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Personal Information
Gu Jun
Birth name
Country China
Born January 3, 1975
Wuxi, Jiangsu
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Handedness Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking 1 (WD with Ge Fei)
Olympic medal record
Women's Badminton
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Doubles
Rank Event Date Venue
World Championships
1 Women's doubles 1997 Glasgow, SCO
1 Women's doubles 1999 Copenhague, DEN
Sudirman Cup
1 Team 1997 Glasgow, SWI
Asian Championships
1 Women's doubles 1994 Shanghai, CHN
1 Women's doubles 1995 Beijing, CHN
1 Women's doubles 1998 Bangkok, THA
1 Women's doubles 1999 Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Asian Games
1 Women's doubles 1998 Bangkok, THA
Other International Titles
1 Women's doubles 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 World Grand Prix finals
1 Women's doubles 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 Singapore Open
1 Women's doubles 1995 Indonesia Open
1 Women's doubles 1997 Korea Open
1 Women's doubles 1997, 1998 Swiss Open
1 Women's doubles 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 All England Open
1 Women's doubles 2000 Malaysia Open
1 Women's doubles 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 Japan Open
1 Women's doubles 1993, 1994, 2000 Thailand Open
1 Women's doubles 1996, 1997 Badminton World Cup
Gu Jun was born on January 3, 1975 in Wuxi, Jiangsu, known as the greatest female badminton player era of the 1990s. She was with her partner Ge Fei dominated the women's doubles at all major championships from the mid-1990s to until the Olympics 2000. They won international championships over thirty medals which includes two IBF World Championships and two Olympic competition.
The duo also led to China regain the Uber Cup in 1998 and maintain medal winner in 2000. Gu Jun with her partner beat Yang Wei and Huang Nanyan who are both from China and won the Sydney Olympics 2000. He also won the Grand Prix World beruturut six times in a row from 1994 to 1999.
