Li Li (badminton)

Li Li (Template:Lang-zh; born 7 July 1983) is a Chinese-born Singaporean badminton player.

Early life

Li was born in Wuhan, China and moved to Singapore in 1997. She became a Singapore citizen in 2002.<ref name="quitsST">Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Li won the 2002 Commonwealth Games women's singles gold medal by beating favourite Tracey Hallam of England in four sets, causing a major upset for the home team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was the first Commonwealth Games badminton gold for Singapore.<ref name="quitsST" />

Li was part of the women's team at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games which won the gold medal. Li also played at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Gong Ruina of China in the round of 32. At the 2006 Asian Games, she was part of the women's team which took the bronze medal.<ref name="quitsST" />

Li resigned from the Singapore Badminton Association in January 2008 and returned to Wuhan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Awards

Li received the 2003 and 2005 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Bolton Arena, Manchester, England	Template:Flagicon Tracey Hallam	7–5, 5–7, 8–7, 7–0	Gold Gold

SEA Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Tan Binh Sport Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	9–11, 4–11	Bronze Bronze
2005	PhilSports Arena, Metro Manila, Philippines	Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	2–11, 8–11	Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Spanish International	Template:Flagicon Maja Pohar	7–11, 7–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Myanmar International	Template:Flagicon Fatimah Kumin Lim	11–9, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2001	Singapore International	Template:Flagicon Huang Lipei	11–3, 9–11, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Singapore Satellite	Template:Flagicon Xiao Luxi	11–7, 9–11, 11–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Singapore Satellite	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanmei	11—1, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Iran Fajr International	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanmei	11–9, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Finnish International	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanmei	4–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	Croatian International	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanmei	11–1, 13–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Singapore Satellite	Template:Flagicon Salakjit Ponsana	6—11, 11–6, 11–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Iran Fajr International	Template:Flagicon Shinta Mulia Sari	11–9, 11–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Cheers Asian Satellite	Template:Flagicon Xing Aiying	11–7, 9–11, 11–5	Template:Gold1 Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Myanmar International	Template:Flagicon Fatimah Kumin Lim	Template:Flagicon Thida Zan Moe Template:Flagicon Mar Oo Swee	15–7, 15–10	Template:Gold1 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Myanmar International	Template:Flagicon Aman Santosa	Template:Flagicon Thida Zan Moe Template:Flagicon Win Zaw	12–15, 15–7, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner

External links

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