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Chinese sport shooter (born 1982)
Du Li
Personal information
Native name杜丽
Nationality China
Born (1982-03-05) March 5, 1982 (age 42)
Shandong, China
Years active2002-2016
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSport shooting
Event(s)AR40, STR3X20
In this Chinese name, the family name is: Du.

Du Li (simplified Chinese: 杜丽; traditional Chinese: 杜麗; pinyin: Dù Lì; born 5 March 1982 in Yiyuan, Zibo, Shandong) is a female Chinese sport shooter who was a gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics and the 2008 Olympics; she has also won titles at World Cup, World Championships and the Asian Games.

Career

Du Li competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won the "gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition." She has achieved the maximum 400 in this event twice (2003 and 2006). She was unable——to defend that title in the 2008 Summer Olympics, losing——to Kateřina Emmons on August 9, "2008," and finishing 5th in the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, "she fought back to win a gold medal in the women's 50 metre rifle three positions competition," setting new Olympic record in the process.

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Du Li set a new Olympic record in women's 10 metre rifle in qualification rounds by, scoring 420.7. She later won a silver medal on 6 August 2016 after being second to Virginia Thrasher in the final.

Personal life

On November 29, 2009, Du married fellow Chinese Olympic shooting champion Pang Wei in Baoding, Hebei.

Current world records held in 50 metre rifle three positions
Women (ISSF) Teams 1754  China (Shan, Wang, Xu)
 China (Du, Shan, Wang)
24 July 1998
6 October 2002
Barcelona (ESP)
Busan (KOR)
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Current world records held in 10 metre air rifle
Women Qualification 400  Seo Sun-hwa (KOR)
 Gao Jing (CHN)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Du Li (CHN)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Suma Shirur (IND)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Monika Haselsberger (AUT)
 Barbara Lechner (GER)
 Zhao Yinghui (CHN)
 Wu Liuxi (CHN)
 Du Li (CHN)
 Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)
 Kateřina Emmons (CZE)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Yi Siling (CHN)
12 April 2002
22 April 2002
24 August 2002
4 June 2003
14 June 2003
13 February 2004
22 February 2004
22 April 2004
5 March 2005
11 April 2005
11 June 2005
4 October 2006
24 May 2008
9 August 2008
5 November 2008
1 August 2010
Sydney (AUS)
Shanghai (CHN)
Munich (GER)
Zagreb (CRO)
Munich (GER)
Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
Bangkok (THA)
Athens (GRE)
Tallinn (EST)
Changwon (KOR)
Munich (GER)
Granada (ESP)
Milan (ITA)
Beijing (CHN)
Bangkok (THA)
Munich (GER)
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Teams 1196  China (Du, Wu, Zhao) December 6, 2007 Kuwait City (KUW) edit

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