Li Duan
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track and field (F11) | ||
Competitor for  China
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| Paralympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2004 Athens | Triple Jump - F11 |
| | 2004 Athens | Long Jump - F11 |
| | 2008 Beijing | Long Jump - F11 |
| | 2008 Beijing | Triple Jump - F11 |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2000 Sydney | Triple Jump - F11 |
| | 2012 London | Triple Jump - F11 |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2000 Sydney | Long Jump - F11 |
| | 2012 London | Long Jump - F11 |
Li Duan (Chinese: 李端; pinyin: Lĭ Duān; born 1978) is a blind Paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in F11 jumping events.
He competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he won a silver medal in the men's Triple jump F11 event, a bronze medal in the men's Long jump F11 event and finished seventh in the men's Javelin throw F11 event. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's Triple jump F11 event, a gold medal in the men's Long jump F11 event and finished fourth in the men's Javelin throw F11 event. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, he won gold medals in the men's Long jump F11 and Triple jump F11 events. He broke the Triple Jump F11 world record in the process. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics he won silver in the Triple jump and bronze in the Long jump.
Li Duan has become known for his showmanship, arriving on the runway still in tracksuit pants, then stripping down to his shorts with a flourish just before commencing a jump.[1]
References
- ↑ "Paralympics 2012: silver lining as China's Li Duan loses triple jump title but wins hearts of the crowd". The Telegraph. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.