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Li Duihong
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Updated: 2007-07-29 20:38

 

    

Name:Li Duihong
Gender: F
Height: 1.58m
Weight: 51kg
Date of birth: January 25, 1970
Place of birth: Daqing, Heilongjiang Province
Sport: Shooting

    

Sports career:

Took up shooting in Daqing Spare-time Sports School at age 12. Chosen first by the Heilongjiang provincial military zone shooting team and then by the Army's "Ausust 1st" team in 1984. Joined the national team in 1987.

    

Personal best:

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - 1st 25m sporting pistol (30+30 shots) (Olympic Record)

    

High performances:

1982 Hawana World Cup - 1st small-bore sporting pistol
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games - 2nd sporting pistol
1993 Oslo CISM World Shooting Championships - 1st sporting pistol individual (CISM record), 2nd sporting pistol team, 2nd military pistol rapid-fire individual & team
1994 World Championships - 1st 10 air pistol team & 25m sporting pistol team, 3rd 25m sporting pistol individual, 4th 10m air pistol 40 shots individual
1995 Rome World Games for Armymen - 1st central-fire pistol team & 25m pistol rapid-fire team
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games - 1st 25m sporting pistol (OR)
2001 CISM World Shooting Championships - 1st sporting pistol individual & team
2002 World Championships - 1st 25m sporting pistol team

Honours:

Awarded National Sports Medal of Honour by the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission
Cited for First-Class Military Exploit for five times and Second-Class military exploit for three times, by the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army of China
Thrice selected one of National Top Ten Athletes
Thrice Named National "March 8th" Red-Banner Holder by the All-China Women's Federation
Named Shock Worker of the New Long March by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China

At present:

Senior colonel shooter and coach of the Shenyang Military Command, who left the national team in 2003 and has yet to accumulate enough points from a series of national competitions to earn a berth in the 2004 Olympic Games due to her absence from the recent World Cup series.

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