Li Ning
Chinese gymnast (born 1963)
Li Ning (Chinese: 李宁; Zhuang: Lij Ningz; born March 10, 1963, in Liuzhou, Guangxi) is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, the founder of the eponymous sportswear company Li-Ning, and a retired Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast of Zhuang ethnicity. He lives in Hong Kong.2
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Born Sep 8, 1963.1
Companies
- Li-Ning Company LimitedFounder11
Early life and education
- Date not recordedPeking University3
Career
Occupation: businessperson, entrepreneur, artistic gymnast.5
- Date not recordedFounded Li-Ning Company Limited4
Gymnastics career
Li started training when he was eight and was selected for the national team in 1980. In 1982, he won six of the seven medals awarded at the Sixth World Cup Gymnastic Competition, earning him the title "Prince of Gymnastics" (simplified Chinese: 体操王子; traditional Chinese: 體操王子).
Li is most famous for winning six medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics in which the People's Republic of China participated. He won three gold medals (in floor exercise, pommel horse, and rings), two silver medals, and one bronze medal. Li became the most decorated Chinese athlete at the first Olympics that China participated in after the founding of the People's Republic in October 1949.
Li won 11 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships medals, including gold medals in the rings (1985) and team all-around (1983).
Li took part in his second Olympics at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, despite carrying injuries. It ended an illustrious gymnastic career, as he was off-form.
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Post-gymnastics career
Li retired from sporting competition in 1988, and in 1990 he founded Li-Ning Company Limited, which sells footwear and sporting apparel in China. Li remains chairman of the company's board of directors. According to Hurun Report's China Rich List 2014, he has an estimated fortune of RMB 5 billion, making him the 407th wealthiest person in China.
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Personal life
Li is married to Chen Yongyan, a fellow gymnast who won an Olympic bronze in 1984.
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- 1WikidataLi Ning on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaLi Ning on Wikipedia
- 3WikidataLi Ning: education, on Wikidata
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- 5WikidataLi Ning: occupation, on Wikidata
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- 8WikidataLi Ning: spouse, on Wikidata
- 9WikidataLi Ning: award, on Wikidata
- 10WikidataLi Ning: IMDb, on Wikidata
- 11WikidataLi-Ning Company Limited, Founder
- 12Wikimedia CommonsLi Ning photo by Tim Hipps, U.S. Army, Public domain