Gao Ling
Gao Ling ( Chinese 高 崚 , Pinyin Gāo Líng ; born March 14, 1979 in Wuhan , Hubei Province ) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China and Olympic champion .
Career
Gao won the women's doubles at the Badminton Swiss Open in 2000 with her partner Qin Yiyuan . The same pairing won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics .
Gao took part for China in badminton at the 2004 Olympics in women's doubles with her partner Huang Sui . They had a bye in the first round and beat Chin Eei Hui and Wong Pei Tty of Malaysia in the second round . In the quarterfinals, Gao and Huang defeated Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen from Denmark 15: 6, 15: 7. They won the semifinals against Zhao Tingting and Wei Yili from China with 15:10, 17:14, but lost the final against Zhang Jiewen and Yang Wei , also from China , with 7:15, 15: 4, 15: 8 to win the silver medal.
She also took part in the mixed competition with her partner Zhang Jun . They had a bye in the first round and beat Tsai Chia-Hsin and Cheng Wen-Hsing of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the second round . In the quarter-finals, Gao and Zhang defeated Fredrik Bergström and Johanna Persson from Sweden 15: 3, 15: 1 to advance to the semi-finals. There they beat Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager from Denmark with 15: 9, 15: 5. In the final they won the gold medal against the British couple Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms with 15: 1, 12:15, 15:12 .
She also won along with Huang the women's doubles event of the Badminton Swiss Open 2004. Two years later, Gao Ling, together with Huang Sui in the in Madrid discharged Individual World Cup champion in women's doubles. In 2007 she was a member of the Chinese team that successfully defended the Sudirman Cup against Indonesia on June 17th in Glasgow . At the 2007 Badminton World Cup she won silver in mixed with Zheng Bo and silver in women's doubles with Huang Sui .
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Junior World Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Yang Wei |
| 1997 | Junior Asian Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Yang Wei / Gao Ling |
| 1997 | Junior Asian Championship | Mixed | 1 | Chang Rui / Gao Ling |
| 1997 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 3 | Yang Ming / Gao Ling |
| 1999 | China Open | Mixed | 2 | Gao Ling / Zhang Jun |
| 1999 | Thailand Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling |
| 1999 | German Open | Ladies doubles | 2 | Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling |
| 1999 | Denmark Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Qin Yiyuan |
| 1999 | Taiwan Open | Ladies doubles | 3 | Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling |
| 1999 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Qin Yiyuan |
| 1999 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 3 | Gao Ling / Qin Yiyuan |
| 1999 | French Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling |
| 1999 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 3 | Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling |
| 1999 | Thailand Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 1999 | World Championship | Mixed | 17th | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 1999/2000 | Denmark Open | Mixed | 2 | Gao Ling / Zhang Jun |
| 2000 | Olympia | Ladies doubles | 3 | Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling |
| 2000 | Swiss Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling |
| 2000 | Swiss Open | Mixed | 2 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2000 | Olympia | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2000 | All of England | Mixed | 5 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2000 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 3 | Gao Ling / Qin Yiyuan |
| 2000 | Thailand Open | Ladies doubles | 3 | Qin Yiyu / Gao Ling |
| 2000 | Japan Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2000 | Thailand Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2001 | World Championship | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2001 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2001 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2001 | Japan Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2001 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2001 | China Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2001 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 3 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2001 | Asian Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2001 | Japan Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | Asian Games | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | Korea Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | Asian Championship | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2002 | Asian Championship | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | Japan Open | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | Japan Open | Mixed | 5 | Sang Yang / Gao Ling |
| 2002 | China Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2002 | All of England | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2002 | Indonesia Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2002 | Indonesia Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2003 | China Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2003 | Japan Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2003 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2003 | Japan Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2003 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2003 | World Championship | Mixed | 2 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2003 | Hong Kong Open | Mixed | 2 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2003 | Hong Kong Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2003 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2003 | Indonesia Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2003 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2004 | Swiss Open | Mixed | 2 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2004 | Malaysia Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2004 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 3 | Gao Ling / Hung Sui |
| 2004 | Indonesia Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2004 | Olympia | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2004 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2004 | Swiss Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2004 | Olympia | Ladies doubles | 2 | Huang Sui / Gao Ling |
| 2005 | Hong Kong Open | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2005 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2005 | Chinese national games | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Wei Yili |
| 2005 | Singapore Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2005 | China Masters | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2005 | China Masters | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2005 | Hong Kong Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2005 | German Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2005 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2005 | World Championship | Mixed | 5 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2005 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | China Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Hong Kong Open | Mixed | 3 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Taiwan Open | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | Hong Kong Open | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | China Masters | Mixed | 2 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Malaysia Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Macau Open | Mixed | 2 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | World cup | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / China Huang Sui |
| 2006 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | German Open | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | Japan Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | China Masters | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | All of England | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Zhang Jun / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Malaysia Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2006 | Macau Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Huang Sui / Gao Ling |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2007 | Malaysia Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2007 | Korea Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2007 | Japan Open | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2007 | Malaysia Open | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2007 | World Championship | Ladies doubles | 2 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2007 | China Masters | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2007 | China Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Zhao Tingting |
| 2007 | Korea Open | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2007 | Indonesia Open | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2007 | World Championship | Mixed | 2 | Gao Ling / Zheng Bo |
| 2007 | Thailand Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Huang Sui |
| 2007 | German Open | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2007 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2008 | All of England | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2008 | Indonesia Open | Mixed | 1 | Zheng Bo / Gao Ling |
| 2009 | Philippine Open | Ladies doubles | 1 | Gao Ling / Wei Yili |
Web links
- Gao Ling in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Gao Ling at the World Badminton Federation
1996: Kim Dong-moon & Gil Young-ah | 2000: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling | 2004: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling | 2008: Lee Yong-dae & Lee Hyo-jung | 2012: Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei | 2016: Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gao, Ling |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 高 崚 (Chinese); Gāo, Líng (Pinyin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuhan , Hubei Province |