Related Research Articles
Li Ning is a Chinese retired gymnast of Zhuang ethnicity, billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder of the eponymous sportswear company Li-Ning. He lives in Hong Kong.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. It was the first appearance at the Summer Games for the country after its mostly symbolic presence at the Summer Games in 1952 during which the dispute between the Republic of China and the PRC resulted in the former withdrawing all its athletes. After 1952 and until these games, the PRC boycotted the Olympics due to the Taiwan's presence as the Republic of China. In 1984, the Republic of China competed as Chinese Taipei and the PRC competed as China. Due to the then ongoing Sino-Soviet split, China did not participate in the Soviet-led boycott. In the previous games, China participated the United States-led boycott to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The team excluded athletes from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, after the territory's return to Chinese rule in 1997, and which competed separately as Hong Kong, China.
North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the nation's first appearance in twelve years at the Summer Games due to its boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 64 competitors, 36 men and 28 women, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.
Li Nina is a Chinese aerial skier who won silver at both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. She placed 5th at the 2002 Winter Olympics, and has won three World Championships in aerials.
Jamie Earl "James" Nieto is an American high jumper and actor.
North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games. 37 competitors, 23 men and 14 women, took part in 23 events in 10 sports. North Korea won the first Olympic gold medal from either Korea.
Yuan Yufang is a Malaysian naturalised race walker.
Lin Li is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding swimmer from China. She swam for China at the:
Li Nan is a former professional basketball player from China. Before his retirement in 2009, he played for the Bayi Rockets, a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Ningbo, Zhejiang. As a small forward, he is 1.98 m (6'6") tall and weighs 104 kg.
Li Juan is a female Chinese volleyball player. She was a key part of the gold medal winning teams at the 2005 Asian Championship, 2006 Doha Asian Games and 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.
Li Qiang is a Chinese male sprint canoeist who competed since the late 2000s.
Li Zhongyun is a female Chinese Judoka. She competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, and won a bronze medal in Women's 52 kg.
Li Yuejiu is a male Chinese former gymnast.
Wu Jiani is a former female Chinese gymnast. Wu was born in Shanghai. She started gymnastic training in 1928, and was admitted into Shanghai gymnastic team in 1986, and Chinese national team in 1988.
Li Bun-hui is a former table tennis player from North Korea who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Ding Ning is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships.
Mary Alexandra "Alex" Bruce is a Canadian badminton player from Toronto, Ontario. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's doubles event with partner Michelle Li.
Li Meifang is a former road cyclist from China. She represented her nation at the 2003, 2006 and 2007 UCI Road World Championships. She also competed in the women's points race at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Song Li is a Chinese speed skater. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Li Song-sob Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  | This biographical article related to North Korean artistic gymnastics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |