| Li Lingwei | |
| Birth Date: | 26 January 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Binzhou |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Weight: | 70 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Javelin throw |
Li Lingwei (; born January 26, 1989, in Binzhou) is a Chinese track and field athlete who specialises in the javelin throw.
In 2017 she set a new personal best of 66.25 m at the 2017 World Championship in London.[1] It was more than a metre further than her previous personal best.
In 2017 she represented her country in India at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw. She took the gold medal with a throw over 63 m beating Dilhani Lekamge of Sri Lanka who had a throw of over 57 metres.[2] She beat her former training partner Nadeeka Lakmali.[3] Li's throw of 63.06 m was a new championship record.[4]
She has held the Asian area women's javelin record.[5] She also set a then meet record of 60.65 m, at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championship in Pune. She won the 12th Chinese National Games in 2013 with a throw of 63.06 m, a season's best.[6] She won the 2014 Chinese National Championships with a throw of 62.56 m, again a season's best.[7]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 8th | 54.26 m | |
| 2008 | Asian Junior Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 54.72 m |
| World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 59.25 m | |
| 2009 | Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 55.13 m |
| 2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 3rd | 57.51 m | |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 30th (q) | 56.50 m | |
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 60.65 m |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 8th | 61.30 m | ||
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 61.43 m |
| 2015 | Beijing, China | 5th | 64.10 m | ||
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15th (q) | 60.91 m | |
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Bhubaneswar, India | 1st | 63.06 m | |
| London, United Kingdom | 2nd | 66.25 m | |||