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Liu Xiang (hurdler)

Chinese hurdler (born 1983)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Xiang in 2010

NationalityChinese
Born (1983-07-13) July 13, 1983 (age 41)[1]
Putuo District of Shanghai
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight87 kg (192 lb)[1]
Country China
SportAthletics
Event110 m hurdles
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)
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 meterhurdler. 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

Liu Xiang (scholar)

Chinese official, scholar and writer (77–6 BCE)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Xiang
BornLiu Gengsheng
77 BCE
Xuzhou, Han dynasty
Died6 BCE (aged 71)
IssueLiu Xin
FatherLiu De, Marquis Miao of Yangcheng
ReligionConfucianism
OccupationAstronomer, historian, librarian, poet, politician, writer

Liu Xiang (77–6 BCE[1]), born Liu Gengsheng and bearing the courtesy nameZizheng, was a Chinese astronomer, historian, librarian, poet, politician, and writer of the Western Han dynasty. Among his polymathic scholarly specialties were history, literary bibliography, and astronomy. He is particularly well known for his bibliographic work in cataloging and editing the extensive imperial library.

Life

Liu Gengsheng was born in Xuzhou. Being a distant relative of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty, he was a member of the ruling dynastic clan (the Liu family). Liu Xiang's father ranked as a marquess.[2] Liu Xiang's son, Liu Xin, would continue the scholarly traditio

Liu Xiang

ATHLETE

1983 - Today

Liu Xiang

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liu Xiang has received more than 277,574 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Liu Xiang is the 1,220th most popular athlete (down from 1,047th in 2019), the 965th most popular biography from China (down from 881st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Liu Xiang ranks 1,220 out of 6,025. Before him are Bronisław Malinowski, André Gaboriaud, Romas Ubartas, Yngvar Bryn, Édouard Candeveau, and Eric Carlberg. After him are Roberta, Erkki Kataja, Johannes Thingnes

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