Li Qian (Chinese: 李倩; pinyin: Lǐ Qiàn; born 6 June 1990) is a Chinese boxer. She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the women's middleweight class at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | 6 June 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editLi was born in China's Henan province. She and her parents moved to Ordos, Inner Mongolia, in 2001. While studying at the Inner Mongolia Vocational College of Physical Education, she played basketball. Her height and arm length drew the attention of Chinese boxing team coach Ha Dabater, who recommended her for the Inner Mongolian boxing team in 2007.[2][3] She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4] She then won a silver medal in the middleweight event at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics, losing to Lauren Price in the final.[5]
On 10 August 2024, she competed in the Paris 2024 Olympics and defeated Panamanian boxer Atheyna Bylon by 4–1 in the final to win the gold medal in Women's middleweight.[6] She has thus become the 3rd Chinese female boxer to have become an Olympic champion.
References
edit- ^ "Boxing record for Li Qian". BoxRec.
- ^ 期待里约 遗憾手大--记错失亚运金牌的女拳击手李倩. Archived 2 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine. SINA.com 17 October 2014.
- ^ 后拳击手李倩：向奥运金牌发起冲击. Archived 25 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Chen Zi Gui news: 90; 内蒙古新闻网. Archived 28 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Qian Li". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Live Tokyo 2020, boxing live: GB's Lauren Price wins gold medal fight against Li Qian". Telegraph. 8 August 2021.
- ^ "LI Qian vs BYLON Atheyna Bibeichi Results". 10 August 2024.
External links
edit- Li Qian at BoxRec (registration required)
- Li Qian at Olympedia
- Li Qian at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
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