Liu Xiang (hurdler)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang in 2010
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1983-07-13) July 13, 1983 (age 41)[1]
Putuo District of Shanghai
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight87 kg (192 lb)[1]
Sport
Country China
SportAthletics
Event110 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m: 21.27 s (+0.6 m/s) (Shanghai 2002)
60 m hurdles: 7.41 s (Birmingham 2012)
110 m hurdles: 12.88 s (+1.1 m/s) (Lausanne 2006)
Medal record
Representing  China
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 110 m hurdles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Osaka 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2005 Helsinki 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Daegu 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Paris 110 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Valencia 60 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2004 Budapest 60 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2012 Istanbul 60 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Birmingham 60 m hurdles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 110 m hurdles
Updated on July 12, 2012
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang celebrating at the 2007 World Championship as he became World Champion.
Simplified Chinese刘翔
Traditional Chinese劉翔
Hanyu PinyinLiú Xiáng

Liu Xiang (simplified Chinese: 刘翔; traditional Chinese: 劉翔; pinyin: Liú Xiáng; born July 13, 1983) is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion.[2] His 2004 Olympic gold medal[3] was the first in a men's track and field event for China.

Liu is one of China's most successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon.[4] On top of being the only male athlete in history to be all of 110-metre hurdles World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion—Liu remains the Olympic record holder for the men's 110-metre hurdles with a time of 12.91 seconds[5] he set back at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics,[6] but he had to withdraw from competition at the last moment after a false start and aggravation to a previously unrevealed injury. Again a gold medal favourite in the 110 metre hurdles at the London Olympics he pulled his Achilles tendon attempting to clear the first hurdle in the heats.[7] On April 7, 2015, he announced his retirement on Sina Weibo.[8]

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  2. ^ "Liu sets new world hurdles record". BBC Sport. BBC News. July 11, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "Xiang equals hurdles record". BBC Sport. August 27, 2004. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Zhang, Flora (August 18, 2008). "On China's Web Sites, It's O.K. to Cry for Liu Xiang". The New York Times. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Athens 2004 Athletics - Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. September 3, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. ^ Reynolds, James (May 24, 2008). "Hopes for hurdler amid earthquake grief". BBC News. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "China's Liu Xiang stumbles into 1st hurdle of preliminary heat and leaves Olympics early again". The Washington Post. August 7, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2012.[dead link]
  8. ^ 中国飞人刘翔正式宣布退役 [Chinese flying man Liu Xiang officially announced his retirement]. Sina Corp. April 7, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2019.