Mrs Lingwei LI

Education

Doctor of Physical Education, Beijing Sport University, China

Career

Representative of the Chinese People’s Congress (1998-2003); Deputy Director, International Relations Department of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing 2008 (BOCOG) (2003-2008); Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (2003-2008); Deputy Director-General, Table Tennis and Badminton Administrative Center of General Administration of Sport of China (2008-2010); Deputy Director-General, Tennis Administrative Center of General Administration of Sport of China (2010-); Member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Congress (2013-)

Sports practised

Tennis, golf, swimming

Sports career

13 times world badminton championship titles, 48 gold medals in international and national badminton competitions (1980-1989)

Sports administration

Vice-President of the Chinese Badminton Association (2002-); member of the Executive Board of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) (2002-); member of the Executive Board of the Chinese Olympic Committee (2004-); Deputy Chair of the International Relations Commission of the BWF (2009-); Vice-Chair of the Women’s Commission of the BWF (2009-); Member of the Beijing Olympic City Development Association (BODA) (2009-); Vice-President of the Chinese Tennis Association (2012-)

Awards and distinctions

Four-time elected to ‘The Top Ten Athletes’ in China; Two-time on the list of ‘The Top Ten Coaches’ in China; Distinguished Service Award of the World Badminton Federation (BWF); Hall of Fame of the BWF; Medal of Honor of the World Labor Day in China; Medal of Honor of the Women’s Day in China; Numerous medals of honor at national level for athletic achievements; ‘Women and Sport Award’ of the IOC

IOC History

Member (2013-2017) then Interim Chair (2017-) of the Coordination Commission for the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018; Member of the following Commissions: Olympic Programme (2007-), Entourage (2014-2015), Olympic Solidarity (2014-); Audit Committee (2017-), Coordination for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024 (2017-)