# Gu Juan

Gu Juan (Chinese: 顾娟; born 26 May 1990) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

## Early life

Gu followed her father to Nanjing when she was six years old. Due to poor body constitution, her father sent her to a badminton school to build her up. Gu represented Nanjing and won a competition. She was subsequently invited to join the Beijing badminton team but withdrew after not being used to the weather conditions. Gu then further represented Nanjing in the Jiangsu sports competition and won the girls doubles and mixed doubles. Former Jiangsu badminton coach, representing the Singapore Badminton Association, scouted her and invited her to Singapore.

## Career

Gu came to Singapore in 2003 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme and became a Singapore citizen in June 2007.
Gu was part of the Singapore women's team who won the silver medal at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games held in Thailand. In 2012, Gu was selected as Singapore's only Olympic women's singles player for the 2012 Summer Olympics by the Singapore Badminton Association, ahead of Southeast Asian Games women's singles champion Fu Mingtian. At the 2012 Olympics, she qualified from her group before losing to Cheng Shao-chieh.
Gu resigned from the Singapore national team on 30 April 2014, citing injuries, tending to her aged parents and lack of progress in Singapore. Gu went to Shanghai for further studies. Sixteen months later after her resignation, she was persuaded by the Singapore national badminton team's head coach to re-join the national team.

## Awards

Gu received the 2013 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.

## Achievements
### BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2007 | The Trusts Stadium, Waitakere City, New Zealand | Wang Lin | 14–21, 14–21 | Bronze |

### Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2007 | Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Liu Xin | 7–21, 21–15, 16–21 | Silver |

### BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2013 | Malaysia Grand Prix Gold | P. V. Sindhu | 17–21, 21–17, 19–21 | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Dutch Open | Busanan Ongbamrungphan | 12–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
    BWF Grand Prix tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2007 | Waikato International | Fu Mingtian | 14–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Banuinvest International | Hitomi Oka | 23–25, 21–15, 4–21 | Runner-up |
| 2010 | Vietnam International | Lee Hyun-jin | 19–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2011 | New Zealand International | Sayaka Sato | 14–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2011 | Singapore International | Xing Aiying | 10–21, 12–21 | Runner-up |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2007 | Croatian International | Zhang Beiwen | Cai Jiani Guo Xin | 21–15, 6–21, 10–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament

## Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists
* Victoria Na 1–0
* Petya Nedelcheva 3–3
* Zhu Lin 1–0
* Wang Yihan 0–4
* Wang Xin 0–3
* Wang Shixian 0–4
* Li Xuerui 1–5
* Yao Xue 0–1
* Liu Xin 0–1
* Wang Lin 0–1
* Cheng Shao-chieh 2–3
* Tai Tzu-ying 3–2
* Pi Hongyan 1–2
* Zhou Mi 0–1
* Yip Pui Yin 2–1
* Saina Nehwal 1–5
* Maria Kristin Yulianti 1–0
* Eriko Hirose 1–2
* Sayaka Sato 1–2
* Minatsu Mitani 0–4
* Bae Youn-joo 2–2
* Sung Ji-hyun 0–2
* Wong Mew Choo 1–0
* Monika Fašungová 2–0
* Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 2–5
* Ratchanok Intanon 1–3