Li Xiaoxia

Li Xiaoxia (simplified Chinese: 李晓霞; traditional Chinese: 李曉霞; born 16 January 1988 in Anshan) is a Chinese table tennis player. With her team, she won gold five times at the world championships and gold two times at the Olympics. In doubles Li became the world champion three times and won gold twenty-one times on the world tour. After the Olympics 2016 she finished her career.


 Career 
In 2006 she took part in the world championships for the first time. With the  team, she won gold. After that, Li came under the best 10 players in the world rankings. At the world cup, where she took part for the first time too, Li came to the Quarterfinals. In the next year, she won silver in the singles and doubles at the WTTC, and at the grand finals she won gold. For her win at the world cup in 2008, Li was for the first time number one in the world. But she wasn't nominated for the Olympics in 2008.

In the next year, Li did not win a lot of big titles, except the Asian Games, so she fell back in time to 8th place in the ITTF-rankings. In the doubles Li Xiaoxia became the 2009 and 2011 world-champion and won the 2011 world tour grand finals, too. In the singles, she became vice-world champion. In 2012, Li was for the first time nominated for the Olympics, where she beat Ding Ning in the finals, and won gold. With the team Li won gold, too.

The latest big title she won was in 2013: At the world championships she beat Liu Shiwen in the final and so became world champion in the singles. In the doubles she won the gold medal, too. At the grand finals in the same year she won gold in the doubles. In 2014 she won silver at the world cup, but at the world championships she lost in the semifinal to Liu Shiwen and won bronze. In the doubles she could win silver.

In 2016 she played her latest biggest event: At the Olympics, where she came to the final and lost to Ding Ning she won silver. At the team event she won gold.

 Successen 

 World Championships 

 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 gold with the team
 2010 silver with the team
 2011 silver in the singles
 2015 bronze in the singles
 2013 winner in the singles

 Olympic Games 

 2012, 2016 gold with team
 2012 gold in the singles
 2016 silver in the singles

 World Cup 

 2008 winner in the singles
 2014 silver in the singles
 2012, 2015 gold with the team

 Results from the ITTF-database 
+AssociationYearCompetitionCountryCitySinglesDoublesMixedTeamCHN2006World ChampionshipsGERBremenGoldCHN2006World CupCHNÜ rümqiQuarterfinalsCHN2007World ChampionshipsCROZagrebSilverSilverCHN2007Pro Tour Grand FinalsCHNBeijingGoldCHN2008World CupMAIIKuala LumpurGoldCHN2009Asian GamesHGKHonkongGoldCHN2009World ChampionshipsJPNYokohamaR 64GoldCHN2010World Tour Grand FinalsRUSMoscowBronzeSilverCHN2011World ChampionshipsNEDRotterdamSilverGoldCHN2011World Tour Grand FinalsPORLisboaGoldCHN2012World ChampionshipsGERDortmundGoldCHN2012Olympic GamesENGLondonGoldGoldCHN2013World ChampionshipsFRAParisGoldGoldCHN2010World ChampionshipsRUSMoscowSilverCHN2008World ChampionshipsPORLagosGoldCHN2014World CupAUSWienSilverCHN2014World ChampionshipsJPNTokioGoldCHN2015Kuwait OpenKUWKuwait CityGoldCHN2015World CampionshipsCHNTianjinBronzeSilverCHN2016World ChampionshipsMAIIKuala LumpurGoldCHN2016Olympic GamesBRARio de JaneiroSilverGold

 References 

Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chinese table tennis players