Li Xiangning

Chinese figure skater

For the daughter of Bruce Lee, who has the same name in Chinese, see Shannon Lee.

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Li.

Li Xiangning

Li at the 2017 Junior Worlds

Born|  (2000-05-11) May 11, 2000 (age 23)
Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China
Height| 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country|  China
Coach| Xu Ming
Skating club| Qiqihar Winter Sports Centre
Began skating| 2005

Medal record

Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Representing  Mixed-NOCs
Winter Youth Olympics
|  2016 Lillehammer | Team

Li Xiangning (Chinese: 李香凝; pinyin: Lǐ Xiāngníng; Mandarin pronunciation: [lì ɕjáŋ nǐŋ]; born May 11, 2000) is a Chinese figure skater. She is the 2018 Cup of Nice silver medalist, the 2018 Chinese national champion, and a two-time Chinese national silver medalist (2016, 2017).

On the junior level, she is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion in the team event.

She placed 22nd at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 12th at the 2016 Youth Olympics.

Li switched to pair skating during the 2018–19 figure skating season, partnering with Xie Zhong, but has since returned to singles before ever debuting competitively in pairs.

## Career[edit]

### Early years[edit]

Li began learning to skate in 2004.[1] She debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in August 2013, placing 10th in Riga, Latvia.

### 2014–2015 season[edit]

Li qualified to the final segment in her first appearance at an ISU Championship – the World Junior Championships, held in March in Tallinn, Estonia; she placed 24th in the short program, 20th in the free skate, and 21st overall.

### 2015–2016 season[edit]

In February 2016, Li placed 12th in her individual event at the Winter Youth Olympic in Hamar, Norway. She won gold in the team event, having competed as a member of Team Desire. The following month, she finished 20th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

### 2016–2017 season[edit]

Li's senior international debut came in November 2016 at the Cup of China; she finished 10th at her first Grand Prix assignment. She ranked 13th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, and then 11th at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. Concluding her season, she placed 14th — seven places ahead of China's other entry in the ladies' event, Li Zijun — at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

### 2017–2018 season[edit]

Li won her first senior international medal, silver, at the International Cup of Nice in October 2017. In January, she finished tenth at the 2018 Four Continents Championships in Taipei. In February, she competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.[2] She qualified to the final segment and finished 22nd overall. She was less successful at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy. Ranked 26th in the short program, she did not advance to the free skate.

### 2018–2019 season[edit]

In 2018, Li teamed up with Xie Zhong to compete in pair skating.[3] The new pair was invited to two Grand Prix events, the 2018 Skate America and 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki.[4] It was unclear how the two were eligible according to the International Skating Union's rules for the Grand Prix series.[5] They later withdrew from both competitions.

## Programs[edit]

### Pair skating with Xie[edit]

Season  | Short program | Free skating

|
|

2018–2019  |

* Right by you
by Justin Nozuka
* Be Mine
by Ofenbach

* The Departure (Lullaby)
(from The Leftovers)
by Max Richter

### Single skating[edit]

Season  | Short program | Free skating

|
|

2017–2018
[1][6] |

* Cinema Paradiso
by Ennio Morricone, Andrea Morricone
choreo. by David Wilson

* Raymonda
by Alexander Glazunov
choreo. by David Wilson

2016–2017
[7] |

* Waltz from Coppélia
by Léo Delibes
choreo. by Elvin Huang

* Princess Mononoke
by Joe Hisaishi
choreo. by Elvin Huang

2015–2016
[8] |

* Spring Breeze
by Deng Yuxian
choreo. by Elvin Huang

* My Fair Lady
by Frederick Loewe
choreo. by Elvin Huang

2014–2015
[9] |

* Waltz No. 2
by Dmitri Shostakovich

* Home Alone
by John Williams

2013–2014
[10] |

* Waltz No. 2
by Dmitri Shostakovich
performed by André Rieu

* Nocturne
* Pick Yourself Up

## Competitive highlights[edit]

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### Pair skating with Xie[edit]

International

Event  | 18–19
GP Skate America | WD
GP Helsinki | WD
WD = Withdrew

### Single skating[edit]

Li at the 2017 Junior Worlds International[11]

Event  | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20
Olympics |  |  |  |  |  | 22nd |  |
Worlds |  |  |  |  | 14th | 26th |  |
Four Continents |  |  |  |  | 13th | 10th |  |
GP Skate America |  |  |  |  |  | 10th |  |
GP Cup of China |  |  |  |  | 10th | 8th |  |
GP NHK Trophy |  |  |  |  |  |  | WD |
Cup of Nice |  |  |  |  |  | 2nd |  |
International: Junior[11]
Youth Olympics |  |  |  | 12th |  |  |  |
Junior Worlds |  |  | 21st | 20th | 11th |  |  |
JGP Austria |  |  |  | 6th |  |  |  |
JGP Japan |  |  | 10th |  |  |  |  |
JGP Latvia |  | 10th |  | 6th |  |  |  |
JGP Slovenia |  |  | 12th |  |  |  |  |
National[11]
Chinese Champ. | 12th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st |  | 13th
Team events
Olympics |  |  |  |  |  | 6th T
7th P |  |
Youth Olympics |  |  |  | 1st T
4th P |  |  |  |
World Team
Trophy |  |  |  |  | 5th T
8th P |  |  |
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Xiangning LI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2018.
2. ^ "Athlete Profile - LI Xiangning". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018.
3. ^ "Xiangning LI / Zhong XIE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019.
4. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19". International Skating Union. September 28, 2018. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018.
5. ^ "Grand Prix of Figure SkatingGrand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2018/19". International Skating Union. pp. 2–4. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018.
6. ^ Wilson, David (June 20, 2017). "Ma petite Raymonda Xiangning Li :)" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
7. ^ "Xiangning LI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017.
8. ^ "Xiangning LI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
9. ^ "Xiangning LI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015.
10. ^ "Xiangning LI: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014.
11. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Xiangning LI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Li Xiangning at the International Skating Union
* Li Xiangning at the International Skating Union
* Li Xiangning at Olympics.com
* Li Xiangning at Olympedia

Media related to Li Xiangning at Wikimedia Commons

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Youth Olympic champions in figure skating – team trophy

* 2012:  Shoma Uno (JPN); Jordan Bauth (USA); pairs not included; Eugenia Tkachenka (BLR) / Yuri Hulitski (BLR) (MIX)
* 2016:  Dmitri Aliev (RUS); Li Xiangning (CHN); Sarah Rose (USA) / Joseph Goodpaster (USA); Anastasia Skoptcova (RUS) / Kirill Aleshin (RUS) (MIX)
* 2020:  Arlet Levandi (EST); Kseniia Sinitsyna (RUS); Alina Butaeva (GEO) / Luka Berulava (GEO); Utana Yoshida (JPN) / Shingo Nishiyama (JPN) (MIX)

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