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'''Li Donghua''' (born 10 December 1967) is a [[Swiss]] gymnast from [[China]] |
'''Li Donghua''' (born 10 December 1967) is a [[Swiss]] gymnast from [[China]]. He won a gold medal on the [[pommel horse]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]. |
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==Career== |
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==From China to Switzerland== |
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Li began his gymnastics career competing for China, and won a national title on the pommel horse in 1987. However, a neck injury prevented him from making the Chinese team for the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]]. |
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⚫ | While recovering from his injury, Li met Esperanza Friedli, a Swiss national who was backpacking in China. When he told his coaches he was to marry her, they told him to cut off the relationship or he would not be able to compete. He refused, and the couple left China for [[Lucerne]].<ref>Clarey, C. "Love Conquers All, Eventually". New York Times, April 14, 1996.</ref> |
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==Olympics and World Championships== |
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He subsequently had to wait 5 years before acquiring Swiss citizenship. In the meantime, he won the Swiss national championships in the Pommel Horse from 1989 to 1992, and won the overall title in 1993. However, because he was not a Swiss national during that time, those results were not official. When he was granted Swiss citizenship in 1994, he won bronze in the [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championship]] in Pommel Horse. The next year, he won gold in the same event. Finally, in 1996, at the age of 28, he won both the European Gymnastic Championship and the Summer Olympics in Pommel Horse. |
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Li went on to win the Swiss national title on pommel horse from 1989 to 1992, and the all-around national title in 1993. However, because he was not a Swiss national during that time, those results were not official. In 1994, he became a Swiss citizen and began competing for the country internationally. |
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At the [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championship]], Li won a bronze medal on pommel horse. The next year, he won gold on the same event. In 1996, at the age of 28, he won both the European and Olympic pommel horse titles. |
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== Personal life == |
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Li and Friedli were married in 1988 and divorced in 2004.<ref name=":0" /> Li later married Qiang Huang.<ref name=":1" /> He has two children. |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 06:03, 25 November 2017
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Personal information | |
Full name | Li Donghua |
Country represented | Switzerland |
Former countries represented | China |
Born | Chengdu, China | December 10, 1967
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
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Simplified Chinese | 李东华 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 李東華 | ||||||
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Li Donghua (born 10 December 1967) is a Swiss gymnast from China. He won a gold medal on the pommel horse at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Career
Li began his gymnastics career competing for China, and won a national title on the pommel horse in 1987. However, a neck injury prevented him from making the Chinese team for the 1988 Olympics.
While recovering from his injury, Li met Esperanza Friedli, a Swiss national who was backpacking in China. When he told his coaches he was to marry her, they told him to cut off the relationship or he would not be able to compete. He refused, and the couple left China for Lucerne.[1]
Li went on to win the Swiss national title on pommel horse from 1989 to 1992, and the all-around national title in 1993. However, because he was not a Swiss national during that time, those results were not official. In 1994, he became a Swiss citizen and began competing for the country internationally.
At the 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championship, Li won a bronze medal on pommel horse. The next year, he won gold on the same event. In 1996, at the age of 28, he won both the European and Olympic pommel horse titles.
Personal life
Li and Friedli were married in 1988 and divorced in 2004.[2] Li later married Qiang Huang.[3] He has two children.
References
- ^ Clarey, C. "Love Conquers All, Eventually". New York Times, April 14, 1996.
- ^ Pan, Wang (2014-11-13). Love and Marriage in Globalizing China. Routledge. ISBN 9781317688846.
- ^ Häfliger, Von André. "Donghua Li und seine Qian: Das Baby ist da! - Blick". www.blick.ch. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Chinese male artistic gymnasts
- Swiss male artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of Switzerland
- Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- World champion gymnasts
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Sportspeople from Chengdu
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Sportspeople from Sichuan
- Chinese emigrants to Switzerland
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics