Liu Xiang (hurdler)

Liu Xiang

Liu Xiang in 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1983-07-13) July 13, 1983 (age 33) Putuo District, Shanghai, China
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	110m hurdles
Medal record Representing  China Men's athletics Olympic Games 2004 Athens 110 m hurdles World Championships 2007 Osaka 110 m hurdles 2005 Helsinki 110 m hurdles 2011 Daegu 110 m hurdles 2003 Paris 110 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia 60 m hurdles 2004 Budapest 60 m hurdles 2012 Istanbul 60 m hurdles 2003 Birmingham 60 m hurdles Asian Games 2002 Busan 110 m hurdles 2006 Doha 110 m hurdles 2010 Guangzhou 110 m hurdles
Updated on July 12, 2012.

Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang celebrating at the 2007 World Championship as he became the World Champion for the first time.
Simplified Chinese	刘翔
Traditional Chinese	劉翔
Hanyu Pinyin	Liú Xiáng
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Xiáng Wade–Giles Liu Hsiang Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lau4 cheung4 Jyutping Lau4 Coeng4

Liu Xiang (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Liú Xiáng; born July 13, 1983 in Putuo District, Shanghai) is a retired Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal 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. He is the only male athlete in history to have achieved the "triple crown" in the event of 110-metre hurdles: World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics, 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. On April 7, 2015, he made a retirement announcement on his Sina Weibo. He would end his sport career officially.