Li Lei (born 9 October 1974) is a retired

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er from

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. Her personal best throw is 63.69 metres, achieved in June 2000 in

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. She won the gold medals at the

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and the 1998 Asian Championships, and finished eighth at the

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, sixth at the

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and eleventh at the

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. She represented her home region of

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at the 1997 National Games of China and placed third.8th National Games medallists
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International competitions

¹Representing Asia

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* 1974 births Living people Athletes from Beijing Chinese female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China Asian Athletics Championships winners Chinese Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Chinese sportswomen 20th-century Chinese sportswomen {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub