Li Yingying (; born February 19, 2000, in

Qiqihar Qiqihar () is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, while the total populat ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

) is a Chinese

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. She is a member and Outside Spiker of the

China women's national volleyball team The China women's national volleyball team () represents the People's Republic of China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches governed by Chinese Volleyball Association. They are one of the leading and most successful sq ...

. On the club level, she plays for

Tianjin Bohai Bank Tianjin Bohai Bank Volleyball Club is a professional women's volleyball club based in Tianjin that plays in the Chinese Volleyball League. Founded in 1993, the team has become a symbolic image of Tianjin Sports and the most successful women’s v ...

Career

Li’s sports career began in 2014, when she joined the Chinese U18 girls' volleyball team, she won the bronze medal at the

2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship The 2015 Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Lima, Peru from 7 August to 16 August 2015. Qualification The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World ...

, she was awarded the Best Outside Spiker of the tournament. In 2016, Li began professional career with Tianjin, a top team that plays in the Chinese League. In 2018, Li joined the senior National Team, won the bronze medal at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Gran ...

and

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the event, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Japan from 29 Sep ...

. In 2019 she was selected to the

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

, won the gold medal with the team. She was selected to the Tokyo Olympics Chinese team roster.

Awards

Individuals

National Team

* 2014 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship: - Bronze medal *

: - Bronze medal *

： - Bronze medal *

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...

： - Gold medal *

: - Bronze medal * 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup： - Gold medal *

2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League will be the fifth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, an annual Women's international volleyball tournament. The competition will be held between 30 May to 16 July 2023, and the f ...

： - Silver medal *

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially known as the 19th Asian Games (), also known as Hangzhou 2022, ( zh, c=杭州2022, p=Hángzhōu Èr líng èr èr), will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Hangzhou will be the t ...

： - Gold medal

Clubs

* 2016–2017 Chinese Volleyball League - Bronze medal, with Tianjin *

2017 National Games of China The 13th National Games of China were held in Tianjin and Luoyang, Henan, from August to September 2017. Host bidding In the 13th National Games bidding process, Shaanxi, Tianjin, Zhejiang and Hubei were the candidates. Tianjin was announced as ...

- Gold medal, with Tianjin Junior * 2017–2018 Chinese Volleyball League - Gold medal, with Tianjin * 2018–2019 Chinese Volleyball League - Silver medal, with Tianjin * 2019–2020 Chinese Volleyball League - Gold medal, with Tianjin * 2020–2021 Chinese Volleyball League - Gold medal, with Tianjin * 2021 National Games of China - Gold medal, with Tianjin * 2021–2022 Chinese Volleyball League - Gold medal, with Tianjin * 2022–2023 Chinese Volleyball League - Gold medal, with Tianjin

References

2000 births Living people Volleyball players from Heilongjiang Chinese women's volleyball players Opposite hitters Outside hitters Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-volleyball-bio-stub