Gong Li (karateka)

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Gong Li
Personal information
Born16 August 1999 (1999-08-16) (age 24)
Sport
CountryChina
SportKarate
Events
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Kumite +61 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest Kumite 61 kg
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Kumite 61 kg
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tashkent Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Malacca Kumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Malacca Team kumite

Gong Li (born 16 August 1999) is a Chinese karateka[1] who won a bronze medal at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.

Life[edit]

She was educated at Beijing Sport University and she lives in Beijing.[1]

In 2018, she represented her country at the world championships in Madrid, Spain.[1]

In 2020, she won the 68 kg weight class at the national championships.[2]

She represented her country at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[1] An early match was against the eventual Gold Medal winner Feryal Abdelaziz of Egypt. She lost 4:0.[3] She went on to the semi-finals where she gained a bronze medal.[4]

She won the gold medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Karate - GONG Li". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ^ "The national karate championship finals ended. Yin Xiaoyan, Gong Li and Li Ranran won the championship". yqqlm. 2020-11-21. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ^ "Feryal Abdelaziz reaches karate final to guarantee another Tokyo 2020 medal for Egypt". Arab News. 2021-08-07. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. ^ "Karate - Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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