Li Lishan
Li Lishan
Li Lishan, born in Hong Kong on September 5, 1970, is a windsurfer and Olympic champion, known as "after the wind".
Early experience
Li Lishan has been practicing windsurfing since she was young under the guidance of her uncle Ligan. She began to compete at the age of 17 and became a member of the Hong Kong team at the age of 19 (1989). Her coach is Mr. Avery.
Sports career
Second runner up at the 1990 Beijing Asian Games.
He finished 11th in Barcelona in 1992.
He won the world championships in 1993.
Second runner up at the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games.
Third place in the 1995 World Championships.
Atlanta Olympic champion in 1996, runner up in the world championships, 1996 World Women's Olympic year-end ranking first. Among them, at the Atlanta Olympic Games, Li Lishan won the first Olympic gold medal for the Hong Kong delegation. She was also the first Hong Kong person to win the gold medal in the Olympic windsurfing event. The news caused a sensation in Hong Kong. At that time, her island, Cheung Chau Island, held a 10000 person victory celebration, and the TV station broadcast the whole process from her landing in Hong Kong.
She won the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998 and ranked first in the world women's Olympic Games in 1998.
In 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, women's windsurfing ranked sixth in the MI class.
Li Lishan, the second runner up of women's windsurfing in the 9th National Games in 2001, once planned to retire after this failure. However, she once again ranked first at the end of the year in the world's women's Olympic Games that year, which cheered her up.
Career data
The champion of Busan Asian Games in 2002 is the MI class champion of women's windsurfing.
In 2003 Athens sailing competition, women's sailboard took the second place in Mie's class.
The 2003 national championship of women's windsurfing Mie class champion.
Fourth place in 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Award winning record
In 1996, she was awarded the MBE by Queen Elizabeth II;
In 1997, he was rated as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Hong Kong;
He was awarded honorary doctor of social sciences by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2002;
In 2003, he was awarded the bronze Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
social activities
In 2006, Li Lishan made TV commercials for Hang Seng Bank. In addition, she has also performed advertisements for Daxin life, 2036 Ganoderma lucidum spores, zest bath products, and served as an ambassador for further studies of the Hong Kong Institute of education.
On November 16, 2007, ATV announced that Li Lishan will act as ATV's Olympic ambassador during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, covering the opening and closing ceremonies and sailing events in Qingdao.
On May 2, 2008, Li Lishan served as the first torchbearer in the Hong Kong torch relay of the 2008 Olympic Games and took over the Olympic flame from the chief executive of the Special Administrative Region, Donald Tsang. Li Lishan was also the torchbearer of the last leg of the Olympic Sailing torch on August 9, 2008.
Personal life
family life
On January 26, 1999, she married Huang Desen, a famous Hong Kong sailor, and was regarded as a model couple. On August 28, 2005, she gave birth to her daughter Huang Xiai. Li also retired from her career as an athlete after the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. She is now a full-time housewife and mother, only doing simple training. Li Lishan gave birth to her next daughter on August 12, 2007, so she couldn't attend the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but she will still attend in Beijing.
Become an idol
After Li Lishan won the Olympic gold medal, she became an idol of Hong Kong people. The local animation McDull story takes Li Lishan and Ligen as its characters to let the audience learn their enterprising spirit. After winning the first Olympic gold medal for Hong Kong, she was awarded a lifetime free ride on the subway by the Hong Kong Metro Corporation. Later, the Yaumati Ferry Corporation awarded her a lifetime free ride on the ferry.
Investment experience
After winning the Olympic champion, Li Lishan and her family spent 16.868 million yuan to buy a 1300 foot one room flat with a sea view of the Shenwan yacht club for investment.
Study experience
In 2002, she studied sports management at the University of Canberra in Australia. Later, the Chinese University of Hong Kong awarded her honorary doctorate in Social Sciences, becoming the first Hong Kong athlete to receive this honor.
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