Li Yi (triple jumper)

Yi Li
Personal information
Born (2005-11-26) 26 November 2005
Milan
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 6.21m (2025)
Triple jump: 13.93m (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  China
Asian Championships
2025 Gumi Triple jump
Asian Indoor Championships
2026 Tianjin Triple jump
World U20 Championships
2024 Lima Triple jump

Li Yi (born 26 November 2005) is a Chinese triple jumper. She won the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships and the 2025 Chinese Athletics Championships.[1]

Career

Li Yi jumped a personal best of 13.99 metres in Bengbu in May 2024.[2] She won the silver medal in the triple jump at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, behind Uzbek athlete Sharifa Davronova.[3][4]

She placed seventh in the triple jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, with a jump of 13.84 metres.[5] She jumped 13.80 metres (-0.9 m/s) and won the gold medal at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea ahead of Sharifa Davronova, at the age of 19 years-old.[6][7]

She won the Chinese Athletics Championships in August 2025 in Quzhou with a jump of 13.93 metres.[8] In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final.[9][10]

Personal life

From Hunan, she studies at Central China Normal University.[10][7]

References

  1. ^ "Li Yi". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  2. ^ "WU20 Lima 24 preview: jumps". World Athletics. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  3. ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Reid anchors Jamaica to 4x100m title to secure golden double in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Wang, Yin Set Records as 26th Asian Athletics Championships Opens in Gumi". Track Alerts. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  7. ^ a b "CCNU Students Clinched Two Golds and One Silver at 26th Asian Athletics Championships". ccnu.edu. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Chinese Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  9. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Hunan duo Li Yi and Zhang Mingkun selected for 2025 World Athletics Championships". inews.qq. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.