Career
Huang and Gao have been especially successful at the All-England Championships, winning a record six consecutive finals there, three of them over Yang and Zhang, from 2001 through 2006. They reached the final of five consecutive editions of the BWF World Championships. Winning in 2001, 2003, and 2006, and finishing second to Yang and Zhang in 2005 and 2007.
In 2005 Huang"s smash was clocked at 257 kilometres per hour (160 mph).
After a long absence from the sport Huang returned to the court in 2012, this time as an Australian.