Gong Ruina

Gong Ruina (Template:Lang-zh; born on 23 January 1981) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China.<ref name="co">Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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).<ref name="bi">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="co"/>

Gong retired in the prime of her career to explore other opportunities in her life in June 2005.<ref name="bi"/> She once lived in Hong Kong with her husband, a Chinese entrepreneur who has a company in Hong Kong, and with her two children.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She now works as the head coach of the Hunan province amateur badminton team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	11–7, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	13–11, 11–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	10–13, 1–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	5–11, 9–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	4–11, 13–10, 11–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–5, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	5–11, 11–3, 7–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2002	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–6, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	0–7, 7–5, 1–7, 2–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	2–7, 0–7, 4–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	7–3, 7–2, 7–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	8–11, 0–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	7–11, 11–9, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	5–11, 12–13	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	6–11, 5–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	6–11, 5–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	6–11, 3–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	11–8, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
1999	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	6–11, 12–13	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1998	Brunei Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	11–7, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Wu Huimin	11–3, 8–11, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner

Record against selected opponents

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

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	6	2	4	–2
Template:Flagicon Gong Zhichao	5	2	3	–1
Template:Flagicon Han Jingna	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	6	3	3	0
Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	4	1	3	–2
Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	9	5	4	+1
Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	24	12	12	0
Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Huang Chia-chi	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon Tine Baun	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	10	3	7	–4

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Mette Sørensen	2	1	1	0
Template:Flagicon Tracey Hallam	4	4	0	+4
Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Petra Overzier	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	10	6	4	+2
Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	8	5	3	+2
Template:Flagicon Susi Susanti	2	1	1	0
Template:Flagicon Maria Kristin Yulianti	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Yasuko Mizui	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	3	2	1	+1

Footnotes

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

External links

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• 龚睿那 Gong Rui Na at www.badmintoncn.com