Liu Hong (racewalker)

Liu Hong

Personal information
Born	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 29) Anfu County, China
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	20km Race Walk
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  China Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 20 km walk World Championships 2015 Beijing 20 km walk 2011 Daegu 20 km walk 2009 Berlin 20 km walk 2013 Moscow 20 km walk Asian Games 2006 Doha 20 km walk 2010 Guangzhou 20 km walk

Liu Hong (simplified Chinese: 刘虹; traditional Chinese: 劉虹; pinyin: líu hóng; born 12 May 1987 in Anfu, Jiangxi) is a Chinese female race walker. She is the world record holder over the Olympic 20 km distance with a time of 1:24:38 hours, set in 2015. Liu won medals at the World Championships in Athletics in 2009, 2011 and 2013; She placed fourth at the Summer Olympics in both 2008 and 2012, Liu is the 2016 Olympic 20 km racewalking gold medalist.

Liu is a two-time gold medallist at the Asian Games (2006 and 2010). She was the runner-up at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 2014. In her early career, she was the World Junior Champion in 2006.

She first came to prominence by winning the World Junior and Asian Games titles in 2006. After a poor global debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics (19th), she rebounded with a fourth-place finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, since Russia's Olga Kaniskina was disqualified in March 2016 for doping, Liu is expected to be awarded the bronze medal. She secured her first major medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, taking the bronze medal. Later that year she took the national title at the 11th Chinese National Games.

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