Li Lingwei

Li Lingwei

Li Lingwei, female, Han nationality, born on January 7, 1964 in Lishui, Zhejiang Province, is a famous Chinese female badminton player and world champion.

She joined Zhejiang badminton team in 1977. He was selected into the national badminton training team in 1980. Retired in 1989. In her sports career, she won 38 gold medals in major international competitions, including 13 world champions, becoming the female athlete with the most world champions in China. The first women's singles badminton player in the history of badminton in the world who has won gold medals in the world championships, world cup, all England Championships and World Series Grand Prix finals. Known as "Queen of badminton" and "Queen of badminton". On December 28, 2016, he was elected vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.

Currently, he is a member of the International Olympic Committee and vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee. He enjoys the official treatment of Hangzhou Normal University.

Early experience

Li Lingwei is a premature baby. She was born with only two kilograms. She was brought back to her parents by her grandmother until she was six years old. Because of her grandmother's doting, she developed a capricious temper. In the words of the coach, she was "one question ignored, two questions rolled, three questions shed tears."

Li Lingwei joined the Zhejiang badminton team at the age of 11.

In 1980, he won the singles championship in the national youth badminton competition, and cooperated with his teammate sang Yanqin to win the doubles championship in the national adult group competition, so he was selected into the national badminton team. She is fast, strong in attack, changeable in the way of the ball and good in front of the net.

Sports career

He joined Zhejiang badminton team in 1977.

He was selected into the national badminton training team in 1980 and retired in 1989.

In 1980 and 1985, he won the title of master sportsman and international master sportsman respectively.

In 1989, he was rated as one of the outstanding athletes in the 40 years since the founding of the people's Republic of China. He has been awarded the sports Medal of honor by the State Sports Commission for seven times.

From 1984 to 1987, he was rated as one of the top ten athletes in China for four consecutive times.

After winning the world championship several times in succession in 1983, Li Lingwei was listed as the No.1 women's singles player in the world by the International Badminton Federation.

After winning the women's singles gold medals at the all England Championships, the world cup and the Uber Cup in 1984, she became the first women's singles badminton athlete in the history of world badminton to win gold medals at the world championships, the world cup, the all England Championships and the world series Grand Prix finals. Known as "Queen of badminton" and "Queen of badminton".

In March 1993, when the Chinese badminton team changed blood, he joined the national team with Li Yongbo, Li Mu, Tian Bingyi and other young players and served as assistant coach of the national badminton team.

In December 1994, she trained famous female coaches such as Shan Zhichao and Gong Ruichao.

Before the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, he left the Chinese badminton team with Li Mu after the famous "collective impeachment incident".

In 1982, he won the singles championship in the "UNIX Cup" Japan Badminton Open. At the 3rd World Badminton Championships in Denmark, she won the world high level women's singles championship with five victories.

She won the women's Doubles Championship in 1983, 1986, 1987 World Cup and 1985 world badminton championship.

She won the women's singles championship in 1983, 1989 World Badminton Championships and 1984-1987 World Cup.

Li Lingwei was also the main player of Chinese team who won the Uber Cup in 1984, 1986 and 1988. She has won eight women's singles and doubles titles in the all England Badminton Championships and Grand Prix finals.

He won more than 50 world-class gold medals in his sports career.

Personal life

Don't take a badminton racket into the Olympic Organizing Committee

Like most excellent athletes, Li Lingwei has worked as a coach of the national team after retirement, and also studied abroad for further study. After her successful bid for the 2003 Beijing Olympic Games, she came to the sports department of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games to work in obscurity. "Without the original stage, the aura will naturally disappear," she said. The Olympic Organizing Committee is full of elites, and how much do I know except badminton? I didn't come to the Olympic Organizing Committee to play with a badminton racket. So I should learn from others like a sponge. "

Although she has never been an Olympic athlete, Li Lingwei and the Olympic Games are always inextricably linked. In 2003, she entered Beijing Sport University to study for a doctoral degree. Her tutor is Mr. He Zhenliang, member of the International Olympic Committee. The title of her doctoral thesis is "the evolution and development direction of the summer Olympic Games' project setting". In 2004, she was nominated by the International Olympic Committee for the women and Sports Award. After that, she was honored to be the torch bearer of the Athens Olympic Games.

Women and Sports Award

On March 8, 2008, the International Olympic Committee announced the list of winners of the 2008 "women and Sports Award". Datu azalina of the Ministry of youth and sports of Malaysia won this year's "women and sports" World Award. Li Lingwei, a former Chinese women's badminton world champion, and four other women won the intercontinental award.

IOC President Jacques Rogge announced at the opening ceremony of the fourth World Conference on women and sports held on the Dead Sea in Jordan that the 2008 World prize for women and sports was awarded to datu azarina, Malaysia's first female and youngest youth and sports minister in history, in recognition of her contribution to promoting more Malaysian women to participate in sports And it was only within four years of her appointment as minister.

In addition to the world awards, five other Intercontinental awards are awarded to women who have made outstanding achievements in encouraging, promoting and developing the participation of women and young women in sports. The winners are selected by the women's and Sports Commission of the International Olympic Committee from 70 candidates recommended by national and regional Olympic committees and individual federations.

The five intercontinental prize winners are: African prize winner ana Paula of Angola, American prize winner ABI Hoffman of Canada, Asian prize winner Li Lingwei, former Chinese women's badminton world champion, European prize winner Costa DiNova of Bulgaria, high jump champion of 1996 Atlantis Olympic Games, and Oceania prize winner Australian water polo player Debbie Watson.

The world women's sports conference of the International Olympic Committee was held in Lausanne for the first time in 1996, every four years. Starting from the second session, the time is basically arranged during the international working women's day, and the contents of the conference are generally related to various fields of sports.

Selected by the International Olympic Committee to form the Olympic Games Host Committee

On October 4, 2019, according to the International Olympic Committee, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee approved the establishment of the "Summer Olympic Games Host Committee" and "Winter Olympic Games Host Committee". The newly established committee has the right to recommend candidate host sites for the Olympic Games, the Winter Olympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games. Li Lingwei and Zhang Hong, members of the International Olympic Committee from China, were selected.

Political experience

After leaving the coaching position, Li Lingwei became Vice President of China Badminton Association and director of the International Badminton Federation.

In 2003, he was admitted to Beijing Sport University as a doctoral candidate and studied sociology. After the establishment of BOCOG, he was transferred to the sports department of BOCOG and did a lot of work for the success of the Beijing Olympic Games.

In January 2007, Li Lingwei was personally nominated by IOC President Jacques Rogge to become a member of the Olympic project committee.

In November 2008, he was appointed deputy director of Pingyu sports management center of State General Administration of sports.

On December 28, 2010, he was transferred to the deputy director of network management center.

On July 26, 2012, Li Lingwei was elected member of the International Olympic Committee.

On March 14, 2013, Li Lingwei was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress at the first session of the 12th National People's Congress.

In March 2015, Li Lingwei was appointed director and party secretary of tennis management center.

On December 28, 2016, he was elected vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee.

On February 14, 2017, Li Lingwei was appointed inspector of the Department of external liaison.

On October 4, 2019, it will be selected into the International Olympic Committee to set up the Olympic Games venue Committee.

On August 7, 2020, Hangzhou Normal University held a leading group meeting to announce that Li Lingwei enjoys the treatment of principal position of undergraduate university.

Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress

Career data

In her sports career, she won 38 gold medals in major international competitions, including 13 world champions, becoming the female athlete with the most world champions in China.

Ranking: Women's first place in the world badminton Grand Prix with 1560 points in 1988.

Main achievements:

In 1980, with sang Yanqin cooperation, won the national doubles champion.

In 1981, she won the second place of women's singles in the 1st Alba World Cup badminton match.

In 1982, she won the women's singles championship in the "UNIX Cup" Japanese Badminton Open Championship.

In 1983, she won the third world badminton championship in women's singles.

In 1983, he won the championship in the all England Badminton Championship.

In 1984, she won the women's singles championship in the all England Badminton Open.

In 1985, she won the women's singles championship in the 4th World Cup Badminton Competition.

In 1985, she won the women's singles championship in the international badminton Grand Prix.

In 1989, she won the women's singles championship in the 6th World Badminton Championship.

May 1998, as a coach

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