Li Yi (triple jumper)
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| Born | 26 November 2005 Milan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Triple jump: 13.99m (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Yi (born 26 November 2005) is a Chinese triple jumper. She won the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships and the 2025 Chinese Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
Li Yi jumped a personal best of 13.99 metres in Bengbu in May 2024.[2] She won the silver medal in the triple jump at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, behind Uzbek athlete Sharifa Davronova.[3][4]
She placed seventh in the triple jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, with a jump of 13.84 metres.[5] She jumped 13.80 metres (-0.9 m/s) and won the gold medal at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea ahead of Sharifa Davronova, at the age of 19 years-old.[6][7]
She won the Chinese Athletics Championships in August 2025 in Quzhou with a jump of 13.93 metres.[8] In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.[9][10]
Personal life
From Hunan, she studies at Central China Normal University.[10][7]
References
- ^ "Li Yi". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "WU20 Lima 24 preview: jumps". World Athletics. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Reid anchors Jamaica to 4x100m title to secure golden double in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Wang, Yin Set Records as 26th Asian Athletics Championships Opens in Gumi". Track Alerts. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ a b "CCNU Students Clinched Two Golds and One Silver at 26th Asian Athletics Championships". ccnu.edu. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "Chinese Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Hunan duo Li Yi and Zhang Mingkun selected for 2025 World Athletics Championships". inews.qq. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.