Li Ning
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Nickname(s) | Prince of gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Liuzhou,Guangxi,People’s Republic of China | March 10, 1963
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Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Headcoach(es) | Zhang Jian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Ning(Zhuang:Lij Ningz;born March 10, 1963, inLiuzhou,Guangxi) is a Chinese retired gymnast, billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder of the eponymous sportswear companyLi-Ning.He lives in Hong Kong.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Li Níng started training at the age of eight and was selected into the national team in 1980. In 1982, he won six of the seven medals awarded at the Sixth World Cup Gymnastic Competition, earning him the title "Prince of Gymnastics" (simplified Chinese:Thể thao vương tử;traditional Chinese:Thể thao vương tử).
Li Níng is most famous for winning six medals at the1984 Summer Olympics,which was the first Olympics in which thePeople's Republic of Chinaparticipated. He won three gold medals (infloor exercise,pommel horse,andrings), two silver medals, and one bronze medal. Li became the most decorated Chinese athlete at the first Olympics that China participated in after the founding of the People's Republic in October 1949.
Li Níng won 11World Artistic Gymnastics Championshipsmedals, including gold medals in the rings (1985) and team all-around (1983).[1]
Li Níng took part in his second 1988 Olympics in Seoul despite carrying injuries. It was an end to an illustrious gymnastic career, as he was off-form. He did not win any medals that year.[citation needed]
Post-gymnastics
[edit]Li retired from sporting competition in 1988, and in 1990 he foundedLi-Ning Company Limited,which sells footwear and sporting apparel in China.[1]Li remains chairman of the company's board of directors. According toHurun Report's China Rich List 2014, he has an estimated fortune of RMB 5 billion, making him the 407th wealthiest person in China.[2]
Li was inducted into theInternational Gymnastics Hall of Famein 2000, becoming the first Chinese inductee.[3]
In 2017, a statue was erected in his honor on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux.[4]
At the2008 Summer Olympics,Li Ning ignited thecauldronat theopening ceremonyafter being hoisted high into the air with cables and miming running around the rim of thestadium.[5][6][7]
Personal life
[edit]Li is married toChen Yongyan,a fellow gymnast who won an Olympic bronze in 1984.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Li Ning".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-04-17.
- ^"China Rich List 2014 – Li Ning".Hurun Report. Archived fromthe originalon 5 March 2016.Retrieved10 September2015.
- ^"LI NING".International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.RetrievedMay 12,2007.
- ^Inauguration of the statue of LI Ning
- ^"Games begin with spectacular show".BBC.co.uk. 2008-08-08.Retrieved2008-08-08.
- ^"Li Flies High at Opening Ceremonies".International Gymnast. 2008-08-08.Retrieved2008-08-08.
- ^Fong, Mei (2008-08-25)."Li Ning on the Beijing Olympics".The Wall Street Journal.
External links
[edit]- Li Ningat theInternational Gymnastics Federation
- Li Ningat theInternational Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Li NingatOlympics.com
- Li NingatOlympedia
- List of competitive results at Gymn Forum
- Li Ning: China's legendary gymnast has combined sporting agility with commercial muscle,60 Years of Asian Heroes, ByHannah Beech,Time,2006
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Chinese male artistic gymnasts
- Businesspeople from Guangxi
- Gymnasts at the 1982 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1986 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts from Guangxi
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Olympic cauldron lighters
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic gymnasts for China
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Peking University alumni
- People from Liuzhou
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- World champion gymnasts
- Zhuang people
- Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade