Tao Li
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | |||
| Asian Games | |||
| Gold | 2006 Asian Games | 50m butterfly | |
| Bronze | 2006 Asian Games | 100m butterfly | |
| Southeast Asian Games | |||
| Gold | 2005 SEA Games | 100m backstroke | |
| Gold | 2005 SEA Games | 200m backstroke | |
| Gold | 2005 SEA Games | 200m butterfly | |
| Gold | 2005 SEA Games | 4x 100m medley | |
| Bronze | 2005 SEA Games | 100m butterfly | |
Tao Li (born 10 January 1990 in Hubei, China) is a competitive swimmer with Singaporean citizenship since 2005 after she moved to the country in 2002.[1][2]
Apart from having represented the Republic at the SEA Games and Asian Games, Tao, a Singapore Sports School student, currently holds several national records. She took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. In between those competitions she won four gold and a bronze medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. In December 2006, Tao won a gold medal at the 50m butterfly in Doha's 2006 Asian Games, beating China's multi-gold medallist Xu Yanwei and breaking her own national record in the process.[3] She also won a bronze medal at the 100m butterfly earlier in the tournament.
[edit] National records
(correct as of 8 December 2006)
- 50m Backstroke - 29.67, 2 September 2006, 2nd Hong Kong Open
- 100m Backstroke - 1:03.71, 22 June 2006
- 200m Backstroke - 2:17.55, 29 November 2005, 23rd SEA Games
- 50m Butterfly - 26.73, 7 December 2006, 15th Asian Games
- 100m Butterfly - 58.96, 3 December 2006, 15th Asian Games
- 200m Butterfly - 2:14.11, 3 December 2005, 23rd SEA Games
- 4x100m Medley Relay - 4:14.49, 2 December 2005, 23rd SEA Games
[edit] References
- ^ "Asian Games: Singapore's Tao Li wins women's 50m butterfly gold medal", Channel NewsAsia, 2006-12-08, URL last accessed 2006-12-08.
- ^ Profile Tao Li, doha-2006.com
- ^ "Asian Games: Swimmer Tao Li upsets China to win Singapore's second gold medal in Doha", Channel NewsAsia, 2006-12-08, URL last accessed 2006-12-08.
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