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{{Short description|Chinese sport shooter (born 1982)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Du (surname)|Du]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Du Li
| native_name      = 杜丽
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| image            = Du Li.jpg
| image_size       = 150px
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| caption          = 
| nationality      = {{CHN}}
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|3|5}}
| birth_place      = [[Shandong]], [[China]]
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| residence        = [[Shandong]], [[China]]
| education        = 
| alma_mater       = 
| years_active     = 2002-2016
| height           = {{height|m=1.70|precision=0}}
| weight           = {{convert|55|kg|abbr=on}}
| website          = 
| country          = 
| sport            = [[Sport shooting]]
| event            = [[AR40]], [[STR3X20]]
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| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalCount
| [[Olympic Games]] | 2 | 1 | 1
| [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]] | 1 | 1 | -
| [[Asian Games]] | 2 | - | -
}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|AR40]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|STR3X20]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|AR40]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|STR3X20]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2006 Zagreb]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2002 Lahti]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[ISSF World Cup]] Final }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 ISSF World Cup|2004]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalGold | [[2005 ISSF World Cup|2005]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 ISSF World Cup|2006]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 ISSF World Cup|2007]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2003 ISSF World Cup|2003]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2009 ISSF World Cup|2009]] | STR3X20 }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 ISSF World Cup|2008]] | AR40 }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]] | [[Shooting at the 2002 Asian Games|STR3X20]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | [[Shooting at the 2006 Asian Games|AR40]] }}
| show-medals      = no
}}

'''Du Li''' ({{zh|s=杜丽|t=杜麗|p=Dù Lì}}; born 5 March 1982 in [[Yiyuan County|Yiyuan]], [[Zibo]], [[Shandong]]) is a female [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[Shooting sport|sport shooter]] who was a gold medalist at the [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]] and the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|2008 Olympics]]; she has also won titles at [[ISSF World Cup|World Cup]], [[ISSF World Championships|World Championships]] and the [[Asian Games]].

==Career==
Du Li competed in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], where she won the gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition. She has achieved the maximum 400 in this event twice (2003 and 2006). She was unable to defend that title in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], losing to [[Kateřina Emmons]] on August 9, 2008, and finishing 5th in the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_Y8rqPMclNgS3_1iL-JKjtSRSbg  afp.google.com, First Beijing Olympic gold medal results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812035046/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_Y8rqPMclNgS3_1iL-JKjtSRSbg |date=2008-08-12 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20080809/china_disappointed_in_first_olympic_final-id-1032048.html |title=themoneytimes.com, China disappointed in first Olympic final |access-date=2008-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721203220/http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20080809/china_disappointed_in_first_olympic_final-id-1032048.html |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, she fought back to win a gold medal in the women's 50 metre rifle three positions competition, setting a new Olympic record in the process.<ref>{{cite news |title=杜丽破奥运纪录夺得女子50米步枪三姿赛冠军 |publisher=Central Chinese Television |url=http://news.cctv.com/china/20080814/104746.shtml |date=2008-08-14 |access-date=2008-08-14}}</ref>

In the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], Du Li set a new Olympic record in women's 10 metre rifle in qualification rounds by scoring 420.7. She later won a silver medal on 6 August 2016 after being second to [[Virginia Thrasher]] in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportscafe.in/articles/shooting/2016/aug/06/rio-2016-apurvi-chandela-and-ayonika-paul-disappoint-in-10-m-air-rifle-du-li-creates-olympic-record|title=Rio 2016 {{!}} Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul disappoint in 10m air rifle; Du Li creates Olympic record|date=2016-08-06|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On November 29, 2009, Du married fellow Chinese Olympic shooting champion [[Pang Wei]] in Baoding, Hebei.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/s2009/7103/s268420105/|title=杜丽庞伟结婚-搜狐体育}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! colspan=7 | Current world records held in [[50 metre rifle three positions]]
|-
| Women (ISSF)
{{Shooting WR STR3X20 Women Teams}}
|-
! colspan=7 | Current world records held in [[10 metre air rifle]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | Women
{{Shooting WR AR40 Women Qualification}}
|-
{{Shooting WR AR40 Women Teams}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{databaseOlympics | LIDU01 }}
* {{ISSF | SHCHNW0503198201 | DU, Li }}

{{Olympic Champions Shooting AR40}}
{{Olympic Champions Shooting STR3X20}}
{{Asian Games Champions Shooting 10 m Air Rifle Women}}
{{Asian Games Champions Shooting 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Women}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
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[[Category:Sport shooters from Shandong]]
[[Category:ISSF rifle shooters]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for China]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for China]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for China]]
[[Category:Olympic shooters for China]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Zibo]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World record holders in shooting]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in shooting]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Shooters at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Chinese female sport shooters]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China]]
[[Category:Asian Games shooters for China]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in shooting]]

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