Li Qian (; born 6 June 1990) is a Chinese

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. She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight class at the

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, a silver medal in the women's middleweight class at the delayed

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and the gold medal in the same event at the

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Career

Li was born in China's

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

province. She and her parents moved to Ordos,

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, in 2001. While studying at the Inner Mongolia Vocational College of Physical Education, she played

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. Her height and arm length drew the attention of Chinese boxing team coach Ha Dabater, who recommended her for the Inner Mongolian boxing team in 2007. She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She then won a silver medal in the

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event at the postponed

, losing to

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in the final. On 10 August 2024, she competed in the Paris 2024 Olympics and defeated Panamanian boxer

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by 4–1 in the final to win the gold medal in Women's middleweight. She has thus become the 3rd Chinese female boxer to have become an Olympic champion.

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