Li Meisu (; born April 17, 1959, in

Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

) is a retired Chinese

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter who won the bronze medal at the

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. She also won the

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and

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, the Asian Championships in 1998 and the East Asian Games in 1997. Her personal best of 21.76, is also an Asian record and ranks her seventh on the shot put all-time lists. Since her retirement from competition, she has turned to coaching. She coached Gong Lijiao to an Olympic silver medal in 2012 and Olympic gold medal in 2020.

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* 1959 births Living people Athletes from Hebei Chinese female shot putters Olympic athletes for China Olympic bronze medalists for China Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners Chinese Athletics Championships winners {{PRChina-Olympic-medalist-stub