Gu Shiau-shuang
Personal information
Born (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997
Sport
CountryTaiwan
SportKarate
Weight class50 kg
EventKumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Kumite 50 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Kumite 50 kg
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Astana Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Amman Kumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Almaty Kumite 50 kg

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.

Career

At 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

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
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

  1. 1 2 3 "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "2017 Asian Karate Championships" (PDF). Sportdata - WKF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (14 July 2018). "Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (20 July 2019). "Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "2019 Asian Karate Championships Results" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World University Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Houston, Michael (21 December 2021). "Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (8 October 2023). "Hangzhou known world over after Asian Games Closing Ceremony, says OCA Acting President". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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