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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Liu_Xiang_Doha_2010_cropped.jpg) Liu Xiang in 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Chinese |
| Born | July 13, 1983[1] Putuo District of Shanghai |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  China |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 110 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 | |
| Updated on July 12, 2012 | |
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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Osaka07_D7A_Xiang_Liu_celebrating.jpg) Liu Xiang celebrating at the 2007 World Championship as he became World Champion. | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘翔 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉翔 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Xiáng | ||||||||||||||
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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[2] and World Champion.[3] His 2004 Olympic gold medal[4] 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.[5] 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[6] 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,[7] 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.[8] On April 7, 2015, he announced his retirement on Sina Weibo.[9]
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liu Xiang". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Liu sets new world hurdles record". BBC Sport. BBC News. July 11, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "Xiang equals hurdles record". BBC Sport. August 27, 2004. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Athens 2004 Athletics - Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. September 3, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ Reynolds, James (May 24, 2008). "Hopes for hurdler amid earthquake grief". BBC News. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "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]
- ^ 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.