Liu Xiang's profile
Born: July 13, 1983 (aged 31)
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Married: September 8, 2014
Retired: April 7, 2015
Wife: Ge Tian
Height: 1.89 meters
Weight: 85 kilograms
Sport: 110m hurdles, athletics
Career: Joined national team in 1999
Coach: Sun Haiping
Achievements:
2004 Athens Olympics Games, gold medal, 12.91 sec
Tying the world record at the time; winning China's first men's Olympic gold medal in a track and field event
2006 Lausanne Super Grand Prix, gold medal, 12.88 sec
Liu set a new world record in men's 110 meter hurdles 13 years after Colin Jackson set the record of 12.91 sec in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1993
2007 Osaka World Athletics Championships, gold medal, 12.95 sec
Liu becomes a grand slam winner as an Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder
2008 Valencia World Indoor Championships, 60m hurdles gold medal, 7.46 sec
2012 Eugene IAAF Diamond League, gold medal, 12.87 seconds
Personal best record in 110m hurdles
2002, 2006, 2010 Asian Games, gold medal
2001, 2005, 2009 National Games, gold medal
