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Place of Birth: Putuo District, Shanghai, China
About Liu Xiang (hurdler)
- Liu Xiang (simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: Liú Xiáng; born July 13, 1983) is a Chinese former 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.
- On top of being 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—Liu remains the Olympic record holder for the men's 110-metre hurdles with a time of 12.91 seconds he set back at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- 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 announced his retirement on Sina Weibo.
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