Ge Fei (badminton)

Ge Fei (Chinese: 葛菲; pinyin: Gě Fēi; born 9 October 1975)[1] is a Chinese former badminton player who is one of the most successful doubles specialists 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 (women's world team trophy) 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.

Ge Fei
葛菲
Personal information
Country China
Born (1975-10-09) 9 October 1975
Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD with Gu Jun)
1 (XD with Liu Yong)
BWF profile

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

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 The Dome, Sydney, Australia Gu Jun Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
15–5, 15–5 Gold
1996 GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, United States Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15–5, 15–5 Gold

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Gu Jun Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min
15–4, 15–5 Gold
1997 Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–1, 15–7 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Brøndby Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Liu Yong Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
7–15, 15–7, 8–15 Bronze
1997 Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Liu Yong Jens Eriksen
Marlene Thomsen
15–5, 16–17, 15–4 Gold
1995 Malley Sports Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland Liu Jianjun Jens Eriksen
Helene Kirkegaard
5–15, 3–15 Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–10, 9–15, 15–9 Gold
1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–6, 15–12 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Liu Yong Tri Kusharyanto
Minarti Timur
12–15, 15–7, 15–10 Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1998 Thammasat Gymnasium 2,
Bangkok, Thailand
Gu Jun Eliza Nathanael
Deyana Lomban
12–15, 15–9, 15–11 Gold
1994 Tsuru Memorial Gymnasium,
Hiroshima, Japan
Gu Jun Chung So-young
Gil Young-ah
15–9, 7–15, 10–15 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Gu Jun Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min
15–8, 15–10 Gold
1998 Bangkok, Thailand Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–8, 15–7 Gold
1995 Beijing, China Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–1, 15–4 Gold
1994 Shanghai Gymnasium, Shanghai, China Gu Jun Chen Ying
Wu Yuhong
15–11, 18–14 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Liu Yong Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
7–15, 13–15 Silver
1998 Bangkok, Thailand Sun Jun Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
7–15, 8–15 Silver
1995 Beijing, China Liu Jianjun Jiang Xin
Zhang Jin
15–4, 12–15, 15–5 Gold

Asian Cup

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1995 Qingdao, China Gu Jun Gold

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Malaysia Open Gu Jun Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
15–17, 15–6, 15–8 Winner
2000 Thailand Open Gu Jun Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
15–8, 15–11 Winner
2000 Japan Open Gu Jun Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
15–13, 4–15, 11–15 Runner-up
2000 All England Open Gu Jun Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min
15–5, 15–3 Winner
1999 Grand Prix Finals Gu Jun Chung Jae-hee
Ra Kyung-min
15–2, 15–4 Winner
1999 China Open Gu Jun Gao Ling
Qin Yiyuan
15–5, 15–6 Winner
1999 Malaysia Open Gu Jun Gao Ling
Qin Yiyuan
15–8, 15–10 Winner
1999 Japan Open Gu Jun Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
12–15, 17–16, 15–5 Winner
1999 Korea Open Zhang Ning Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei
10–15, 1–15 Runner-up
1998 Grand Prix Finals Gu Jun Rikke Olsen
Marlene Thomsen
Walkover Winner
1998 Singapore Open Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–8, 15–13 Winner
1998 Swiss Open Gu Jun Rikke Olsen
Marlene Thomsen
15–7, 15–4 Winner
1998 All England Open Gu Jun Jang Hye-ock
Ra Kyung-min
15–7, 15–7 Winner
1998 Japan Open Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
Walkover Winner
1997 Grand Prix Finals Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–1, 15–8 Winner
1997 China Open Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–13, 15–11 Winner
1997 Singapore Open Gu Jun Indarti Issolina
Deyana Lomban
15–4, 15–9 Winner
1997 Malaysia Open Gu Jun Liu Lu
Qian Hong
15–7, 15–1 Winner
1997 Swiss Open Gu Jun Han Jingna
Ye Zhaoying
9–15, 15–2, 15–11 Winner
1997 All England Open Gu Jun Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
15–6, 15–9 Winner
1997 Korea Open Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–10, 15–10 Winner
1997 Japan Open Gu Jun Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
12–15, 15–12, 15–1 Winner
1996 Grand Prix Finals Gu Jun Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
15–4, 15–4 Winner
1996 All England Open Gu Jun Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
15–3, 15–7 Winner
1996 Japan Open Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
5–15, 17–14, 10–15 Runner-up
1996 Chinese Taipei Open Gu Jun Kim Mee-hyang
Kim Shin-young
15–8, 15–13 Winner
1995 Grand Prix Finals Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15–7, 15–12 Winner
1995 China Open Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15–12, 10–15, 15–3 Winner
1995 Thailand Open Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
17–18, 6–15 Runner-up
1995 Singapore Open Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
15–12, 15–7 Winner
1995 Indonesia Open Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan
Tang Yongshu
15–6, 15–6 Winner
1995 Japan Open Gu Jun Finarsih
Lili Tampi
15–11, 15–8 Winner
1995 Korea Open Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
13–15, 15–1, 11–15 Runner-up
1994 Grand Prix Finals Gu Jun Finarsih
Lili Tampi
13–15, 15–8, 15–7 Winner
1994 China Open Gu Jun Bang Soo-hyun
Jang Hye-ock
15–8, 15–2 Winner
1994 Hong Kong Open Gu Jun Jang Hye-ock
Shim Eun-jung
11–15, 14–18 Runner-up
1994 Thailand Open Gu Jun Julie Bradbury
Joanne Goode
15–12, 15–4 Winner
1994 Singapore Open Gu Jun Gil Young-ah
Kim Mee-hyang
15–7, 18–16 Winner
1994 Malaysia Open Gu Jun Eliza Nathanael
Zelin Resiana
15–5, 15–11 Winner
1993 Thailand Open Gu Jun Han Jingna
Li Qi
15–5, 15–10 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Japan Open Liu Yong Tri Kusharjanto
Minarti Timur
15–5, 17–14 Winner
2000 All England Open Liu Yong Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
10–15, 2–15 Runner-up
1999 China Open Liu Yong Zhang Jun
Gao Ling
15–8, 15–5 Winner
1999 Denmark Open Liu Yong Zhang Jun
Gao Ling
15–12, 17–14 Winner
1999 Thailand Open Liu Yong Michael Sogaard
Rikke Olsen
15–12, 15–6 Winner
1999 Japan Open Liu Yong Ha Tae-kwon
Chung Jae-hee
15–1, 15–3 Winner
1999 Chinese Taipei Open Liu Yong Bambang Suprianto
Zelin Resiana
15–12, 15–10 Winner
1999 Korea Open Liu Yong Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
6–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1997 Grand Prix Finals Liu Yong Tri Kusharjanto
Minarti Timur
15–9, 15–13 Winner
1997 China Open Liu Yong Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min
10–15, 6–15 Runner-up
1997 Malaysia Open Liu Yong Jens Eriksen
Marlene Thomsen
15–12, 15–12 Winner
1997 Swiss Open Liu Yong Flandy Limpele
Minarti Timur
15–9, 15–9 Winner
1997 All England Open Liu Yong Tri Kusharjanto
Minarti Timur
15–10, 15–2 Winner
1997 Korea Open Liu Yong Jens Eriksen
Marlene Thomsen
15–13, 15–5 Winner
1997 Japan Open Liu Yong Jens Eriksen
Marlene Thomsen
15–8, 15–10 Winner
1995 Korea Open Liu Jianjun Thomas Lund
Marlene Thomsen
4–15, 15–18 Runner-up
1994 Malaysia Open Liu Jianjun Jan-Eric Antonsson
Astrid Crabo
9–15, 11–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1993 Wimbledon International Gu Jun 11–4, 11–6 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Singapore International Qian Hong Gao Qian
Huang Lipei
15–3, 15–3 Winner
1993 Wimbledon International Gu Jun Erica van den Heuvel
Nicole van Hooren
15–5, 15–6 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Singapore International Sun Jun Shen Long
Gao Qian
15–7, 15–11 Winner
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References

Sources

  • Smash - Ge Fei at the Wayback Machine (archived December 15, 2006)
  • "GE Fei at InternationalBadminton.org". Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  • Ge Fei at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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