Gao Ling

Gao Ling
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Handedness	Right
Event	Women's & mixed doubles
Medal record Badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Mixed doubles 2004 Athens Mixed doubles 2004 Athens Women's doubles 2000 Sydney Women's doubles World Championships 2006 Madrid Women's doubles 2003 Birmingham Women's doubles 2001 Seville Women's doubles 2001 Seville Mixed doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles 2003 Birmingham Mixed doubles 1999 Copenhagen Women's doubles World Cup 2006 Yiyang Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2001 Seville Mixed team 2005 Beijing Mixed team 2007 Glasgow Mixed team Uber Cup 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2002 Guangzhou Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 2006 Tokyo Women's team 2008 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's doubles 2006 Doha Mixed doubles 2006 Doha Women's team 2002 Busan Women's team 2002 Busan Women's doubles Asia Championships 2002 Bangkok Mixed doubles 2001 Manila Women's doubles 2002 Bangkok Women's doubles World Junior Championships 1996 Silkeborg Girls' doubles Asia Junior Championships 1997 Manila Girls' doubles 1997 Manila Mixed doubles 1997 Manila Girls' team
BWF profile

Gao Ling (Chinese: 高崚; pinyin: Gāo Líng; born March 14, 1979, in Wuhan, Hubei; China) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

Career

Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. Her four Olympic badminton medals are the most of any player.

She has won titles at almost every top tier tournament in the world. Gao has earned four gold medals (among nine medals in total) at the BWF World Championships, three of them in women's doubles with Huang Sui (2001, 2003, and 2006) and one of them in mixed doubles with Zhang Jun (2001). She and Zhang Jun won consecutive gold medals in mixed doubles at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, overcoming severe tests in both.

Gao has not earned an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles, a relative gap in her resume, but earned a bronze medal in 2000 with Qin Yiyuan, and a silver medal with Huang Sui in 2004. From 2001 through 2006 she and Huang captured a record six consecutive women's doubles titles at the venerable All-England Championships. Their All-England streak was finally broken in the semifinals of the 2007 tournament by fellow countrywomen Zhang Yawen and Wei Yili. Gao has shared five All-England mixed doubles titles: three with Zhang Jun (2001, 2003, and 2006), and two with Zheng Bo (2007 and 2008).

She has been a member of the perennial world champion Chinese Uber Cup (women's international) team since 2000.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece	Huang Sui	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	15–7, 4–15, 8–15	Silver
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Qin Yiyuan	Chung Jae-hee Ra Kyung-min	15–10, 15-4	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Goudi Olympic Hall, Athens, Greece	Zhang Jun	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15-1, 12-15, 15-12	Gold
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Zhang Jun	Trikus Haryanto Minarti Timur	1-15, 15-13, 15-11	Gold

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Huang Sui	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	16–21, 19–21	Silver
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain	Huang Sui	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	23–21, 21–9	Gold
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Huang Sui	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	16–17, 7–15	Silver
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Huang Sui	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	15–8, 15–11	Gold
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Huang Sui	Zhang Jiewen Wei Yili	15–11, 17–15	Gold
1999	Brøndbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Qin Yiyuan	Ge Fei Gu Jun	6-15, 7-15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zheng Bo	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	16–21, 14–21	Silver
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Zhang Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	7-15, 8-15	Silver
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Zhang Jun	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	15–10, 12-15, 17-16	Gold

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Yiyang, China	Huang Sui	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	21–19, 21–6	Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Huang Sui	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 23–21, 21–14	Gold
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Huang Sui	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	8–11, 7–11	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Zheng Bo	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	21-16, 25-23	Gold

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Huang Sui	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	8–11, 6–11	Silver
2001	Manila, Philippines	Huang Sui	Deyana Lomban Vita Marissa	12–15, 15–4, 15–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Zhang Jun	Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Saralee Thungthongkam	11-7, 11-8	Gold

References

External links

• Gao Ling at the Chinese Olympic Committee
• Gao Ling at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Gao Ling at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
• Ling Gao at the International Olympic Committee