Li Ling (; born 7 February 1985) is a

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter. Her personal best throw is 19.95 metres, set in Wiesbaden. She initially finished fifth at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, but was retroactively ranked third after Evgeniia Kolodko and the winner, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, was disqualified for failing a drug test. On 20 August 2016, the IOC announced

Yevgeniya Kolodko Yevgeniya Nikolayevna Kolodko (russian: Евгения Николаевна Колодко; born 22 July 1990) is a retired Russian shot putter. Career Kolodko was initially awarded the bronze medal in the shot put competition at the 2012 Summ ...

, the Russian silver medalist of women's shot put at the

, failed anti-doping test, Li was thus awarded the Bronze medal.

International competitions

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1985 births Living people Chinese female shot putters Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub