Gong Zhichao

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gong.
Gong Zhichao
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Personal information
Date of birth December 15, 1977 (1977-12-15) (age 30)
Women's singles
Country Flag of the People's Republic of China China
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Gong Zhichao (Chinese: 龚智超; born December 15, 1977) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

[edit] Career

Olympic medal record
Women's badminton
Gold 2000 Sydney Singles

In 1998, she got the silver at the Asian Games in women's singles, losing to Kanako Yonekura of Japan in the final.

In 2000, she won the gold in the Summer Olympics, defeating Camilla Martin of Denmark in the final. However, her victory in the semifinal was not a fair play. The Chinese Team made a decision that Gong should go into the final, but not Ye Zhaoying, another player from China, because Gong had a better chance to defeat Martin at that time.[1]

She also won two All England Open titles in women's singles, two Japan Open and one Malaysia Open.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Chinese Coach Admits the Team Decision in Women's Singles of Badminton in 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

[edit] External links

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Olympic champions in Women's Singles Badminton
1896-1988 not held | 1992: Susi Susanti | 1996: Bang Soo-hyun | 2000: Gong Zhichao | 2004: Zhang Ning
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