▁was ▁around ▁ 1 7 ▁years ▁old . ▁Li ▁graduated ▁from ▁Richmond ▁Hill ▁High ▁School ▁and ▁is ▁an ▁under grad uate ▁student ▁at ▁Rot man ▁Com merce ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Toronto . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁Li ' s ▁early ▁notable ▁performances ▁came ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Canada ▁Winter ▁Games ▁in ▁Hal if ax , ▁Nova ▁Scot ia . ▁There ▁she ▁won ▁gold ▁in ▁the ▁women ' s ▁singles ▁event ▁and ▁followed ▁that ▁performance ▁with ▁a ▁gold ▁in ▁the ▁doubles ▁event ▁with ▁Alex andra ▁Bruce . ▁Due ▁to ▁this ▁success ▁she ▁was ▁then ▁named ▁the ▁flag ▁bear er ▁for ▁Team ▁Ontario ▁at ▁the ▁closing ▁cer emon ies ▁for ▁the ▁games . ▁ ▁Later ▁that ▁year ▁Li ▁was ▁the ▁gold ▁medal ▁winner ▁in ▁the ▁women ' s ▁doubles ▁event ▁alongside ▁Bruce ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Pan ▁American ▁Games . ▁Li ▁would ▁then ▁go ▁on ▁the ▁next ▁day ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁women ' s ▁singles ▁competition , ▁comple ting ▁a ▁second ▁games ▁double ▁gold ▁appearance ▁that ▁year , ▁this ▁time ▁in ▁Gu adal aj ara . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Summer ▁Olympics , ▁Bruce ▁and ▁Li ▁finished ▁last ▁in ▁the ▁round - ro bin ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁women ' s ▁doubles ▁tournament , ▁losing ▁all ▁three ▁of ▁their ▁matches . ▁However , ▁the ▁top ▁two ▁teams ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁were ▁dis qual ified ▁for ▁attempting ▁to ▁intention ally ▁lose ▁matches ▁so ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁an ▁easier ▁match - up ▁in ▁the ▁quarter final