jingna	Tang Yongshu Yuan Yali	15–9, 15–5	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Liang Yongping	Kim Dong-moon Kim Shin-young		Bronze

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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Thailand Open	Ge Fei	Han Jingna Li Qi	15–5, 15–10	Winner
1994	Malaysia Open	Ge Fei	Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	15–5, 15–11	Winner
1994	Singapore Open	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Kim Mee-hyang	15–7, 18–16	Winner
1994	Thailand Open	Ge Fei	Julie Bradbury Joanne Goode	15–12, 15–4	Winner
1994	Hong Kong Open	Ge Fei	Jang Hye-ock Shim Eun-jung	11–15, 14–18	Runner-up
1994	China Open	Ge Fei	Bang Soo-hyun Jang Hye-ock	15–8, 15–2	Winner
1994	World Grand Prix Finals	Ge Fei	Finarsih Lili Tampi	13–15, 15–8, 15–7	Winner
1995	Korea Open	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	13–15, 15–1, 11–15	Runner-up
1995	Japan Open	Ge Fei	Finarsih Lili Tampi	15–11, 15–8	Winner
1995	Indonesia Open	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–6, 15–6	Winner
1995	Singapore Open	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15–12, 15–7	Winner
1995	Thailand Open	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	17–18, 6–15	Runner-up
1995	China Open	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15–12, 10–15, 15–3	Winner
1995	World Grand Prix Finals	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	15–7, 15–12	Winner
1996	Chinese Taipei Open	Ge Fei	Kim Mee-hyang Kim Shin-young	15–8, 15–13	Winner
1996	Japan Open	Ge Fei	Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	5–15, 17–14, 10–15	Runner-up
1996	All England Open	Ge Fei	Helene Kirkegaard Rikke Olsen	15–3, 15–7	Winner
1996	World Grand Prix Finals	Ge Fei	Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	15–4, 15–4	Winner
1997	Japan Open	Ge Fei	Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	12–15, 15–12, 15–1	Winner
1997	Korea Open	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–10, 15–10	Winner
1997	All England Open	Ge Fei	Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana	15–6, 15–9	Winner
1997	Swiss Open	Ge Fei	Han Jingna Ye Zhaoying	9–15, 15–2, 15–11	Winner
1997	Malaysia Open	Ge Fei	Liu Lu Qian Hong	15–7, 15–1	Winner
1997	Singapore Open	Ge Fei	Indarti Issolina Deyana Lomban	15–4, 15–9	Winner
1997	China Open	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–13, 15–11	Winner
1997	World Grand Prix Finals	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–1, 15–8	Winner
1998	Japan Open	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	Walkover	Winner
1998	All England Open	Ge Fei	Jang Hye-ock Ra Kyung-min	15–7, 15–7	Winner
1998	Swiss Open	Ge Fei	Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen	15–7, 15–4	Winner
1998	Singapore Open	Ge Fei	Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu	15–8, 15–13	Winner
1998	World Grand Prix Finals	Ge Fei	Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen	Walkover	Winner
1999	Japan Open	Ge Fei	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	12–15, 17–16, 15–5	Winner
1999	Malaysia Open	Ge Fei	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	15–8, 15–10	Winner
1999	China Open	Ge Fei	Gao Ling Qin Yiyuan	15–5, 15–6	Winner
1999	World Grand Prix Finals	Ge Fei	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	15–2, 15–4	Winner
2000	All England Open	Ge Fei	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	15–5, 15–3	Winner
2000	Japan Open	Ge Fei	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	15–13, 4–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2000	Thailand Open	Ge Fei	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	15–8, 15–11	Winner
2000	Malaysia Open	Ge Fei	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	15–17, 15–6, 15–8	Winner

IBF International (1 title, 1 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Wimbledon International	Ge Fei	4–11, 6–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Wimbledon International	Ge Fei	Erica van den Heuvel Nicole van Hooren	15–5, 15–6	Winner

Performance timeline

Key

National team

• Senior level

Individual competitions

Junior level

• Girls' doubles

• Mixed doubles

Senior level

• Women's singles

• Women's doubles

• Mixed doubles

See also

In Spanish: Gu Jun para niños