Le Jingyi, one of China's best women swimmers, was born in Shanghai on March 19, 1975. She started to practice swimming at the age of seven and entered the national team 9 years later.

Le made her Olympic debut in Barcelona in 1992 and won silver of women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay.

The following year, Le shocked the world after collecting two gold medals at the World University Games, sweeping 5 titles and breaking 5 world records in the 1^stWorld Course Swimming Championships.

In 1994, she collected four titles and broke two world records in the 2nd World Swimming Championships. One year later, she won the 50m and 100m freestyle in the second World Short Course Swimming Championships.

In 1996, Le claimed 3 titles in major international competitions, including a 100m freestyle gold at the 26^thOlympics. Le continued her excellence performance in 1997, collecting the 4x100 freestyle relay and 4x100 medley relay titles in the 3^rdWorld Short Course Swimming Championships.

In that year, Le decided to retire and entered the Shanghai Jiaotong University to study English.