Ge Fei (badminton)


Ge Fei is a Chinese former badminton player who is one of the most successful doubles player in the sport's history. Among many international titles, Ge won two Olympic gold medals and two IBF World Championship gold medals in the women's doubles with her regular partner Gu Jun and a World Championship gold medal in the mixed doubles with Liu Yong. Ge was also a member of Chinese teams that captured the Uber Cup 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 Hall of Fame in 2008.
Alongside Gu Jun, they are the first players to complete the badminton Super Grand Slam. She is married to the former World Champion singles badminton player Sun Jun.

Olympic Games

;1996
Ge Fei competed in 1996 Olympics in the 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 the 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 15–17, 7–15.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States

World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1997Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1996Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium, Hiroshima, Japan

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1994Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China

Asian Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1995Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China

World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.
Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
1990Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia

IBF World Grand Prix (46 titles, 11 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1993Thailand Open

IBF International (4 titles)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1993Wimbledon Internationalgold1

Performance timeline

National team

  • ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' doubles
Events1990
World Jr Invitational ChampionshipsS

Senior level

Women's singlesWomen's doubles
  • ''Mixed doubles''