LI Guizhi

People's Republic of China

Date of Birth: 4 Jul 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S11

Place of birth: SUQIAN

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : SUQIAN

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle - S11	2
	Women's 100m Freestyle - S11	1
	Women's 100m Backstroke - S11	3
	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points CHN China	6

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
PR	Women's 100m Freestyle - S11 Final	1:05.87	3 September, 2021	Tokyo (JPN)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S11 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S11 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S11 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S11 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S11 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Freestyle - S11 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	50m Freestyle - S11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	30.73
2	100m Freestyle - S11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:08.31
2	50m Freestyle - S11	2012	London, GBR	31.01
3	100m Freestyle - S11	2012	London, GBR	1:10.25
6	100m Backstroke - S11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:22.97
8	400m Freestyle - S11	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5:52.79
World Championships
1	50m Freestyle - S11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	31.18
2	50m Freestyle - S11	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	34.49
3	50m Freestyle - S11	2019	London, GBR	30.70
3	100m Freestyle - S11	2019	London, GBR	1:08.30
3	100m Freestyle - S11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:11.74
3	400m Freestyle - S11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	5:43.98
3	100m Freestyle - S11	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:11.83
5	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:41.43
6	100m Backstroke - S11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:28.56
10	100m Breaststroke - SB11	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:47.51

Occupation:

Suqian Special Education School, China

Languages spoken:

Jiangsu Province [China]

Ying Bin [club], CHN

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Guiyong, who also has a vision impairment, has competed in Para swimming. (jschina.com.cn, 22 Aug 2012)

2012 for China, Paralympic Games in London, Great Britain (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

In June 2016 she required surgery after fracturing a toe on her right foot during training. (jszgzj.cn, 20 Sep 2016)

She took up Para swimming in 2008 in Sihong County, Suqian, People's Republic of China. (news.sq1996.com, 15 Sep 2016; Athlete, 11 Jul 2015, 23 Aug 2021)

She enjoyed swimming the first time she tried it. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (csxww.com, 11 Feb 2020; sqdpf.org.cn, 20 Mar 2020)

On average she covers 10 kilometres a day in the pool. (xinhuanet.com, 30 Aug 2019)

Winning gold in the S11 50m freestyle at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (csxww.com, 13 Sep 2016)

Her adoptive father. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015, 23 Aug 2021; szdushi.com.cn, 15 Jun 2015)

Philosophy:

"As long as you swim forward, you can get close to the miracle." (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

She was presented with the May 1st Labour Medal in recognition of her achievements at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She also received the honour in 2011. (thepaper.cn, 21 Sep 2016; women.org.cn, 09 Oct 2012)

General Interest

Classification
S11, SB11, SM11 (IPC, 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (suzhou.gov.cn, 03 Jul 2018; Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Impairment Details
She was born with a hereditary visual impairment. (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Silver Medal
:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PR:: Paralympic Record

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