Gong Ruina

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Gong Ruina (Script error: No such module "Lang-zh".; born on 23 January 1981) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China.[1]

Career

Gong Ruina was one of the world's leading women's singles players, former World No. 1 in the first few years of the 21st century.[2] She won a number of top tier international titles including the 2001 IBF World Championships in Seville, Spain and the venerable All-England Championships (2004).[3] In both of these events she defeated fellow countrywoman Zhou Mi, one of her principal rivals, in the finals. On the other hand, Gong was beaten by Zhou in the final of the Asian Games (2002), and was denied a bronze medal by her at the 2004 Athens Olympics after each had been beaten in the semifinals.[4]

Gong played singles for China's world champion Uber Cup (women's international) teams of 2002 and 2004. Her other individual titles included the Brunei (1998), Swedish (1999), Malaysia (2001), China (2002), Indonesia (2002), Denmark (2003), and Swiss (2004) Opens. She was a bronze medalist at the 1999 IBF World Championships in Copenhagen, and a silver medalist behind fellow countrywoman Zhang Ning at the 2003 IBF World Championships in Birmingham, England.[1]

Gong retired in the prime of her career to explore other opportunities in her life in June 2005.[3] She once lived in Hong Kong with her husband, a Chinese entrepreneur who has a company in Hong Kong, and with her two children.[5][6] She now works as the head coach of the Hunan province amateur badminton team.[7][8]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2003 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning 6–11, 3–11 Silver Silver
2001 Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 11–9, 11–4 Gold Gold
1999 Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin 11–6, 9–11, 3–11 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2002 Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 1–11, 1–11 Silver Silver

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1998 Bangkok, Thailand Template:Flagicon Gong Zhichao 5–11, 5–11 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1998 Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia Template:Flagicon Hu Ting 3–11, 13–10, 11–7 Gold Gold

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1998 Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia Template:Flagicon Huang Sui Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen
Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang
15–3, 13–15, 10–15 Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1998 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Template:Flagicon Hu Ting 6–11, 2–11 Silver Silver
1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 11–5, 11–5 Gold Gold

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1998 Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Template:Flagicon Huang Sui Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung
Template:Flagicon Jun Woul-sihk
15–13, 15–8 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines Template:Flagicon Jiang Shan Template:Flagicon Cheng Rui
Template:Flagicon Gao Ling
6–15, 5–15 Bronze Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2004 Japan Open Template:Flagicon Mia Audina 11–7, 7–11, 7–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2004 All England Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 11–7, 11–7 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2004 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Mia Audina 13–11, 11–0 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2003 China Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 10–13, 1–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2003 Hong Kong Open Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning 5–11, 9–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2003 Denmark Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 4–11, 13–10, 11–3 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2002 China Open Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning 11–5, 11–8 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2002 Denmark Open Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin 5–11, 11–3, 7–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2002 Indonesia Open Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning 11–6, 11–7 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2002 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning 0–7, 7–5, 1–7, 2–7 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2001 China Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 2–7, 0–7, 4–7 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2001 Malaysia Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 7–3, 7–2, 7–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
2001 Japan Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 8–11, 0–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2000 Dutch Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 7–11, 11–9, 8–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
2000 Swiss Open Template:Flagicon Dai Yun 5–11, 12–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1999 China Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 6–11, 5–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1999 Thailand Open Template:Flagicon Dai Yun 6–11, 5–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1999 Malaysia Open Template:Flagicon Dai Yun 6–11, 3–11 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1999 Swedish Open Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun 11–8, 11–5 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1999 Korea Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 6–11, 12–13 Script error: No such module "sort". Runner-up
1998 Brunei Open Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi 11–7, 11–4 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner
1997 Hong Kong Open Template:Flagicon Wu Huimin 11–3, 8–11, 11–5 Script error: No such module "sort". Winner

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

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Footnotes

  1. Some sources give 龚睿娜.
  2. The pronunciation of this name might also be Gōng Ruìnǎ. Please verify.

References

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External links

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