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Name: |
Liu Xiang |
Hometown: |
Shanghai, China |
Age: |
July 13th, 1983 |
Team: |
China 110M Hurdles |
Hobbies: |
Singing Karaoke, playing video games |
With a name that means “to soar” in Chinese, it’s not very hard to understand that this young 24-year-old from Shanghai has already achieved so much in his short career. As the current world number 1 and both Olympic and world record holder, the charismatic Liu Xiang has become a hero and role model for many people his age. He is the first ever male Chinese athlete to win a gold medal in Olympic track and field history and he will be defending his title at the forthcoming 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Career Highlights
2007 110m hurdles gold medal at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland
2007 110m hurdles gold medal at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, United States
2006 110m hurdles gold medal and new Asian Games record at the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar
2006 110m hurdles gold medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany
2006 110m hurdles gold medal and new world record at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland
2005 110m hurdles silver medal at the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland
2005 Awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Newcomer of the Year.
2004 110m hurdles Olympic gold medal at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games
2004 60m hurdles silver medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary
2003 Listed among top ten athletes of China
2003 Gold medal at the National Grand Prix, Silver medal at the IAAF Grand Prix in Zagreb
2003 Bronze medal in the men's 60m hurdles at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom (the first medal for China in 18 years)
2003 110m hurdles bronze medal at the IAAF World Championships in Paris, France
2002 110m hurdles gold medal at the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea
2002 110m hurdles gold medal at the Asian Championships in Manila, Philippines
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