Gong Ruina (; born in 23 January 1981) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China. 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. 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). 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. 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. Gong retired in the prime of her career to explore other opportunities in her life in June 2005. She once lived in Hong Kong with her husband, a Chinese entrepreneur who has a company in Hong Kong, and with her two children. She now works as the head coach of the Hunan province amateur badminton team. Achievements World Championships Women's singles Asian Games Women's singles Asian Championships Women's singles World Junior Championships Girls' singles Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Girls' doubles Mixed doubles IBF World Grand Prix The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. Women's singles Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Footnotes Some sources give 龚睿娜. The pronunciation of this name might also be Gōng Ruìnǎ. Please verify. References External links 龚睿那 Gong Rui Na at www.badmintoncn.com 1981 births Living people People from Yiyang Badminton players from Hunan Chinese female badminton players Olympic badminton players of China Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games World No. 1 badminton players