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Gu Jun

Gu Jun
Personal information
Birth name 顾俊
Country  China
Born (1975-01-03) January 3, 1975 (age 42)
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

Gu Jun (simplified Chinese: 顾俊; traditional Chinese: 顧俊; pinyin: Gù Jùn; born January 3, 1975 in Wuxi, Jiangsu) was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.

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.

Gu Jun competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in women's doubles with Ge Fei. They won the gold medal beating Gil Young-ah and Jang Hye-ock from Korea 15-5, 15-5 in the final.

Gu also competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics in women's doubles with Ge. They beat Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei from China 15-5, 15-5 in the final.


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