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{{Short description|Chinese shot putter (born 1959)}}
{{family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_date=April 17, 1959
|birth_place=
|medaltemplates={{Medal|Sport | Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{CHN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put|Shot put]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|1998 Fukuoka]] | Shot put}}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1985 Asian Athletics Championships|1985 Jakarta]] | Shot put}}
}}

'''Li Meisu''' ({{zh|c=李梅素|p=Lǐ Méisù}}; born April 17, 1959, in [[Hebei]]) is a retired [[PR China|Chinese]] [[shot put]]ter who won the bronze medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]].

She also won the [[Asian Games]] in [[1982 Asian Games|1982]] and [[1998 Asian Games|1998]], the Asian Championships in 1998 and the East Asian Games in 1997.

Her personal best of 21.76, is also an [[List of Asian records in athletics|Asian record]] and ranks her seventh on the shot put all-time lists.

Since her retirement from competition, she has turned to coaching. She coached [[Gong Lijiao]] to an Olympic silver medal in 2012 and Olympic gold medal in 2020.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{CHN}}
|-
|1983
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|14th (q)
|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|16.91 m]]
|-
|1988
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"  | 3rd
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put|21.06 m]]
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|6th
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|18.62 m]]
|-
|1998
|[[1998 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|18.63 m
|}

==External links==
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Hebei]]
[[Category:Chinese female shot putters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for China]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for China]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Chinese Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]

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