Li Li (badminton player)

Li Li (badminton player)

Li Li (Simplified Chinese: 李理, pinyin: Lí Lǐ) (born July 7, 1983) is the top-ranked female badminton player in Singapore. She was born in China and moved to Singapore in 1997.

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.

Li also played at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Gong Ruina of China in the round of 32.

In January 2008, she announced that she was thinking of quitting badminton and she wanted to take a break. [web cite|url=http://www.badzine.info/content/view/824/2/|title=Li Li –“ I want to quit”|accessdate=2008-02-01|publisher=BadZine.info]

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*BBC:
** [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/badminton/newsid_2156000/2156527.stm "Singapore to do Welsh homework"]
** [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/badminton/newsid_2172000/2172086.stm "Singles gold for Li Li"]
* [http://www.teamsingapore.com.sg/main/detail.jsp?a_id=5271 Team Singapore article]


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