Li Lingwei (; born January 26, 1989, in Binzhou) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the javelin throw.
In 2017 she set a new personal best of 66.25 m at the 2017 World Championship in London. It was more than a metre further than her previous personal best.
In 2017 she represented her country in India at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw. She took the gold medal with a throw over 63 m beating Dilhani Lekamge of Sri Lanka who had a throw of over 57 metres.Results , Odisha 2017, Retrieved 21 July 2017 She beat her former training partner Nadeeka Lakmali.Dilhani turns Tables , CeylonToday, Retrieved 21 July 2017 Li's throw of 63.06 m was a new championship record.
She has held the Asian area women's javelin record. She also set a then meet record of 60.65 m, at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championship in Pune. She won the 12th Chinese National Games in 2013 with a throw of 63.06 m, a season's best. She won the 2014 Chinese National Championships with a throw of 62.56 m, again a season's best.
Competition record Representing 2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China8th54.26 m2008Asian Junior ChampionshipsJakarta, Indonesia1st54.72 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd59.25 m2009Asian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China2nd55.13 m2010Asian GamesGuangzhou, China3rd57.51 m2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom30th (q)56.50 m2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India1st60.65 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia8th61.30 m2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea2nd61.43 m2015World Championships Beijing, China5th64.10 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil15th (q)60.91 m2017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, India 1st 63.06 mWorld Championships London, United Kingdom 2nd66.25 m
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