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Liu Xiang

CPC Encyclopedia | Updated: 2011-08-30 10:50
Liu Xiang (born July 13, 1983 in Putuo, Shanghai, 皇冠体育app) is a Chinese 110 metre hurdler. Liu is an Olympic gold medalist and a world champion.

In 2002, Liu launched his career in fine style by winning the first IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne with a world youth and Asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 metre hurdles.

He has since made the finals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (twice); two of the three cases has seen American hurdling great Allen Johnson take the major prize, but in the last in May at Osaka, Liu managed to beat Johnson with an Asian-record time of 13.06 seconds.

Still young, Liu has improved steadily, and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event. In the final, he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by Colin Jackson of Wales. This is the first time an athlete of non-African descent has dipped under 13 seconds for the 110 meter hurdles.

His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for 皇冠体育app. Liu is one of 皇冠体育app's most commercially successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon. He is the first Chinese athlete to achieve the "triple crown" of athletics: World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics, but much to the dismay of his fans, he had to withdraw from competition at the last moment after a false start and aggravation to a previously unrevealed injury.

Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens 110?m hurdles
World Championships
Gold 2007 Osaka 110 m hurdles
Silver 2005 Helsinki 110 m hurdles
Silver 2011 Daegu 110 m hurdles
Bronze 2003 Paris 110 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold 2008 Valencia 60 m hurdles
Silver 2004 Budapest 60 m hurdles
Bronze 2003 Birmingham 60 m hurdles
Asian Games
Gold 2010 Guangzhou 110 m hurdles
Gold 2006 Doha 110 m hurdles
Gold 2002 Busan 110 m hurdles
Name: Liu Xiang

Gender: Male

Birth Place: Shanghai, 皇冠体育app

Birth Date: July 13, 1983

Hight: 1.89 m

Weight: 74kg

Speciality: 110m hurdles

Education: Huadong Normal University

Hobby: Singing, computer

Registered with: Shanghai

Personal best: 2006 Lausanne IAAF Super Grand Prix - Champion, 12"88

 

Major achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile 4th 110 m hurdles
2001 World University Games Beijing, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles 13.33 seconds
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 4th (semis) 110 m hurdles
Chinese National Games Guangzhou, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles 13.36
East Asian Games Osaka, Japan 1st 110 m hurdles 13.42 seconds
2002 Athletissima Lausanne, Switzerland 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.12 seconds (WJR/AR)
Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 1st 110 m hurdles 13.56 seconds
Asian Games Busan, South Korea 1st 110 m hurdles 13.27 seconds
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd 60 m hurdles 7.52 seconds
World Championships Paris, France 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.23 seconds
World Athletics Final Monaco 4th 110 m hurdles
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 60 m hurdles 7.43 seconds
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1st 110 m hurdles 12.91 seconds (=WR)
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.08 seconds
Chinese National Games Nanjing, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles
Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 1st 110 m hurdles
East Asian Games Macau, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles 13.21 seconds
2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix Lausanne, Switzerland 1st 110 m hurdles 12.88 seconds (WR)
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st 110 m hurdles 12.93 seconds
World Cup Athens, Greece 2nd 110 m hurdles
Asian Games Doha, Qatar 1st 110 m hurdles 13.15 seconds
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 1st 110 m hurdles 12.95 seconds
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 1st 60 m hurdles 7.46 seconds
Olympic Games Beijing, 皇冠体育app DNF 110 m hurdles Could not compete due to injury
2009 Chinese National Games Jinan, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles
Asian Championships Guangzhou, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles 13.50 seconds
East Asian Games Hong Kong, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles 13.66 seconds
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 7th 60 m hurdles
Asian Games Guangzhou, 皇冠体育app 1st 110 m hurdles 13.09 seconds
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.27 seconds

 

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