Name: Li Ning

Gender: Male

Birthplace: Guangxi

Blood type: A

Introduction:

Li Ning (September 8, 1963-) is a famous Chinese gymnast, a native of Liuzhou, Guangxi (Zhuang ethnic group). When he was 10 years old, he participated in the national youth gymnastics competition for the first time and won the first place in the floor exercise at the age of 14. At that time, he participated in the national gymnastics competition and won the second place in floor exercise. In 1980, he was selected into the national training team and won the title of Sportsman in 1980. In 1984, the International Sports Federation named two new difficult movements after the "ring Li Ning swing" and the "parallel bars Li Ning giant loop". In 1985, he won the title of international athlete. He won the top ten athletes in the country four times in 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1986, ranking first three times. In the 7th World Cup in 1986, he performed a "highly difficult level action at 720°" in the floor exercise, and received the only perfect score. In 1984 and 1986, he was named among the top ten athletes in the world. ***Won 16 domestic and foreign awards Honorary title.

In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, due to the lack of new gymnasts in the Chinese national team, the 25-year-old Li Ning was needed to compete. He made repeated mistakes in the competition and fell in the vault event. On the ground, the result made him want to quit, and he officially announced his retirement from sports on December 26, 1988.

Li Ning once tried to develop an acting career in Hong Kong, but failed. Later, with the support of many friends, he decided to retire. Taking advantage of his high reputation in the mainland, he founded Li-Ning Sports Goods Company, which brought him unlimited business opportunities and became one of the most popular brands in mainland China. Until now, he still wears Li-Ning sportswear. He is still the chairman of the company.

In March 1991, Li Ning founded a gymnastics school in Foshan, Guangdong. Li Ning was elected as the principal of the school and enrolled more than 30 students in the first batch. Li Ning has invested an estimated 30 million yuan in this school. He is also a member of the 2000 Olympic Games Bidding Committee.

He is one of the fourteen outstanding people in the world. At the end of April 1987, Li Ning attended the International Olympic Committee Athletes Committee meeting in Hungary. He now serves as an international referee for gymnastics. In April 1992, he sponsored the China "Li Ning Cup" International Gymnastics Competition in Shenyang.

Li Ning's first coach was Liang Wenjie, and he later became a disciple of Zhang Jian.