Guan Weizhen

Guan Weizhen
关渭贞
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1964-06-15) 15 June 1964
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
HandednessRight
EventWomen's doubles
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaWomen's doubles
World Championships
1987 BeijingWomen's doubles
1989 JakartaWomen's doubles
1991 CopenhagenWomen's doubles
World Cup
1988 BangkokWomen's doubles
1989 GuangzhouWomen's doubles
1987 Kuala LumpurWomen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
1989 JakartaMixed team
1991 CopenhagenMixed team
Uber Cup
1986 JakartaWomen's team
1988 Kuala LumpurWomen's team
1990 TokyoWomen's team
1992 Kuala LumpurWomen's team
Asian Games
1986 SeoulWomen's doubles
1990 BeijingWomen's doubles
1986 SeoulWomen's team
1990 BeijingWomen's team
Asian Championships
1983 CalcuttaWomen's doubles
1983 CalcuttaWomen's singles

Guan won numerous major international doubles titles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is the first woman to have won three consecutive women's doubles titles at the BWF World Championships until Yu Yang repeat the feat in 2013 followed by the pair of Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in 2023. She won the 1987 and 1989 tournaments with Lin Ying, and the 1991 tourney with Nong Qunhua.She was a member of Chinese Uber Cup (women's international) teams that won 4 Time Consecutive In 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992. Guan competed in badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics in women's doubles, and earned the silver medal together with Nong Qunhua and retired soon after. Now she is working as an associate administrator of Guangzhou Sports Administration and director of Guangzhou Badminton Sports Administration Center.