Li Chunxiu

Li Chunxiu medal table
Walker
People's Republic of China
Olympic games
bronze	1992 Barcelona	10 km
Asian Championships
silver	1993 Manila	10,000 m
East Asia Games
gold	1993 Shanghai	10,000 m

Li Chunxiu ( Chinese  李春秀 , Pinyin Lǐ Chūnxiù ; born August 13, 1969 ) is a former Chinese walker .

Her greatest achievement was winning the bronze medal over 10 km on the road at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . Although she only reached the goal in fifth behind Alina Iwanowa , Chen Yueling , Jelena Nikolajewa and Ileana Salvador . Ivanova and Salvador were however disqualified for losing ground contact during the final sprint, so that Li moved up to third place in the ranking.

In addition, she won the East Asian Games in Shanghai in 1993 and won the silver medal in the 10,000-meter track distance at the Asian Championships in Manila in the same year .

Li Chunxiu had a competition weight of 60 kg with a height of 1.70 m. During the torch relay in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , she was used as a torchbearer.

Web links

• Li Chunxiu in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ gbrathletics.com: East Asian Games
2. ↑ gbrathletics.com: Asian Championships
3. ↑ chinaview.cn: Olympic flame concludes harmonious journey in Qinghai of NW China , June 24, 2008 (Eng.)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Li is the family name here, Chunxiu is the first name.