Gong Zhichao 龚智超
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1977-12-15)15 December 1977 (age 47) Anhua,Hunan, China
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Coach	Li Lingwei
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Women's singles World Championships 1997 Glasgow Women's singles 2001 Seville Women's singles World Cup 1997 Yogyakarta Women's singles Sudirman Cup 2001 Seville Mixed team 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team 1997 Glasgow Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 1998 Hong Kong Women's team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's team 1998 Bangkok Women's singles Asian Championships 1996 Surabaya Women's singles 1998 Bangkok Women's singles 1999 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles
BWF profile

Gong Zhichao (simplified Chinese:龚智超;traditional Chinese:龔智超;pinyin:Gōng Zhìchāo; born 15 December 1977) is a formerbadminton player from thePeople'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 venerableAll-England Championship consecutively in2000 and 2001 over fellow countrywomenDai Yun andZhou Mi respectively in the finals. Her other titles included the 1996Asian Championships, the 2000Copenhagen Masters; and theDenmark (1996),Swedish (1997),China (1997),Japan (1998, 2000), andMalaysia (2000) Opens. At the then biennialIBF (BWF) World Championships Gong was a silver medalist behind fellow countrywomanYe Zhaoying in1997, and a bronze medalist in2001. She played winning singles forChineseUber Cup (women's international) teams that reclaimed the world team title fromIndonesia in1998, and retained the title in2000.

Unfortunately for Gong, her biggest triumph in an event for individual players, women's singles at the2000 Olympic Games, is tainted by controversy. According to his later statement, China's head badminton coachLi Yongbo instructed Gong's semifinal opponent, teammateYe Zhaoying, to "throw" the match against her, on his assumption that Gong would have the better chance to defeatDenmark'sCamilla Martin in the final.^[1] Whatever the effect of these "instructions" on Ye, a two time former IBF World Champion, she lost the match to Gong 8-11, 8-11, who in turn defeated reigning IBF World Champion Martin for the gold medal 13–10, 11–3.

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome,Sydney, Australia	Camilla Martin	13–10, 11–3	Gold

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo,Seville,Spain	Gong Ruina	10–13, 4–11	Bronze
1997	Scotstoun Centre,Glasgow,Scotland	Ye Zhaoying	11–12, 8–11	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Yogyakarta,Indonesia	Susi Susanti	10–13, 9–11	Bronze

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Thammasat Gymnasium 2,Bangkok,Thailand	Kanako Yonekura	11–1, 5–11, 6–11	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ye Zhaoying	2–11, 4–11	Bronze
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Ye Zhaoying	5–11, 12–11	Silver
1996	Surabaya, Indonesia	Lee Joo-hyun	11–7, 11–1	Gold

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	All England Open	Zhou Mi	11–7, 11–3	Winner
2000	Grand Prix Finals	Zhou Mi	5–7, 7–5, 1–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2000	Malaysia Open	Dai Yun	11–6, 11–8	Winner
2000	Japan Open	Ye Zhaoying	11–7, 11–3	Winner
2000	All England Open	Dai Yun	11–5, 8–11, 11–5	Winner
1999	Singapore Open	Ye Zhaoying	5–11, 11–5, 7–11	Runner-up
1999	Japan Open	Ye Zhaoying	11–1, 5–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1998	Swedish Open	Kim Ji-hyun	10–12, 8–11	Runner-up
1998	Japan Open	Ye Zhaoying	11–1, 11–4	Winner
1997	China Open	Dai Yun	11–1, 11–5	Winner
1997	Singapore Open	Mia Audina	6–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1997	All England Open	Ye Zhaoying	3–11, 1–11	Runner-up
1997	Swedish Open	Ra Kyung-min	11–4, 11–4	Winner
1997	Korea Open	Ye Zhaoying	11–6, 10–12, 4–11	Runner-up
1997	Japan Open	Mia Audina	3–11, 11–2, 5–11	Runner-up
1996	Denmark Open	Marina Andrievskaya	12–11, 11–4	Winner
1996	Russian Open	Han Jingna	7–11, 5–11	Runner-up

• Gong Zhichao atBWFBadminton.com
• Gong Zhichao atBWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived,alternate link)
• Gong Zhichao atOlympedia
• Gong Zhichao atOlympics.com

• 1977 births
• Living people
• People from Yiyang
• Badminton players from Hunan
• Chinese female badminton players
• Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Olympic badminton players for China
• Olympic gold medalists for China
• Olympic medalists in badminton
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for China
• Asian Games badminton players for China
• Asian Games silver medalists for China
• Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
• World No. 1 badminton players
• 20th-century Chinese sportswomen
• 21st-century Chinese sportswomen
• Asian Games gold medalists in badminton
• Asian Games silver medalists in badminton

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