Li Xuerui was once the first sister of the national feather team. After Zhang Ning and Xie Xingfang retired, she took on the important task of competing for Olympic gold medals. Li Xuerui, who was born in 1991, comes from Chongqing. Her family has relatively ordinary conditions. Both her parents are workers. Because they had no time to take care of their children, they sent her to a badminton training class. Unexpectedly, she trained a world champion. Li Xuerui is tall, coupled with her serious and hard-working attitude, she quickly made outstanding achievements and was selected for the Chongqing team. Although Li Xuerui was promoted from the local team to the second national team in just a few years, her career development was not smooth and she did not achieve important honors in the early days.

In 2011, when Guoyu was looking for new women’s singles players and began preparing for the Olympics, Li Xuerui was not on the candidate list. At that time, the most anticipated women's singles player in Guoyu was Wang Yihan, and the number two women's singles player was Wang Shixian. However, after entering 2012, Li Xuerui ushered in a big explosion. She won 4 international events in a row in 3 months. Champion, and also created a 30-game winning streak. Although Li Xuerui is not as good as Wang Shixian in terms of personal skills, her performance in foreign competitions is too dazzling. In order to ensure the success of the London Olympics gold medal, the coaching staff temporarily decided to replace Wang Shixian and let Li Xuerui take over. She was only 21 years old at the time. .

At the London Olympics, Li Xuerui's performance did not disappoint people's expectations. She made it all the way to the finals, successfully joined up with her teammate Wang Yihan, and with her outstanding performance, she won the precious Olympic gold medal, continuing The glory of the Chinese women’s badminton team. After that, Li Xuerui became the number one women's singles player in the country and won the Badminton Federation Finals championship in 2013, reaching the peak of her career. The best thing about Li Xuerui is that she is best at fighting in foreign battles. Whether it is individual battles or team battles, she can maintain excellent condition. Especially in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup competitions, she is like a wall. A wall that foreign players cannot overcome.

However, in the semi-finals of the 2016 Olympic Games, Li Xuerui tore his ligament and missed the final. As a result, Guoyu lost the women's singles gold medal. After that, Li Xuerui gradually faded out of the game and retired after the 2019 Military Games. Li Xuerui’s husband Qiao Bin is also a national badminton athlete. The most outstanding achievement in his career is the Thomas Cup championship. The two got married in December 2019. Today, Li Xuerui is a teacher at Chongqing University, and Qiao Bin is the coach of a professional team. This couple may also be able to train a world champion in the future.