Gong Ruina 龚睿那
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1981-01-23) January 23, 1981 Anhua County, Hunan, China
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Championships 2001 Seville Women's singles 2003 Birmingham Women's singles 1999 Copenhagen Women's singles Sudirman Cup 2003 Eindhoven Mixed team Uber Cup 2004 Jakarta Women's team 2002 Guangzhou Women's team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Women's team Asian Games 2002 Busan Women's team 2002 Busan Women's singles Asian Championships 1998 Bangkok Women's singles World Junior Championships 1998 Melbourne Girls' singles 1998 Melbourne Girls' doubles Asia Junior Championships 1998 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Girls' team 1997 Manila Girls' singles 1997 Manila Girls' team 1998 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles 1997 Manila Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Gong Ruina (simplified Chinese: 龚睿那; traditional Chinese: 龔睿那; pinyin: Gōng Ruìnà; born on 23 January 1981) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China.^[1]

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.^[2] 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).^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[1]

Gong retired in the prime of her career to explore other opportunities in her life in June 2005.^[3] She once lived in Hong Kong with her husband, a Chinese entrepreneur who has a company in Hong Kong, and with her two children.^[5][6] She now works as the head coach of the Hunan province amateur badminton team.^[7][8]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Zhang Ning	6–11, 3–11	Silver
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Zhou Mi	11–9, 11–4	Gold
1999	Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Camilla Martin	11–6, 9–11, 3–11	Bronze

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Zhou Mi	1–11, 1–11	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Gong Zhichao	5–11, 5–11	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Hu Ting	3–11, 13–10, 11–7	Gold

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Huang Sui	Zhang Jiewen Xie Xingfang	15–3, 13–15, 10–15	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hu Ting	6–11, 2–11	Silver
1997	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Zhou Mi		Gold

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Huang Sui	Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk	15–13, 15–8	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Jiang Shan	Cheng Rui Gao Ling	6–15, 5–15	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	Mia Audina	11–7, 7–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2004	All England Open	Zhou Mi	11–7, 11–7	Winner
2004	Swiss Open	Mia Audina	13–11, 11–0	Winner
2003	China Open	Zhou Mi	10–13, 1–11	Runner-up
2003	Hong Kong Open	Zhang Ning	5–11, 9–11	Runner-up
2003	Denmark Open	Zhou Mi	4–11, 13–10, 11–3	Winner
2002	China Open	Zhang Ning	11–5, 11–8	Winner
2002	Denmark Open	Camilla Martin	5–11, 11–3, 7–11	Runner-up
2002	Indonesia Open	Zhang Ning	11–6, 11–7	Winner
2002	Korea Open	Zhang Ning	0–7, 7–5, 1–7, 2–7	Runner-up
2001	China Open	Zhou Mi	2–7, 0–7, 4–7	Runner-up
2001	Malaysia Open	Zhou Mi	7–3, 7–2, 7–4	Winner
2001	Japan Open	Zhou Mi	8–11, 0–11	Runner-up
2000	Dutch Open	Zhou Mi	7–11, 11–9, 8–11	Runner-up
2000	Swiss Open	Dai Yun	5–11, 12–13	Runner-up
1999	China Open	Zhou Mi	6–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1999	Thailand Open	Dai Yun	6–11, 5–11	Runner-up
1999	Malaysia Open	Dai Yun	6–11, 3–11	Runner-up
1999	Swedish Open	Kim Ji-hyun	11–8, 11–5	Winner
1999	Korea Open	Zhou Mi	6–11, 12–13	Runner-up
1998	Brunei Open	Zhou Mi	11–7, 11–4	Winner
1997	Hong Kong Open	Wu Huimin	11–3, 8–11, 11–5	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 Dai Yun 6 2 4 –2 Gong Zhichao 5 2 3 –1 Han Jingna 1 1 0 +1 Xie Xingfang 6 3 3 0 Xu Huaiwen 2 2 0 +2 Ye Zhaoying 4 1 3 –2 Zhang Ning 9 5 4 +1 Zhou Mi 24 12 12 0 Cheng Shao-chieh 1 1 0 +1 Huang Chia-chi 3 3 0 +3 Tine Baun 3 3 0 +3 Camilla Martin 10 3 7 –4

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

References

External links

• Gong Ruina at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Gong Ruina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• 龚睿那 Gong Rui Na at www.badmintoncn.com