Li Gyong-hui
Country represented	North Korea
Born	(1972-07-10) July 10, 1972 (age 51)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior international
Medal record Rhythmic gymnastics Representing  North Korea Four Continents Championships 1990 Tokyo Ball 1990 Tokyo All-around Summer Universiade 1991 Sheffield All-around 1991 Sheffield Ball 1991 Sheffield Rope 1991 Sheffield Clubs
Korean name
Hangul	이경희
Revised Romanization	I Gyeong-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Kyŏng-hŭi

Li Gyong-hui (born July 10, 1972) is a retired North Korean rhythmic gymnast and, after her defection, South Korean gymnastic coach.

She competed for the People's Republic of Korea in the rhythmic gymnastics all-around competition at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. She was 17th in the qualification and advanced to the final. She placed 17th overall.^[1] In 2007, She defected to South Korea and became a gymnastic coach for South Korea.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Li Gyong-hui was born on July 10, 1972, in Pyongyang.^[3] Her father (who died in 2004) was a teacher who re-educated major party officials at the Kim Il-sung Higher Party School.^[3] She first started rhythmic gymnastics at age 11 because of her mom.^[3] Her father originally opposed the idea of making Li into a rhythmic gymnast as he wanted her to go to university and was concerned about her career as a gymnast hindering her academic achievements to go to university.^[3]

Defecting from North Korea

She defected from North Korea in 2007 and now has South Korean citizenship.^[3] She worked as a coach for the South Korean rhythmic gymnastics team until 2017.^[3] She gained spotlight in South Korea for her sexual assault lawsuit case against the former member of the Korean gymnastics association.^[3]