Li Xiaoshuang
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| Born | November 1, 1973 Xiantao, Hubei, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Xiaoshuang (Chinese: 李小双; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎoshuāng; born November 1, 1973) is a Chinese gymnast and Olympic champion.[1][2]
Li Xiaoshuang was born in Xiantao, Hubei. His gymnastic talent was discovered at the age of six.[3] He and is twin brother Li Dashuang were members of China's gymnastics team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He earned three Olympic medals at those games: the gold medal for floor exercise, a silver for overall team championship, and a bronze on the rings.
In 1995, Li won the 1995 World Championships in Sabae, Japan and helped the Chinese team to a second consecutive team championship.
During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, a slip by Li in the final compulsory team event was one of the team's errors that caused the Chinese team to finish second behind the Russians. Li competed solidly, however, and qualified into the all-around finals where he won the gold medal over Russian Alexei Nemov by 0.05 of a point. Li became the first Chinese Olympic all-around Champion
Li retired from gymnastic competition in 1997 and has since started his own sporting apparel company. Li is also a senior colonel in the People's Liberation Army.
References
[edit]- ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)
- ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)
- ^ "Li Xiaoshuang". crienglish.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- Li Xiaoshuang at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Li Xiaoshuang at Olympedia
- Li Xiaoshuang at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
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1994:  China (CHN), Fan Hongbin, Guo Linyao, Huang Huadong, Huang Liping, Li Dashuang, Li Jing, Li Xiaoshuang1995: China (CHN), Fan Bin, Fan Hongbin, Huang Huadong, Huang Liping, Li Xiaoshuang, Shen Jian, Zhang Jinjing |
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Chinese male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Olympic gold medalists for China
- Olympic gymnasts for China
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- People from Xiantao
- Gymnasts from Hubei
- Chinese twins
- Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 1990 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Asian Games bronze medalists for China
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games