Ge Fei (badminton)

Ge Fei
Personal information
Birth name	葛菲
Country	China
Born	(1975-10-09) October 9, 1975 Nantong, Jiangsu
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's doubles, Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD with Gu Jun) 1 (XD with Liu Yong)
BWF profile

Ge Fei (Chinese: 葛菲; pinyin: Gě Fēi; born October 9, 1975 in Nantong, Jiangsu)^[1] was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s who is one of the most successful doubles specialists in the sport's history.

She is married to the former World Champion singles badminton player Sun Jun.

Career

Among many international titles, Ge won two Olympic gold medals and two IBF World Championship gold medals in women's doubles with her regular partner Gu Jun and a World Championship gold medal in mixed doubles with Liu Yong. Ge was also a member of Chinese teams that captured the Uber Cup (women's world team trophy) in 1998 and 2000. Ge and Gu Jun were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid-1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics, winning over thirty top tier international titles together.Ge Fei was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2008.

Summer Olympics

1996

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

2000

Ge also competed in 2000 Olympics in women's doubles with Gu Jun and in mixed doubles together with Liu Yong.

In women's doubles Ge and Gu beat Huang Nanyan and Yang Wei from China 15-5, 15-5 in the final. In mixed doubles she and Liu were upset in round of 16 by Chris Bruil and Erica van den Heuvel from the Netherlands 17-15, 15-7.

Major achievements

References

Sources

• Smash - Ge Fei