Li Ling (pole vaulter)

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Li Ling athletics
nation China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
birthday 6th July 1989 (age 31)
place of birth Puyang , China
size 186 cm
Weight 64 kg
Career
discipline Pole vault
Best performance 4.72 m Sport records icon NR.svg
Trainer Zhou Tiemin
status active
Medal table
Asian Games 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Indoor Asian Games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Asian Championships 3 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
Indoor Asian Championships 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Summer Universiade 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Asian Games logo Asian Games
silver Guangzhou 2010 4.30 m
gold Incheon 2014 4.35 m
gold Jakarta 2018 4.60 m
Indoor Asian Games
gold Hanoi 2009 4.45 m
Asian Championships
silver Kobe 2011 4.30 m
gold Pune 2013 4.54 m
gold Wuhan 2015 4.66 m
silver Bhubaneswar 2017 4.20 m
gold Doha 2019 4.61 m
Indoor Asian Championships
gold Hangzhou 2012 4.50 m
gold Doha 2016 4.70 m
Logo of the FISU Universiade
gold Gwangju 2015 4.45 m
last change: November 17, 2019

Li Ling ( Chinese  李 玲 , Pinyin Lǐ Líng; born July 6, 1989 in Puyang ) is a Chinese pole vaulter .

Athletic career

Li Ling gained her first international experience at the Junior World Championships in Beijing in 2006 , where she reached the final, but where she was eliminated from a skipped level. In 2007 she took part in the Asian Championships in the Jordanian capital Amman , but did not cross any height there either. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , she was eliminated from the qualification. In 2009 she also took sixth place at the Summer Universiade in Belgrade with 4.30 m. In addition, she won the gold medal at the Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi with a skipped 4.45 m and at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong she won silver behind the South Korean Lim Eun-ji .

In 2010 she failed at the World Indoor Championships in Doha in the first round and won silver at the Asian Games in Guangzhou . The following year, a silver medal at the Asian Championships in Kobe followed another preliminary round at the World Championships in Daegu . At the Student World Games in Shenzhen , she was eliminated from qualifying without a valid level. In 2012, she won the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou with 4.50 m and was eliminated from the qualification at the Olympic Games in London with 4.25 m .

In 2013 she won the Asian Championships in Pune with 4.54 m , finished eleventh at the World Championships in Moscow and set an Asian record at the Chinese National Games with 4.65 m. The following year she triumphed at the 2014 Athletics Continental Cup in Marrakech and at the Asian Games in Incheon , South Korea , equaling the championship record of her compatriot Gao Shuying of 4.35 m. In 2015 she improved her continental record to 4.66 m at the Asian Championships in Wuhan , won the Summer Universiade in Gwangju and finished ninth at the World Championships in Beijing.

In 2016, she improved the Asian record at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha once again to 4.70 m and thus clearly stood out from the competition. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she was eliminated with 4.55 m in qualification . In 2017 she was considered the big favorite for the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar , but had to admit defeat to her 17-year-old compatriot Chen Qiaoling with 4.20 m. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the third time and also won there with a new championship record of 4.60 m ahead of Sukanya Chomchuendee from Thailand . The following year she won her third gold medal at the Asian Championships in Doha with a jump of 4.61 m. She also qualified for the World Championships there in October, where she finished 13th with 4.50 m in the final .

In 2008, 2009, 2012 as well as 2014 and 2015 as well as 2018 and 2019, Li became the Chinese champion in the pole vault. She is married to the Chinese pole vaulter Yang Yansheng . She graduated from Beijing Sports University , where she also works as a sports coach.

Personal best

  • Pole vault: 4.72 m, May 18, 2019 in Shanghai ( Asian record )
    • Hall: 4.70 m, February 19, 2016 in Doha ( Asian record )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF: Chinese National Games begin with Asian pole vault record . September 8, 2013
  2. IAAF: Pole vaulter Li Ling sets record at continental Asian Championships . June 6, 2015