Gu Jun


Gu Jun 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. They helped China to regain the Uber Cup 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 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000The Dome, Sydney, Australia Ge Fei Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei		15–5, 15–5 Gold
1996GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock		15–5, 15–5 Gold

World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Ge Fei Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min		15–4, 15–5 Gold
1997Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–1, 15–7 Gold

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Among Rogo Sports Hall,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia		 Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–10, 9–15, 15–9 Gold
1996Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–6, 15–12 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam		 Chen Xingdong Thomas Lund
Catrine Bengtsson		15–10, 10–15, 2–15 Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1998Thammasat Gymnasium 2,
Bangkok, Thailand		 Ge Fei Eliza Nathanael
Deyana Lomban		12–15, 15–9, 15–11 Gold
1994Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium,
Hiroshima, Japan		 Ge Fei Chung So-young
Gil Young-ah		15–9, 7–15, 10–15 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1999Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ge Fei Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min		15–8, 15–10 Gold
1998Bangkok, Thailand Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–8, 15–7 Gold
1995Beijing, China Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–1, 15–4 Gold
1994Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Ge Fei Chen Ying
Wu Yuhong		15–11, 18–14 Gold

Asian Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995Qingdao, China Ge Fei Gold

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Han Jingna Tang Yongshu
Yuan Yali		15–9, 15–5 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1992Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 Liang Yongping Kim Dong-moon
Kim Shin-young		 Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Malaysia Open Ge Fei Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei		15–17, 15–6, 15–8 Winner
2000Thailand Open Ge Fei Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei		15–8, 15–11 Winner
2000Japan Open Ge Fei Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei		15–13, 4–15, 11–15 Runner-up
2000All England Open Ge Fei Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min		15–5, 15–3 Winner
1999Grand Prix Finals Ge Fei Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min		15–2, 15–4 Winner
1999China Open Ge Fei Gao Ling
Qin Yiyuan		15–5, 15–6 Winner
1999Malaysia Open Ge Fei Gao Ling
Qin Yiyuan		15–8, 15–10 Winner
1999Japan Open Ge Fei Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei		12–15, 17–16, 15–5 Winner
1998Grand Prix Finals Ge Fei Rikke Olsen
Marlene Thomsen		Walkover Winner
1998Singapore Open Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–8, 15–13 Winner
1998Swiss Open Ge Fei Rikke Olsen
Marlene Thomsen		15–7, 15–4 Winner
1998All England Open Ge Fei Jang Hye-ock
Ra Kyung-min		15–7, 15–7 Winner
1998Japan Open Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		Walkover Winner
1997Grand Prix Finals Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–1, 15–8 Winner
1997China Open Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–13, 15–11 Winner
1997Singapore Open Ge Fei Indarti Issolina
Deyana Lomban		15–4, 15–9 Winner
1997Malaysia Open Ge Fei Liu Lu
Qian Hong		15–7, 15–1 Winner
1997Swiss Open Ge Fei Han Jingna
Ye Zhaoying		9–15, 15–2, 15–11 Winner
1997All England Open Ge Fei Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana		15–6, 15–9 Winner
1997Korea Open Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–10, 15–10 Winner
1997Japan Open Ge Fei Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana		12–15, 15–12, 15–1 Winner
1996Grand Prix Finals Ge Fei Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana		15–4, 15–4 Winner
1996All England Open Ge Fei Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen		15–3, 15–7 Winner
1996Japan Open Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock		5–15, 17–14, 10–15 Runner-up
1996Chinese Taipei Open Ge Fei Kim Mee-hyang
Kim Shin-young		15–8, 15–13 Winner
1995Grand Prix Finals Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock		15–7, 15–12 Winner
1995China Open Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock		15–12, 10–15, 15–3 Winner
1995Thailand Open Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock		17–18, 6–15 Runner-up
1995Singapore Open Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock		15–12, 15–7 Winner
1995Indonesia Open Ge Fei Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu		15–6, 15–6 Winner
1995Japan Open Ge Fei Finarsih
Lili Tampi		15–11, 15–8 Winner
1995Korea Open Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock		13–15, 15–1, 11–15 Runner-up
1994Grand Prix Finals Ge Fei Finarsih
Lili Tampi		13–15, 15–8, 15–7 Winner
1994China Open Ge Fei Bang Soo-hyun
Jang Hye-ock		15–8, 15–2 Winner
1994Hong Kong Open Ge Fei Jang Hye-ock
Shim Eun-jung		11–15, 14–18 Runner-up
1994Thailand Open Ge Fei Julie Bradbury
Joanne Goode		15–12, 15–4 Winner
1994Singapore Open Ge Fei Gil Young-ah
Kim Mee-hyang		15–7, 18–16 Winner
1994Malaysia Open Ge Fei Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana		15–5, 15–11 Winner
1993Thailand Open Ge Fei Han Jingna
Li Qi		15–5, 15–10 Winner

IBF International

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1993Wimbledon International Ge Fei4–11, 6–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Wimbledon International Ge Fei Erica van den Heuvel
Nicole van Hooren		15–5, 15–6 Winner