Li Ling (shot putter) should not be confused with Li Ling (pole vaulter).
| Li Ling | |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1985 |
| Weight: | 1100NaN0 |
| Sport: | Women's athletics |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Coach: | Cong Yuzhen Kirsten Hellier |
Li Ling (; born 7 February 1985) is a Chinese shot putter. Her personal best throw is 19.95 metres, set in Wiesbaden.
She initially finished fifth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but was retroactively ranked third after Evgeniia Kolodko and the winner, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, was disqualified for failing a drug test.[1] On 20 August 2016, the IOC announced Yevgeniya Kolodko, the Russian silver medalist of women's shot put at the 2012 Summer Olympics, failed anti-doping test, Li was thus awarded the Bronze medal.[2]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ipoh, Malaysia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 16.08 m | |
| 2005 | Incheon, South Korea | 3rd | 18.04 m | ||
| Bangkok, Thailand | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 18.20 m | ||
| 2006 | Moscow, Russia | 13th (q) | 16.94 m | ||
| Athens, Greece | 5th | 19.05 m | |||
| Doha, Qatar | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 18.42 m | ||
| 2007 | Osaka, Japan | 3rd | 19.38 m | ||
| 2008 | Valencia, Spain | 13th (q) | 17.76 m | ||
| Beijing, China | 14th | 17.94 m | |||
| 2009 | Hong Kong, China | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 17.95 m | |
| 2010 | Guangzhou, China | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 19.94 m | |
| 2011 | Daegu, South Korea | 4th | 19.71 m | ||
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 19.63 m | |
| 2013 | Moscow, Russia | 6th | 18.39 m | ||