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Li Ning
Li Ning is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur, the founder of the eponymous sportswear company Li-Ning, and a retired Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast of Zhuang ethnicity. He lives in Hong Kong.
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business · Chinese gymnast (born 1963) · entrepreneur · artistic gymnast · businessperson · also Li Ning, Ning
Born 8 September 1963 · Q314032
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 14,139 Wikipedia readers in one day, 101.7× the usual 139, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Steph Curry takes brand business overseas with Chinese company Li-Ning” (USA Today).
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USA Today: Steph Curry takes brand business overseas with Chinese company Li-Ning
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2022· 1 entry
scmp.com: ‘It hurts our feelings’: why Chinese people are angry over sportswear giant Li-Ning’s new line, and how the situation is spiralling
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2017· 1 entry
A statue was erected in his honor on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (2000).
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1988· 1 entry
And in 1990 he founded Li-Ning Company Limited, which sells footwear and sporting apparel in China
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1982· 1 entry
Won six of the seven medals awarded at the Sixth World Cup Gymnastic Competition, earning him the title "Prince of Gymnastics" (simplified Chinese: 体操王子; traditional Chinese: 體操王子)
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-09-08.
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