Liu Hong (athlete)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Hong (Chinese: 刘虹) (born May 12, 1987 in Anfu County, Jiangxi) is a Chinese race walker.

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. 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.[1]

Liu retained her title at the 2010 Asian Games and broke the Games record with a time of 1:30:06 hours.[2] She opened her 2011 season with a win on the 2011 racewalking circuit at the Memorial Mario Albisetti.[3] She followed this with a win in Taicang, equalling her personal best in the process.[4]

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Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  China
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 1st 10,000 m
World Race Walking Cup La Coruña, Spain 6th 20 km
Asian Games Doha, Qatar 1st 20 km
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 19th 20 km 1:36:40
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 4th 20 km
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 20 km
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 2nd 20 km 1:30:00

See also

References

  1. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2009-10-25). Liu Xiang begins campaign; Li Shaojie bags fourth gold - Chinese National Games, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
  2. ^ Strong night for India as Asian Games kick off before a crowd of 75,000 in Guangzhou - Asian Games, Day 1. IAAF (2010-11-22). Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
  3. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-03-21). Chinese dominate in Lugano. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-23.
  4. ^ Wu, Junkuan (2011-04-24). China eyes race walking gold in Daegu worlds. Xinhua. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.

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