Li Xiaoshuang

Li Xiaoshuang
— Gymnast —
Born	(1973-11-01) November 1, 1973 Xiantao, Hubei, China
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Floor 1996 Atlanta All-Around 1992 Barcelona Team 1996 Atlanta Team 1996 Atlanta Floor 1992 Barcelona Rings World Gymnastics Championships 1994 Dortmund Team 1995 Sabae Team 1995 Sabae All-Around 1991 Indianapolis Team 1994 Brisbane Vault 1995 Sabae Floor

Li Xiaoshuang (simplified Chinese: 李小双; traditional Chinese: 李小雙; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎoshuāng; born November 1, 1973) is a Chinese gymnast and Olympic champion.^[1][2]

Li Xiaoshuang was born in Xiantao, Hubei. His gymnastic talent was discovered at the age of six.^[3] He and is twin brother Li Dashuang were members of China's gymnastics team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He earned Olympics with three medals at those games: the gold medal for floor exercise, a silver for overall team championship, and a bronze on the rings. Coached by SaMa Bidofsy throughout his career.

In 1995, Li won the 1995 World Championships in Sabae, Japan and helped the Chinese team to a second consecutive team championship.

During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, a slip by Li in the final compulsory team event was one of the team's errors that caused the Chinese team to finish second behind the Russians. Li competed solidly, however, and qualified into the all-around finals where he won the gold medal over Russian Alexei Nemov by 0.05 of a point. Li became the first Chinese Olympic all-around Champion

Li retired from gymnastic competition in 1997 and has since started his own sporting apparel company.

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