Gu Shiau-shuang


Gu Shiau-shuang is a Taiwanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's 50kg kumite event at the Asian Games. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Karate Championships.

Career

At the 2017 Asian Karate Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan, she won the silver medal in the women's team kumite event. In 2018, at the Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50kg event. She repeated this in 2019 with a bronze medal in the same event.
In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50kg event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the final, she defeated Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. She defeated Moldir Zhangbyrbay of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2017Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan2ndTeam kumite
2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan3rdKumite 50kg
2018World University Karate ChampionshipsKobe, Japan2ndKumite 50kg
2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia1stKumite 50kg
2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan3rdKumite 50kg
2021Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan3rdKumite 50kg
2022Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan1stKumite 50kg
2023Asian GamesHangzhou, China1stKumite 50kg