Li was born in Guiping, Guigang, Guangxi in 1962. She became one of the top table tennis players in China, specialising as a doubles player. Li migrated to New Zealand in 1987 and subsequently represented New Zealand until she retired in 2004 to concentrate as the national coach. She competed at four Olympic Games and one Commonwealth Games for New Zealand. Since 2011, she came out of her "retirement" and started representing New Zealand again. Li led the New Zealand team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[2][3]
Li (right), after her investiture as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy, in 2017
chunli, mnzm, simplified, chinese, 李春丽, traditional, chinese, 李春麗, pinyin, chūnlì, born, february, 1962, chinese, born, zealand, female, professional, table, tennis, player, gold, silver, bronze, medals, 2002, commonwealth, games, long, career, medal, recordre. Chunli Li MNZM simplified Chinese 李春丽 traditional Chinese 李春麗 pinyin Lǐ Chunli born 28 February 1962 is a Chinese born New Zealand female professional table tennis player She won a gold silver and two bronze medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games to cap off her long career 1 Chunli Li Medal recordRepresenting New ZealandWomen s table tennisCommonwealth Games2002 Manchester Singles2002 Manchester Doubles2002 Manchester Mixed Doubles2002 Manchester TeamLi was born in Guiping Guigang Guangxi in 1962 She became one of the top table tennis players in China specialising as a doubles player Li migrated to New Zealand in 1987 and subsequently represented New Zealand until she retired in 2004 to concentrate as the national coach She competed at four Olympic Games and one Commonwealth Games for New Zealand Since 2011 she came out of her retirement and started representing New Zealand again Li led the New Zealand team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2 3 Li right after her investiture as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy in 2017In the 2017 New Year Honours Li was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to table tennis 4 References edit The Chunli dilemma what happens when you re too good for New Zealand The Spinoff 2 October 2019 Retrieved 2 February 2021 Chunli Li New Zealand Olympic Team 8 February 2016 Retrieved 2 February 2021 Li Chunli leads NZ women s table tennis team for Glasgow RNZ 18 June 2014 Retrieved 2 February 2021 New Year honours list 2018 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 31 December 2016 Retrieved 18 January 2018 nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a People s Republic of China table tennis figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a New Zealand table tennis figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chunli Li amp oldid 1160084487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
