Li Yi (; born 1 January 1992) is a professional wushu taolu athlete from Macau. She has achieved gold medals in the World Wushu Championships,

Taolu World Cup The Taolu World Cup is an elite-level international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sport of wushu taolu. Athletes qualify by placing in the top-eight of a standard taolu event at the prior World ...

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

, and the

Asian Wushu Championships The Asian Wushu Championships is a continental Wushu (sport), wushu championship hosted by the Wushu Federation of Asia (WFA), the official continental representative to the International Wushu Federation. The competition is open to the 37 member n ...

Career

Li started practising wushu at the age of eight in Anhui. Li's international debut was at the

2011 World Wushu Championships The 2011 World Wushu Championships was the 11th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Ankara Arena in Ankara, Turkey from October 9 to October 14, 2011. This competition was also the qualifier for the 2013 World Combat Game ...

. A year later, she was a triple medalist at the

. She then won a bronze medal at the

2013 East Asian Games The 2013 East Asian Games, officially known as the VI East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 eve ...

and a silver medal

2013 World Wushu Championships The 2013 World Wushu Championships was the 12th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 1 to November 5, 2013. Medal summary Medal table Men's taolu ...

in duilian. A year later, she competed in the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

and won the silver medal in women's jianshu and qiangshu. At the

2015 World Wushu Championships The 2015 World Wushu Championships was the 13th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania ...

, she qualified for the 2016

and went on to win a gold medal in jianshu and two bronze medals in changquan and qiangshu. In the

2017 World Wushu Championships The 2017 World Wushu Championships was the 14th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Kazan Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia from September 19 to October 3, 2017. For the countries in Asia, this was also the qualificatio ...

, she earned another two bronze medals in changquan and duilian, and later at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

, she was a double gold medallist in changquan and jianshu, the first two and only two medals Macau has ever earned at the Universiade. In 2018, Li returned to the Taolu World Cup and won two silver medals. Later that same year, she competed in the

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 Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

and won the silver medal in women's changquan. In the

2019 World Wushu Championships The 2019 World Wushu Championships was the 15th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Minhang Gymnasium in Shanghai, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is ...

, she won two gold medals in jianshu and qiangshu and a silver medal in changquan, making her one of the most successful athletes in the competition. At the

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 ...

, Li won the gold medal in women's changquan. Shortly after, she won the gold medal in jianshu and qiangshu combined at the 2023 World Combat Games. A few weeks later, she became the world champion in qiangshu and won a bronze medal in jianshu at the

2023 World Wushu Championships The 2023 World Wushu Championships was the 16th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, from November 16 to 20, 2023. Development and preparation Selectio ...

. She declared her retirement after the competition.

Competitive History

Honours

Awarded by the Macau SAR Government *

Honourific Title of Merit The Honourific Title of Merit ( pt, Título Honorífico de Valor; ) is a decoration of Macau established in 2001 in recognition of individuals who have contributed significantly to the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic o ...

: 2012, 2014 * : 2018 *

Silver Lotus Medal of Honour The Silver Lotus Medal of Honour ( pt, Medalha de Honra Lótus de Prata; ) is the second-highest award under the MSAR honors and awards system which recognizes lifelong and highly significant contributions to the well-being of Macau. List of re ...

: 2023

Macau Outstanding Athletes Election The Macau Outstanding Athletes Election (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Eleição dos Atletas Excepcionais de Macau''; ) is organized by the and by to award athletes who have contributed to the success or development of Macau in sport. 80% of ...

* Honorary Athletes Awards: Elected 2017, 2019

References

External links

Athlete profile
at the

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Yi 1992 births Living people People from Hefei Sportspeople from Anhui Macau female wushu practitioners Wushu practitioners at the 2014 Asian Games Wushu practitioners at the 2018 Asian Games Wushu practitioners at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Macau Asian Games silver medalists for Macau Asian Games medalists in wushu Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Macau Summer World University Games medalists in wushu Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade World champion wushu athletes

Career

Competitive History

Honours

See also

References

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