About Li Meisu
Born 1959. Li Meisu is a Chinese athletics competitor.
Li Meisu (; born April 17, 1959, in Hebei) is a retired Chinese shot putter who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
She also won the Asian Games in 1982 and 1998, the Asian Championships in 1998 and the East Asian Games in 1997.
Her personal best of 21.76, is also an Asian record and ranks her seventh on the shot put all-time lists.
Since her retirement from competition, she has turned to coaching. She coached Gong Lijiao to an Olympic silver medal in 2012 and Olympic gold medal in 2020.
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Who is Li Meisu?
athletics competitor
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Li Meisu was born on 17 April 1959 in Hebei.
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Li Meisu is an athletics competitor.
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Li Meisu is Chinese.
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