Anna Li

Anna Li
Li in May 2012
Personal information
Full nameAnna Li
Country represented United States
Born (1988-09-04) September 4, 1988 (age 36)
Las Vegas, Nevada
ResidenceAurora, Illinois
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2011–2012 (USA)
GymLegacy Elite Gymnastics
College teamUCLA Bruins
Head coach(es)Wu Jiani
Li Yuejiu
Former coach(es)Valorie Kondos Field
Chris Waller
MusicRequiem for a Dream (2010), Inception (2012)
RetiredJuly 26, 2012
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Tokyo Team
NCAA National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Gainesville Team

Anna Li (born September 4, 1988) is an American retired artistic gymnast. She was an 8-time All-American gymnast while competing in the NCAA and a member of the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team that won the 2010 NCAA National Championship title. She was on the US National Team in 2011 - 2012. Her parents, Li Yuejiu and Wu Jiani were Olympic gymnasts who competed for China at the 1984 Summer Olympics and are also her coaches. She has a younger sister, Andrea Li, who is also a gymnast. While training as a Level 10 and Elite gymnast she attended and graduated from Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois.

Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Li started competing in gymnastics when she was six years old at Las Vegas Flyers. She trained in Nevada until her family moved to Illinois in 2002.[1] Anna qualified to the Senior Elite level in 2004, competing the US National Championships in both 2004 and 2005 before being recruited by the UCLA Bruins. She was unable to compete for most of 2006 due to injury.[2]

  1. ^ "Anna Li's Official Web Site About Page". Archived from the original on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  2. ^ "Universal Sports Anna Li Bio". Universal Sports. Retrieved 2012-02-20.