Biography
In 1998 Winter Olympics, he led for much of the way during the final race of the 1000m, but was edged out at the finish-line by Korea's Kim Dong-Sung, to win a silver medal. He also won a bronze medal in 5000m relay. He participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City, making the finals of the 1000 meter short course event but failed to win a medal after being disqualified following a collision with Apolo Ohno, which caused Ahn Hyun-Soo and Mathieu Turcotte to also fall and allowed Australian Steven Bradbury to claim the gold medal. During the opening ceremony of the 2007 Asian Winter Games, Li was given the honour to light the torch. As of August 18, 2006, he officially retired from short track speedskating. According to Li, he went to study in Canada later that year and continued his work as the assistant coach for the national team.References
1975 births Living people Chinese male speed skaters Chinese male short-track speed skaters Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic short-track speed skaters for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Short-track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short-track speed skating Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Short-track speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Short-track speed skaters at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Short-track speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating Speed skaters from Changchun FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Competitors at the 1997 Winter Universiade World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub