Li Fai

Li Fai (; born 30 May 1969) is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from Hong Kong. She was a four-time world champion and was a medalist at the Asian Games and the East Asian Games. Early life Li was born in Guilin, Guangxi. As a child she studied Peking Opera and when she moved to Hong Kong at the age of 15, she was hired as a traditional dancer at a nearby village. While working there she was spotted by Hong Kong film director, Ching Siu-tung, and was recruited to help stand-in for actresses. Eventually she became interested in the sport of contemporary wushu and began seriously training in 1989. Career Early competitive career: 1989–1994 Li's international debut was at the 1990 Asian Games where she finished in fourth place in the women's changquan all-around event. In the 1991 World Wushu Championships in Beijing, China, she won a silver medal in gunshu and bronze medals in changquan and qiangshu. In 1992 at the Asian Wushu Championships in Seoul, South Korea, she won a gold medal in gunshu, and silver medals in jianshu and changquan, thus earning the changquan all-around silver medal.