Gu Shiau-shuang explained

Gu Shiau-shuang
Birth Date:1997 8, df=yes
Country:Taiwan
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:50 kg
Event:Kumite

Gu Shiau-shuang (born 7 August 1997)[1] is a Taiwanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's 50kg 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 50kg 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 50kg event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.[6] She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50kg 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 50kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[9] In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 50kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.[10] She defeated Moldir Zhangbyrbay of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue RankEvent
2017Asian ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan2ndTeam kumite
2018Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan3rdKumite 50kg
World University Karate ChampionshipsKobe, Japan2ndKumite 50kg
Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia1stKumite 50kg
2019Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan3rdKumite 50kg
2021Asian ChampionshipsAlmaty, Kazakhstan3rdKumite 50kg
2022Asian ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan1stKumite 50kg
2023Asian GamesHangzhou, China1stKumite 50kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karate Results. 2018 Asian Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200419171221/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf. 19 April 2020. 19 April 2020.
  2. Web site: 2017 Asian Karate Championships. Sportdata - WKF. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200424124723/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/125/Results.pdf. 24 April 2020. 24 April 2020.
  3. News: Etchells. Daniel. Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships. 14 July 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2020.
  4. News: Rowbottom. Mike. Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships. 20 July 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2020.
  5. Web site: 2019 Asian Karate Championships Results. World Karate Federation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200423202643/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/akf-seniorresultados-16th-akf-senior-championships-15-21-july-tashkent-uzbekistan-001.pdf. 23 April 2020. 23 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031214737/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf. 31 October 2020. 31 October 2020. 2018 World University Karate Championships.
  7. News: Houston. Michael. 21 December 2021. Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 December 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf. 22 December 2021. 22 December 2021. Sportdata.org.
  9. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  10. News: Lloyd . Owen . 8 October 2023 . Hangzhou known world over after Asian Games Closing Ceremony, says OCA Acting President . InsideTheGames.biz . 16 October 2023.