Li Ling (shot putter)
Li Ling ( Chinese 李玲 , Pinyin Lǐ Líng ; born February 7, 1985 in Shenyang ) is a Chinese shot putter .
The third of the Asian Championships in 2005 won the Asian Games in 2006 in Doha and was fourth at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in 2007 with her personal best of 19.38 m. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, she came in 14th place.
In 2010 she won the gold medal at the Asian Games with a personal best of 19.94 m. The following year she reached sixth place at the World Championships . In 2012 Li Ling increased her best distance to 19.95 m in Wiesbaden. At the Olympic Games in London she was third after the disqualification of Russian Jewgenija Kolodko in 2016 .
Web links
- Li Ling in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait at the Chinese Olympic Committee ( Memento from August 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English, Chinese )
- Li Ling in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Because of doping at the Olympics 2012: IOC disqualifies Yevgenia Kolodko. IOC disqualifies Russian silver winner www.spox.com. August 20, 2016; accessed on August 21, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Li, Ling |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 李玲; Lǐ Líng |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th February 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shenyang |