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| Li Li | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 26, 1975 (age 49) Xingning, Guangdong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | "Li Li" (uneven bars) "Li Li" (balance beam) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Li (李莉, born February 26, 1975, in Xingning County, Guangdong Province) is an artistic gymnast from China. She competed during the early 1990s, and retired in 1994. An Olympian, World Cup medallist and national champion, the beam was her best apparatus. Here, she pioneered the exceptionally difficult and innovative 11⁄4 turn on back in kip position, to which the skill is named after her.[1] No other gymnast has been able to perform the maneuver with as many spins.
- ^ "43rd ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Tokyo (JPN), 7-16 October 2011, RESULTS, WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS FINAL, SAT 15 OCT 2011 15:10" (PDF). fedintgym.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-11-12.