Lu Li
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Artistic Gymnastics | ||
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1992 Barcelona | Uneven bars |
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1992 Barcelona | Balance beam |
Lu Li (Simplified Chinese: 陆莉) (born August 30 1976) is a Chinese gymnast.
Lu made the Chinese national team in late 1991. However, liver illness almost prevented her from competing in the Olympics. In April 1992, just a few months before the Barcelona Games, she made her international debut at the World Championships in Paris, where her highly innovative uneven bars routine caught the attention of the gymnastics world. Because of a big step on the dismount, she only placed 4th. Many thought she could have become world championship had she been able to stick her landing.
Lu is best known for her gold medal on bars in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She won this with a perfect 10, which she achieved on the same night as Lavinia Miloşovici, who received more publicity for hers. Lu Li also won a silver on beam in the same games (tied with American Shannon Miller), making her China's second most successful female Olympic gymnast after Liu Xuan, although a lot of gymnastics fans considered her beam routine too simple to deserve the silver medal. Lu had troubles on her beam performance in the all-round competition, and placed a disappointing 34th.
Lu competed in the 1993 Chinese National Games and won the un-even bars title. She retired shortly thereafter.
In 2000, Lu Li moved to California and is currently a coach there. She is also happily married and has a son.
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