Anthony Liu
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Anthony Liu | |
Personal Information | |
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Country : Federation | Australia : ISA |
Status | Olympic Eligible |
Skating Club | Iceworld FSC |
Residence | Brisbane, Australia |
Coach | Evelyn Kramer |
Former Coaches | Colin Jackson, Maria Kudriavtseva, Y. Wang Chang |
Choreographer | Evelyn Kramer |
Olympic Games | |
25th Place | 1998: Nagano, Japan |
10d Place | 2002: Salt Lake City, U.S. |
World Championships | |
10th Place | 1999 |
12th Place | 2000 |
14th Place | 2001 |
7th Place | 2002 |
National Championships | |
1st Place | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
Anthony Liu (born Yue Ming Liu on July 4, 1974 in Qiqihar, China) is a former figure skater who competed in men's singles. He originally represented China but became an Australian citizen in 1996. He is a seven time gold medalist at the Australian Figure Skating Championships and twice represented the country in the Winter Olympics. Anthony achieved Australia’s best Olympic results alongside Adrian Swan (Oslo 1952) when he placed 10th in the men’s event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He also finished 7th at the World Figure Skating Championships in 2002. For China, he was 6th at the 1993 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Liu was the first Australian skater to land a quadruple jump (quadruple toeloop at Australian Nationals 1998). He also landed a quadruple-triple toeloop combination at the 1999 Four Continents Championships in Halifax, Canada.
[edit] External links
- Anthony Liu at the International Skating Union biography page