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LI LI
Li Li (born February 26, 1975 in Xingning County, Guangdong Province) is an artistic gymnast from
China. She competed during the early 1990s, and retired in 1993. An Olympian, World Cup medallist and national champion,
her best piece was beam. Here, she pioneered the exceptionally difficult and innovative 1-1/4 turning back spin. No other
gymnast has been able to perform the maneuver with as many spins.
Li Li also performed a rare German giant into a tkatchev on the uneven bars, including in the Event Finals of the 1991
World Championships and the 1992 Olympic Games, where her teammate Lu Li won the gold with
a perfect 10.0.
Li Li took the early lead in the all-around of the 1993 World Championships after performing on the beam and stunning
the crowd with a Yurchenko loop. She was in contention to win the beam gold in the Event Finals, but after a mistake on a
ump, she decided to duplicate the element, and as a result went over-time, which cost her two tenths. The other favorite for
the gold, Shannon Miller, had a disaster, and the gold went to
Lavinia Milosovici, who had a simple and plain routine in comparison to
Miller and Li Li.
She is now a women's gymnastics coach at Buckeye Gymnastics in Westerville, Ohio.
For more information, visit her
profile page on the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique website.
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