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.
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.
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | |
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2017 | Asian Championships | Astana, Kazakhstan | 2nd | Team kumite | |
2018 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 3rd | Kumite 50kg | |
World University Karate Championships | Kobe, Japan | 2nd | Kumite 50kg | ||
Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | 1st | Kumite 50kg | ||
2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 3rd | Kumite 50kg | |
2021 | Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 3rd | Kumite 50kg | |
2022 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | Kumite 50kg | |
2023 | Asian Games | Hangzhou, China | 1st | Kumite 50kg |