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Li Ling

Personal information
Born	(1989-07-06) July 6, 1989 (age 35) Puyang, Henan, China
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole Vault
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  China Asian Games 2014 Incheon Pole vault 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Pole vault 2022 Hangzhou Pole vault 2010 Guangzhou Pole vault
Updated on 6 August 2012

Li Ling (Chinese: 李玲; pinyin: Lǐ Líng; born 6 July 1989) is a Chinese athlete, who specialises in the pole vault.

She competed at the 2006 World Junior Championships, but no-heighted in the final. She achieved indoor and outdoor personal bests in 2008, clearing 4.45 metres indoors in Beijing in February and repeating the feat outdoors two months later in Hangzhou.

She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics but her mark of 4.15 m in the qualifying round was not enough to progress to the final. She fared better at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but her season's best mark of 4.40 m was ten centimetres off making the final competition.

She matched her personal best to take the gold medal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games. The vault was one centimetre off Zhang Yingning's Asian record in the event.

On September 8, 2013, she achieved a new Asian record at the Chinese National Games in Shenyang, China with 4.65 m.

Since then Li had achieved Asian record in women's pole vault for another 3 times —— first time was 2015 Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan which she raised her record by one centimeter to 4.66m, second time was 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha she became the first Asian female pole vaulter to cross the height of 4.70m, last time in 2019 Diamond League Shanghai she finished second with 4.72m, a record that stands till now.

After 4 consecutive Olympics appearances, Li suddenly withdrew from 2024 Olympic Games before Team China's departure to France due to a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Career

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  China
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	1st (q)	4.00 m
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	–	NM
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	27th (q)	4.15 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	4.30 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (q)	4.40 m
	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	1st	4.45 m
	East Asian Games	Hong Kong, China	2nd	4.05 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	16th (q)	4.20 m
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	2nd	4.30 m
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	2nd	4.30 m
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	–	NM
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	29th (q)	4.25 m
2012	Asian Indoor Championships	Hangzhou, China	1st	4.50 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	30th (q)	4.25 m
2013	Asian Championships	Pune, India	1st	4.54 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	11th	4.45 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	1st	4.35 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	1st	4.66 m AR
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	4.45 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	9th	4.60 m
2016	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	4.70 m AR
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	16th (q)	4.55 m
2017	Asian Championships	Bhubaneswar, India	2nd	4.20 m
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	4.60 m
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	4.61 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th	4.50 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	–	NM
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	6th	4.60 m
2023	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	1st	4.66 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (q)	4.60 m
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	1st	4.63 m
2024	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	1st	4.51 m
	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	11th	4.40 m

Personal bests

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

References

1. Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2009-10-31). Li Ling's vault victory and Huong's 60m triumph highlight opening day of Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Mirko Jalava (2013-09-08). "Chinese National Games begin with Asian pole vault record". IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
3. No mark in the final

External links

• Li Ling at World Athletics
• Li Ling at Olympics.com
• Li Ling at Olympedia
• Team China 2008

• 1989 births
• Living people
• People from Puyang
• Athletes from Henan
• Chinese female pole vaulters
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for China
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for China
• Asian Games silver medalists for China
• Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
• World Athletics Championships athletes for China
• Asian Athletics Championships winners
• IAAF Continental Cup winners
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for China
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
• Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners