Gu Shiau-shuang

{{Short description|Taiwanese karateka (born 1997)}}

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{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Jakarta | Kumite 50 kg }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Hangzhou | Kumite 50 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Championships }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Tashkent | Kumite 50 kg }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2017 Astana | Team kumite }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2018 Amman | Kumite 50 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2019 Tashkent | Kumite 50 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Almaty | Kumite 50 kg }}

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Gu Shiau-shuang (born 7 August 1997){{Cite web|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2018 Asian Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419171221/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2020|access-date=19 April 2020}} is a Taiwanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's 50{{nbsp}}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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/125/Results.pdf|title=2017 Asian Karate Championships|website=Sportdata - WKF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424124723/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/125/Results.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}} In 2018, at the Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1067479/japan-claim-seven-gold-medals-at-asian-karate-championships|title=Japan claim seven gold medals at Asian Karate Championships|date=14 July 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=23 April 2020}} She repeated this in 2019 with a bronze medal in the same event.{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1082367/asian-karate-championships-in-tashkent|title=Japan earn six titles but Uzbek hosts also golden at Asian Karate Championships|date=20 July 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=23 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/akf-seniorresultados-16th-akf-senior-championships-15-21-july-tashkent-uzbekistan-001.pdf|title=2019 Asian Karate Championships Results|website=World Karate Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=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|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=23 April 2020}}

In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031214737/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2018_wuc_karate_results.pdf|archive-date=31 October 2020|access-date=31 October 2020|website=2018 World University Karate Championships}} She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the final, she defeated Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|date=21 December 2021|title=Bronze medals won on penultimate day of Asian Karate Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117124/asian-karate-championships-almaty|access-date=21 December 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf|archive-date=22 December 2021|access-date=22 December 2021|website=Sportdata.org}}

She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=2022 World Games}} In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Owen |date=8 October 2023 |title=Hangzhou known world over after Asian Games Closing Ceremony, says OCA Acting President |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141535/hangzhou-2022-closing-ceremony |access-date=16 October 2023}} She defeated Moldir Zhangbyrbay of Kazakhstan in her gold medal match.

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2017

|Asian Championships

|Astana, Kazakhstan

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Team kumite

rowspan=3 | 2018

|Asian Championships

|Amman, Jordan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

World University Karate Championships

|Kobe, Japan

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

Asian Games

|Jakarta, Indonesia

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

2019

|Asian Championships

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

2021

|Asian Championships

|Almaty, Kazakhstan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

2022

|Asian Championships

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

2023

|Asian Games

|Hangzhou, China

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

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