Li Ling (shot putter)
Chinese shot putter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Li Ling (pole vaulter).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Li Ling (Chinese: 李玲; pinyin: Lǐ Líng; born 7 February 1985) is a Chinese shot putter. Her personal best throw is 19.95 metres, set in Wiesbaden.
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Born | (1985-02-07) February 7, 1985 (age 39) |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) |
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Country | China |
Sport | Women's athletics |
Event | Shot put |
Coached by | Cong Yuzhen Kirsten Hellier |
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She initially finished fifth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was retroactively ranked third after Evgeniia Kolodko and the winner, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, was disqualified for failing a drug test.[1] On 20 August 2016, the IOC announced Yevgeniya Kolodko, the Russian silver medalist of women's shot put at the 2012 Summer Olympics, failed anti-doping test, Li was thus awarded the Bronze medal.[2]