Liu Caodong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Liu Caodong

Rally car driver

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1985

Place of Birth: Chongqing, China

Date of Death: 08-Jun-2011

Profession: engineer, rally driver

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Liu Caodong (???, 22 February 1985 – 8 June 2011) was a Chinese rally driver born in Chongqing.
He won the Chinese Rally Championship (CRC) in 2004,2006,2008 and 2010.
In 2010, Liu contested in the World Rally Championship (WRC) with the Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 08, co-driven by Australian Anthony McLoughlin.
His name was misspelled as “Liu Chao Dong” on the entry list.
That was the first time that a Chinese driver had driven a World Rally Car in the championship.
He died of a cerebral edema caused by hypoxia alcoholism in 2011 at the age of 26.