Liu Xuan (gymnast)

Liu Xuan (gymnast)
Country represented  China
Born (1979-03-12) March 12, 1979
Changsha, Hunan, China
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Eponymous skills "Liu Xuan" (uneven bars)
Retired 2000
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyBalance Beam
2000 SydneyAll-Around
World Championships
1995 SabaeTeam
1996 San JuanBalance Beam
1997 LausanneTeam
World Cup Final
1998 SabaeBalance Beam
1998 SabaeUneven Bars
Asian Games
1994 HiroshimaTeam
1998 BangkokTeam
1998 BangkokAll-Around
1998 BangkokBalance Beam
1994 HiroshimaUneven bars
National Games
1997 ShanghaiTeam
1997 ShanghaiBalance Beam

Liu Xuan (simplified Chinese: 刘璇; traditional Chinese: 劉璇; pinyin: Liú Xuán; born March 12, 1979, in Changsha, Hunan) is a former artistic gymnast from China. She competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games and won two Olympic medals, including gold on the balance beam in 2000.

Gymnastics career

Liu was coached by Guo Xinming and Zhang Zhen. She took up gymnastics with encouragement from her mother, who had to stop training when her gym closed during the Cultural Revolution. In fact, Liu's decision to continue training for another four years after a disappointing performance at the 1996 Olympics (where she failed to make the beam final because of a fall in the team competition) was partly to realize her mother's unfulfilled dream.

In 2000, Liu became China's first Olympic champion on balance beam, as well as its first all-around medalist in women's gymnastics. She also led the Chinese team to a third-place finish, but in 2010, their bronze medal was stripped by the International Olympic Committee and awarded to the United States instead after one of the Chinese team members, Dong Fangxiao, was found to have been underage during the competition.[1][2] In March 2012, the bronze medal Liu and her teammates won at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was forfeited to Ukraine for the same reason.[3]

Eponymous skill

Liu was the first female gymnast to perform a one-arm giant swing on the uneven bars; she also performed this skill into a Geinger release move. The skill is named after her in the Code of Points, but because it was considered too risky for women, it was given a low difficulty rating to discourage gymnasts from attempting it. As a result, Liu stopped performing it after the 1996 Olympics.

Post-gymnastics career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Liu served as the on-site gymnastics reporter for Hong Kong broadcaster TVB.

In July 2009, she became a contracted actress for TVB.[4]

Personal life

In December 2013, Liu announced her engagement to Wang Tao.

Results

Eponymous skills

ApparatusCodeNameDescriptionDifficulty
Uneven bars3.201Liu XuanGiant circle backward to handstand on one arm[6]B

Discography

Year Album title
2008Sweet on the Heart[7] (甜上心頭)
2009Ready...Go![8] (出發)
2011Return Sight[9] (回見)
18 February 2011Beautiful Faces

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Co-stars
2002Far From HomeXi MeiXu Jinglei, Daniel Chan, Cui Lin
2010East Wind Rain
2012On My Way
2014I Am a Wolf

TV series

Year Title Network Role Notes
2002My Father and IMainlandGao Wenjun
2003Ultimate TargetMainlandLiu Jingyi
2004Phantom LoverMainlandTian Fei
2011Grace Under FireTVBMok Kwai-lanNominated — TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character (Top 15)
2012Strangers 6

TV shows

Year Title Network Role
2005Light Blue, Dark BlueMainlandGuest
2006Wulin DahuiMainlandGuest
2007Mingsheng DazhenMainlandGuest
2010Go! EXPOTVBCo-host; 10 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Macur, Juliet (2010-04-28). "China Loses Women's Team Gymnastics Medal at 2000 Games". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  2. ↑ "China's gymnasts ordered to return Sydney Olympic bronze". The Guardian. 2010-04-29. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  3. ↑ Turner, Amanda. "China Hands Bronze from 1999 Worlds to Ukraine". International Gymnast Magazine Online. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  4. ↑ Cheung, Kin (2011-05-09). "Olympic gold medalist switches to show business". USAToday.com. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  5. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/04/28/olympics.china.stripped.bronze/index.html?hpt=T2
  6. ↑ FIG Code of Points 2009-2012, page 73.
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAkNOrk_KUw&feature=related
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2pU6XXQ9ts&feature=related
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Op4PFJFI8
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