Gu Shiau-shuang (born 7 August 1997)[1] is a Taiwanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's 50 kg kumite event at the Asian Games. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Asian Karate Championships.
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| Born | 7 August 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 50 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Kumite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2017 Asian Karate Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan, she won the silver medal in the women's team kumite event.[2] In 2018, at the Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50 kg event.[3] She repeated this in 2019 with a bronze medal in the same event.[4][5]
In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.[6] She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] In the final, she defeated Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan.[1] She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[7][8]
She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[9] In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[10] She defeated Moldir Zhangbyrbay of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match.
Achievements
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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| 2017 | Asian Championships | Astana, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Team kumite |
| 2018 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 3rd | Kumite 50 kg |
| World University Karate Championships | Kobe, Japan | 2nd | Kumite 50 kg | |
| Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | Kumite 50 kg | |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3rd | Kumite 50 kg |
| 2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Kumite 50 kg |
| 2022 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | Kumite 50 kg |
| 2023 | Asian Games | Hangzhou, China | 1st | Kumite 50 kg |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "2017 Asian Karate Championships" (PDF). Sportdata - WKF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World University Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Houston, Michael (21 December 2021). "Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (8 October 2023). "Hangzhou known world over after Asian Games Closing Ceremony, says OCA Acting President". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 October 2023.