Li Shaojie

{{Short description|Chinese discus thrower (born 1975)}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Fukuoka|Discus throw}}

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Li Shaojie ({{zh|s=李少杰|t=李少傑|p=Lǐ Shǎojié}}; born November 26, 1975) is a male Chinese discus thrower. His personal best throw is 65.16 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Nanjing. This is the current Chinese record.[http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/ASIE/PLEINAIR/RECCHN.txt Chinese athletics records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224336/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/ASIE/PLEINAIR/RECCHN.txt |date=September 26, 2007 }}

In 1998 he won the Asian Championships and the Asian Games, and was selected to represent Asia at the 1998 World Cup where he finished seventh. He finished ninth at the 1999 World Championships.[http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/history/Year=1999/EventCode=1822/gender=M/discipline=DT/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/index.html 1999 World Championships Official Results - Discus Throw - Men - Final]

International competitions

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colspan="5"|Representing {{CHN}}
1994

|World Junior Championships

|Lisbon, Portugal

|5th

|55.58 m

1997

|East Asian Games

|Busan, South Korea

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|62.58 m

rowspan=2|1998

|Asian Championships

|Fukuoka, Japan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|60.28 m

Asian Games

|Bangkok, Thailand

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|64.58 m

1999

|World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|9th

|63.22 m

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|13th (q)

|62.29 m

2001

|East Asian Games

|Osaka, Japan

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|60.08 m

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