Li Li (; born 7 July 1983) is a Chinese-born Singaporean

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player.

Early life

Li was born in

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

, China and moved to Singapore in 1997. She became a Singapore citizen in 2002.

Career

Li won the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Manchester, England, ...

women's singles gold medal by beating favourite

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in four sets, causing a major upset for the home team. It was the first Commonwealth Games badminton gold for Singapore. Li was part of the women's team at the

2003 Southeast Asian Games The 2003 Southeast Asian Games (), officially known as the 22nd Southeast Asian Games, SEA Games 22 and also known as Vietnam 2003, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from 5 to 13 December 2003 in Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the first t ...

which won the gold medal. Li also played at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, losing to

Gong Ruina Gong Ruina (; born on 23 January 1981) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Career Gong Ruina was one of the world's leading women's singles players, former World No. 1 in the first few years of the 21st century. She won a ...

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in the round of 32. At the

2006 Asian Games The 2006 Asian Games (), officially known as the XV Asiad or 15th Asian Games (, and commonly known as Doha 2006 (), were an Asian multi-sport event held in Doha, Qatar, from December 1 to 15, 2006, with 424 events in 39 sports featured in the ga ...

, she was part of the women's team which took the bronze medal. Li resigned from the

Singapore Badminton Association Singapore Badminton Association (abbreviation: SBA) is the Sports governing body, national governing body for badminton in Singapore. It governs, encourages and develops the sport throughout the country. Founded in 1929, the SBA is an affilia ...

in January 2008 and returned to Wuhan.

Awards

Li received the 2003 and 2005 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's singles''

SEA Games

''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

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1983 births Living people Badminton players from Wuhan Chinese emigrants to Singapore Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Naturalised citizens of Singapore Chinese female badminton players 21st-century Chinese sportswomen Singaporean female badminton players Badminton players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Singapore Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games silver medallists in badminton Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Asian Games badminton players for Singapore Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Competitors at the 2003 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games SEA Games gold medalists for Singapore SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in badminton {{Singapore-badminton-bio-stub