Guo Qing
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| Born | 16 May 2000 (age 25) Yongning, Yangchun, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Guo Qing (Chinese: 郭清; pinyin: Guō Qīng; born 16 May 2000) is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships and the 2024 Summer Olympics, and a double gold medalist at the 2025 World University Games.[1]
Early life
[edit]Qing came from a poor family in a remote mountainous area of Guangdong Province. With five younger brothers and elderly parents living only on a senior citizen's allowance, she began practicing taekwondo in the hope of improving her and her family's living conditions. All of the winnings she won from early taekwondo competitions were used to renovate their house. Her father said she was truly the breadwinner of the family.[2]
Career
[edit]She was a silver medalist in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in the Women's flyweight, losing the final to Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand.[3][4]
She was a bronze medalist at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in August 2023 in Chengdu, China, in the women's 53 kg division.[5][6] She was a silver medalist at the delayed 2022 Asian Games held in September 2023 in Hangzhou in the −49 kg category.[7][8]
She won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, losing the final to Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand.[9][10]
She won a gold medal in the Team Kyorugi at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany alongside Xing Jiani and Mu Wenzhe. She also won an individual gold medal at the Games, defeating Chutikan Jongkolrattanawattana of Thailand in the final of the -53kg division.[11][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Guo Qing". taekwondo data. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Anantakool, Decha (13 August 2024). "เรื่องของกัว ชิง สาวนักเทควันโด้จีนที่แพ้น้องเทนนิสในรอบชิง ชีวิตของเธอน่าเห็นใจจริง ๆ ครับ". Facebook (in Thai). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (17 November 2022). "Mexico and South Korea strike gold again at World Taekwondo Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Day 3 Delivers Gold to Mexico and Korea". Worldtaekwondo. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "More than sport: Taekwondo paves way for a different future". fisu.net. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Chengdu Universiade / China claims two taekwondo golds". news.cn. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Feature: A special gift to Thai taekwondo star at Hangzhou Asiad". news.cn. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Taekwondo star Panipak wins gold at Asian Games". Pattaymail. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "China announces six-strong taekwondo squad for Paris Olympics". China Daily. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Wongpattanakit defends her Olympic taekwondo title and Park restores South Korea's pride in Paris". apnews. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Team China finishes first in women's team final of taekwondo at Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU Universiade". News.cn. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (24 July 2025). "Rhine-Ruhr: Taekwondo team titles decided". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (23 July 2025). "Rhine-Ruhr: Rising stars win taekwondo gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Chinese female taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for China
- Asian Games silver medalists in taekwondo
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
- World Taekwondo Championships medalists
- 21st-century Chinese sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2025 Summer Universiade