Li Zhongyun

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Li Zhongyun ( Chinese  李忠云 ; born March 4, 1967 in Chaoyang , Liaoning Province ) is a former Chinese judoka who was world champion in 1987.

Athletic career

The 1.61 m tall Li Zhongyun won the 1985 Asian Championships in the lightweight, the weight class up to 56 kilograms. The following year, she entered two weight classes lower at the 1986 World Championships in Maastricht . In the ultra-light weight category she lost to the British Karen Briggs in the semi-finals , but won a bronze medal by defeating Yu-Ping Chou from Taiwan. A year later, by merging the world championships for men and women, title fights took place again. At the 1987 World Championships in Essen, she defeated Darlene Anaya from the United States in the semifinals of the ultralight tournament , and in the final she won against the Japanese Fumiko Ezaki . At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, judo competitions for women were offered as part of the demonstration competitions. Li Zhongyun defeated the Australian Julie Reardon in the quarterfinals and the Brazilian Monica Angelucci in the semifinals . In the final, as at the World Championships last year, she met Fumiko Ezaki, and the Chinese won again.

In 1990 Li Zhongyun returned to international tournaments after a year off. At the Asian Games in 1990 she competed in the lightweight and won the title by defeating Shwu Huey Tsay from Taiwan. The Chinese competed lightweight at the 1991 World Championships in Barcelona . In the last sixteen she was defeated by the French Catherine Arnaud , with three wins in the round of hope, Li Zhongyun won a bronze medal.

At the Olympic premiere of women's judo in Barcelona in 1992 , Li Zhongyun started in the half-light weight category, the weight class up to 52 kilograms. In the quarterfinals she defeated the Argentinean Carolina Mariani and lost to the Spaniard Almudena Muñoz in the semifinals . With a victory over the Italian Alessandra Giungi , the Chinese won a bronze medal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 – Atlanta 1996 . P. 227
  3. ↑ Asian Games 1990 at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 – Atlanta 1996 . P. 425f
personal data
SURNAME Li Zhongyun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 李忠云 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese judoka
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Chaoyang , Liaoning Province