LI Ling

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (4.55)
2012	London, GBR	Qual. (4.25)
2008	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (4.15)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2019	Doha, QAT	13th (4.50)
2015	Beijing, CHN	9th (4.60)
2013	Moscow, RUS	11th (4.45)
2011	Daegu, KOR	Qual. (4.25)
2009	Berlin, GER	Qual. (4.40)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2018	Indonesia	1st (4.60)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2019	Doha, QAT	1st (4.61)
2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	2nd (4.20)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Pole Vault
2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 9th, 1 x 10th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2019	Pole Vault	Shanghai, CHN	4.72
9	2019	Pole Vault	Rome, ITA	4.56
10	2019	Pole Vault	Brussels, BEL	4.63

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2018	Pole Vault	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	4.41

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete, Teacher

Beijing Sport University, People's Republic of China

Husband Yang Yansheng

Mandarin

Zhejiang Province [People's Republic of China]

Zhou Tiemin [national], CHN

Her husband Yang Yansheng has represented the People's Republic of China in pole vault, and competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (news.ifeng.com, 23 Oct 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 11 Dec 2018; k.sina.cn, 30 Apr 2020)

She withdrew from the 2017 Diamond League event in Doha, Qatar, due to a leg injury. (sports.le.com, 06 May 2017)

She suffered an Achilles tendon injury after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (hzdaily.hangzhou.com.cn, 25 Nov 2010)

She began training in pole vault at age 12. (IAAF, 17 Mar 2015)

Her father played basketball and her mother played volleyball. "Basketball or volleyball is not my thing. I just like the feeling of jumping high, and pole vault is the sport that interests me most. It took me nearly four years before I could actually clear a bar. I think being a slow starter is not a bad thing since it gave me more time to polish the essential techniques." (IAAF, 17 Mar 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (news.sina.com.cn, 17 Jul 2019; k.sina.com.cn, 11 May 2020; yn.chinanews.com, 18 Sep 2020)

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva. (sports.sina.com.cn, 28 Aug 2015; sports.qq.com, 30 Oct 2015)

"It is not simply running or jumping. It is a very sophisticated and interesting event. I never feel bored in the pole vault. When you take off you can feel the elasticity of the pole that ejects you. When you cross the bar, falling down while seeing it stay up there, that feeling is so amazing." (IAAF, 17 Mar 2015)

In 2012 she received the Determined Spirit Award in the People's Republic of China. (sports.com, 07 Dec 2012)