File:Liu_Xiang_Doha_2010_cropped.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
OverviewAI-generated
Liu Xiang is a male athletics competitor from China who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles. He competed for China in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2002 Asian Games. His professional career spanned from 2002 to 2012.
Born in Putuo District in 1983, Liu was educated at East China Normal University. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and speaks Chinese.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Born
- ( 1983-07-13 ) July 13, 1983 (age 42) , Putuo District , Shanghai
- Height
- 1.89 m (6 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 87 kg (192 lb)
- Country
- China
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- 110 m hurdles
- Personal best s
- 50 m hurdles 6.44 s Area (continental) record</span>"}]]}'>AR ( Liévin 2004), 60 m hurdles : 7.41 s Area (continental) record</span>"}]]}'>AR ( Birmingham 2012), 110 m hurdles : 12.88 s Area (continental) record</span>"}]]}'>AR (+1.1 m/s) ( Lausanne 2006), 200 m : 21.27 s (+0.6 m/s) (Shanghai 2002)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Position
- Hurdler
- Nationality
- China
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Liu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Putuo District
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- East China Normal University
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Participant in
- 2010 Asian Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- China
- Mass
- 87
- Image
- Liu Xiang Doha 2010 cropped.jpg
- Height
- 189
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Liu Xiang (hurdler)
- date of birth
- 1983-07-13
- P10632
- Liu Xiang
- sports discipline competed in
- 110 metres hurdles
- different from
- Liu Xiang
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Updated on July 12, 2012
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. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first Olympic gold medal in men's athletics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liu Xiang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.