Gong Zhichao
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 China
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December 15, 1977 Anhua, Hunan |
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| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Li Lingwei | ||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Gong Zhichao (simplified Chinese: 龚智超; traditional Chinese: 龔智超; pinyin: Gōng Zhìchāo; born December 15, 1977 in Anhua, Hunan) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China.
Gong was one of the world's leading women's singles players between her first international titles in 1996 and her retirement in 2002. She won some of the world's biggest tournaments, including the venerable All-England Championship consecutively in 2000 and 2001 over fellow countrywomen Dai Yun and Zhou Mi respectively in the finals. Her other titles included the 1996 Asian Championships, the 2000 Copenhagen Masters; and the Denmark (1996), Swedish (1997), China (1997), Japan (1998, 2000), and Malaysia (2000) Opens. At the then biennial IBF (BWF) World Championships Gong was a silver medalist behind fellow countrywoman Ye Zhaoying in 1997, and a bronze medalist in 2001. She played winning singles for Chinese Uber Cup (women's international) teams that reclaimed the world team title from Indonesia in 1998, and retained the title in 2000.
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