Ge Fei (badminton)
Encyclopedia
Ge Fei 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
.
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.
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.
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.
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
female badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
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
1999 IBF World Championships
The 11th IBF World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 10 May and 23 May 1999.-Medalists:- Men's Singles :- Women's Singles :- Men's Doubles :- Women's Doubles :- Mixed Doubles :-Medal account:-External links:...
singles badminton player Sun Jun
Sun Jun (badminton)
Sun Jun is a former world number 1 singles badminton player from China in the late 1990s whose resume includes the World Championship, World Cup, Asian Championship and All England Men's Singles titles...
.
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 JunGu Jun
Gu Jun was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.-Career:Gu and her regular partner Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid 1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic...
and a World Championship gold medal in mixed doubles with Liu Yong
Liu Yong (badminton)
Liu Yong is a male former international level badminton player for China who specialized in mixed doubles.He is married to former singles player on the Chinese national badminton team Dai Yun.-Career:...
. Ge was also a member of Chinese teams
China national badminton team
The China national badminton team represents the People's Republic of China in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Badminton Association of the People's Republic of China, the governing body for badminton in China....
that captured the Uber Cup
Uber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled...
(women's world team trophy) in 1998 and 2000. Ge and Gu Jun
Gu Jun
Gu Jun was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.-Career:Gu and her regular partner Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid 1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic...
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
Badminton Hall of Fame
The Badminton Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at badminton, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game.There is also a USA Badminton Hall of Fame and a Badminton Canada's Hall of Fame ....
in 2008.
1996
Ge Fei competed in 1996 OlympicsBadminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles. An additional change to the tournament was the playoff game for the bronze medal rather than the awarding of two bronzes.The tournament was single-elimination...
in women's doubles together with Gu Jun
Gu Jun
Gu Jun was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.-Career:Gu and her regular partner Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid 1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic...
. They won the gold medal beating Gil Young-ah
Gil Young-ah
Gil Young-ah is a former female badminton player from South Korea.At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won the bronze medal in the women's doubles together with Shim Eun-jung....
and Jang Hye-ock
Jang Hye-ock
Jang Hye-ock was a female badminton player from South Korea.Jang won the gold medal at the 1995 IBF World Championships in women's doubles, playing with Gil Young-ah...
from Korea 15-5, 15-5 in the final.
2000
Ge also competed in 2000 OlympicsBadminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....
in women's doubles with Gu Jun and in mixed doubles together with Liu Yong
Liu Yong (badminton)
Liu Yong is a male former international level badminton player for China who specialized in mixed doubles.He is married to former singles player on the Chinese national badminton team Dai Yun.-Career:...
.
In women's doubles Ge and Gu beat Huang Nanyan
Huang Nanyan
Huang Nanyan is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A women's doubles specialist, Huang won a number of top tier titles in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The first of these came at the 1997 Asian Badminton Championships with Liu Zhong...
and Yang Wei
Yang Wei (badminton)
Yang Wei is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Yang grew up in Guangdong.-Career:A woman's doubles specialist, Yang has won some forty international titles, most of them in the sport's top tier events, since 1998...
from China 15-5, 15-5 in the final. In mixed doubles she and Liu were upset in round of 16 by Chris Bruil
Chris Bruil
Christiaan "Chris" Gerrit Herman Bruil is a male badminton player from the Netherlands.Bruil competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, who is his wife. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Kim Dong-moon and Ra...
and Erica van den Heuvel from the Netherlands 17-15, 15-7.
Major achievements
| Rank | Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1997 1997 IBF World Championships The 10th IBF World Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997.-Medalists:-Seeds:# Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen# Heryanto Arbi# Ardy Wiranata# Sun Jun# Park Sung-woo# Peter Rasmussen# Alan Budikusuma... |
Glasgow, SCO |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1997 1997 IBF World Championships The 10th IBF World Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997.-Medalists:-Seeds:# Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen# Heryanto Arbi# Ardy Wiranata# Sun Jun# Park Sung-woo# Peter Rasmussen# Alan Budikusuma... |
Glasgow, SCO |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1999 1999 IBF World Championships The 11th IBF World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 10 May and 23 May 1999.-Medalists:- Men's Singles :- Women's Singles :- Men's Doubles :- Women's Doubles :- Mixed Doubles :-Medal account:-External links:... |
Copenhagen, DEN |
| 3 | Mixed doubles | 1995 1995 IBF World Championships The 9th IBF World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, between 22 May and 28 May 1995.-Medalists:-Men's Singles:- Women's Singles:- Men's Doubles:- Women's Doubles:- Mixed Doubles:-Medal account:-External links:*... |
Lausanne, SWI |
| 3 | Mixed doubles | 1999 1999 IBF World Championships The 11th IBF World Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 10 May and 23 May 1999.-Medalists:- Men's Singles :- Women's Singles :- Men's Doubles :- Women's Doubles :- Mixed Doubles :-Medal account:-External links:... |
Copenhague, DEN |
| Sudirman Cup Sudirman Cup Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every two years. There are five matches in every round: men and women's singles, men and women's doubles and mixed doubles. The Cup is named after Dick Sudirman, a former Indonesian badminton player and the founder of the... |
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| 1 | Team | 1997 | Glasgow, SWI |
| Asian Championships Badminton Asia Championships The Badminton Asia Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia Confederation to crown the best badminton players in Asia.... |
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| 1 | Women's doubles | 1994 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1995 | Beijing, CHN |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1995 | Beijing, CHN |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1998 | Bangkok, THA |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1999 | Kuala Lumpur, MAS |
| Asian Games Badminton at the Asian Games Badminton is one of the regular Asian Games sports since 1962 in Jakarta, Indonesia.-History:Badminton made its debut in the Asian Games as a demonstration sport at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan, and became a regular competitive sport in 1962. In the 1962 Games, six events were held, with... |
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| 1 | Women's doubles | 1998 | Bangkok, THA |
| World Grand Prix | |||
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | World Grand Prix finals World Badminton Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last... |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1997 | World Grand Prix finals World Badminton Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last... |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 | Singapore Open Singapore Open (badminton) The Singapore Open is an badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1990, and which is now part of the BWF Super Series tournament that began 2007.... |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1995 | Indonesia Open Indonesia Open (badminton) The Indonesia Open in an annual badminton tournament organized by Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia and held in Indonesia since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Premier Super Series status in 2011.... |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1997 | Korea Open Korea Open (badminton) The Korea Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Seoul, South Korea. The tournament is also known as Korea Open Super Series because it become one of the BWF Super Series tournament began 2007.... |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1997 | Korea Open |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1997, 1998 | Swiss Open Swiss Open (badminton) The Swiss Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Switzerland since 1955 and become one of the BWF Super Series tournament began 2007. 2011 the tournament was dropped down to a Grand Prix Gold event.-Previous winners:-Performances by nation:... |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1997 | Swiss Open |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 1996 1996 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1996 All England Open was the 86th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 11 to March 16, 1996, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:... , 1997 1997 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1997 All England Open was the 87th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 10 to March 15, 1997, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:... , 1998 1998 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1998 All England Open was the 88th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 9 to March 14, 1998, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$200,000.-Final results:... , 2000 2000 All England Open Badminton Championships The 2000 All England Open was the 90th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 7 March to 12 March 2000, in Birmingham, England.It was a four star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:... |
All England Open All England Open Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments. Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in Guildford in 1898... |
| 1 | Mixed doubles | 1997 1997 All England Open Badminton Championships The 1997 All England Open was the 87th edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from March 10 to March 15, 1997, in Birmingham, England.It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was USD$125,000.-Final results:... |
All England Open |
| 1 | Women's doubles | 2000 | Malaysia Open Malaysia Open (badminton) The Malaysia Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament has been held since 1937 and has been played in different locations such as Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Selangor, Kuantan.... |