Li Qishi (born 16 August 1993) is a Chinese

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. Li competed for China at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. In the

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she placed 27th. Li made her

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debut in November 2013. On 23 November 2014, she took her first World Cup victory, in the 1000 m race at the World Cup stop in

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, South Korea. As of February 2016, Li has a total of 5 individual podium placings in the World Cup, all of them in the 1000 m event. Her best classification placement came in the 2014–15 season with 3rd place in the 1000 m overall standing in the World Cup.

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* * 1993 births Living people Chinese female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for China Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games competitors for China Sportspeople from Jilin City 21st-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese people World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists {{PRChina-speed-skating-bio-stub