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Guo Li

Chinese synchronized swimmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ10920086 ↗
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Guo Li (Chinese: 呙俐, born 11 May 1993) is a Chinese competitor in synchronised swimming.

She won a silver medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships and 3 silver medals at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. She also won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

She is now a coach in China's National Swimming Team.

References

"Guo Li". FINA.org. International Swimming Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Guo Li” as chinese synchronized swimmer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2011, 2015, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-05-11. The account is most persuasive where Chinese, synchronized and swimmer can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10920086. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993, 2011, 2015 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Guo Li” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.