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Country China
Born March 14, 1979
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Note medals
Olympic
Sydney 2000 gold Mixed Doubles
2004 Athens gold Mixed Doubles
2004 Athens silver Women's Doubles
Women's Doubles Bronze 2000 Sydney
World Championship
Gold Seville 2001 Women's Doubles
Gold Seville 2001 Mixed Doubles
Birmingham 2003 Women's Doubles Gold
Madrid 2006 Gold Women's Doubles
Birmingham 2003 silver Mixed Doubles
Silver Aneheim 2005 Women's Doubles
Perak Kuala Lumpur 2007 Women's Doubles
Perak Kuala Lumpur 2007 Mixed Doubles
Women's Doubles Bronze 1999 Copenhagen
World Cup
Yiyang gold 2006 Women's Doubles
Uber Cup
Kuala Lumpur's Golden Uber Cup 2000
Gold Guangzhou 2002 Uber Cup
Gold Jakarta 2004 Uber Cup
Gold Tokyo 2006 Uber Cup
Gold Jakarta 2008 Uber Cup
Sudirman Cup
Gold Seville 2001 Sudirman Cup
Beijing gold 2005 Sudirman Cup
Gold Glasgow 2007 Sudirman Cup
BWF World Junior Championships
Gold Silkeborg 1996 Junior World Championships BWF
Gao Ling was born on March 14, 1979, in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and is considered by many as the most successful doubles player in the history of women's badminton. She earned a total of nine medals which includes four gold medals at the BWF World Championships. She and her partner Zhang June gold medal under-the mixed doubles twice in a row at the Olympics in 2000 and 2004.
Gao Ling won a total of four gold medals in the Olympic badminton most as female badminton athletes. He also won the women's doubles title six consecutive times at the All England Championships from 2001 to 2006. Gao Ling is a founding member of the world champion Chinese Uber Cup team since 2000.
