Liu Xiang (hurdler) - Wikipedia

Chinese hurdler (born 1983) In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu. Liu Xiang

Liu Xiang in 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1983-07-13) July 13, 1983 (age 42)[1]Putuo District, Shanghai
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event	110 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	50 m hurdles 6.44 s AR (Liévin 2004)60 m hurdles: 7.41 s AR (Birmingham 2012)110 m hurdles: 12.88 s AR (+1.1 m/s) (Lausanne 2006)200 m: 21.27 s (+0.6 m/s) (Shanghai 2002)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  China Olympic Games 2004 Athens 110 m hurdles World Championships 2007 Osaka 110 m hurdles 2005 Helsinki 110 m hurdles 2011 Daegu 110 m hurdles 2003 Paris 110 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia 60 m hurdles 2004 Budapest 60 m hurdles 2012 Istanbul 60 m hurdles 2003 Birmingham 60 m hurdles Asian Games 2002 Busan 110 m hurdles 2006 Doha 110 m hurdles 2010 Guangzhou 110 m hurdles Asian Championships 2002 Colombo 110 m hurdles 2005 Incheon 110 m hurdles 2009 Guangzhou 110 m hurdles
Updated on July 12, 2012

Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang celebrating at the 2007 World Championship as he became World Champion.
Simplified Chinese	刘翔
Traditional Chinese	劉翔
Hanyu Pinyin	Liú Xiáng
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Xiáng Wade–Giles Liu Hsiang Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Lau4 cheung4 Jyutping Lau4 Coeng4

Liu Xiang (simplified Chinese: 刘翔; traditional Chinese: 劉翔; pinyin: Liú Xiáng; born July 13, 1983) is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic gold medalist[2] and world champion.[3] His 2004 Olympic gold medal[4] was China's first Olympic gold medal in men's athletics.

Liu is one of China's most successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon.[5] On top of being the only male athlete in history to be the 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[6] he set at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics,[7] but 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 2012 London Olympics, he pulled his Achilles tendon while attempting to clear the first hurdle in the heats.[8] On 7 April 2015, he announced his retirement on Sina Weibo.[9]

Career

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Early career

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In May 2001, Liu won at the East Asian Games in Osaka, Japan with a time of 13.42 seconds. In August 2001, he won at the Universiade in Beijing with a time of 13.33 seconds.[10] He also won at the 2001 National Games of China that same year.[11]

In 2002 Liu set an Asian record time at the Athletissima meeting, completing the event in 13.12 seconds. This also broke Renaldo Nehemiah's long standing and world junior record, which had stood for almost 25 years. The following year he secured bronze medals in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 110 m hurdles at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.[12]

2004 Olympics

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In May 2004 at an IAAF Grand Prix race in Osaka, Japan, Liu managed to beat Allen Johnson with a personal best record time of 13.06 seconds. He improved even further at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Although he was not considered a favourite for the event[citation needed], he won the Olympic final by some distance to pocket the gold medal with 12.91 seconds, tying the world record set by Colin Jackson 11 years before.[13] This was a new Olympic record and was almost three tenths of a second faster than the runner-up Terrence Trammell. The performance had Liu become the sixth man to run under 13 seconds in the event and was China's first men's Olympic gold medal in a athletics event.[14] On top of this, he defied the belief that Asian athletes could not compete in sprint events at the elite level[citation needed]. He said that his gold medal "changes the opinion that Asian countries don't get good results in sprint races. I want to prove to all the world that Asians can run very fast."[15]

Liu, a 21-year-old East China Normal University student at the time of victory in Athens, became the target of a bidding war among commercial sponsors. The Chinese Track and Field Association limited him to four such deals.[citation needed]

Liu finished the season with four of the year's ten fastest clockings[citation needed]. Reaching 17 finals in the 60-metre indoor and 110-metre outdoor hurdles, he lost just two, both to American Allen Johnson[citation needed].

2005 and 2007 World Championships

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In August 2005, Liu won a silver medal at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland, finishing in 13.08 seconds, 0.01 second after champion Ladji Doucouré from France. In November 2005, he won the East Asian Games in Macau, China, with a time of 13.21 seconds.

Off track, in May, Liu was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Newcomer of the Year for his breakthrough performance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

On July 11, 2006, Liu set a new world record in the 110 metre hurdles at the Super Grand Prix in Lausanne with a time of 12.88 seconds (+1.1 m/s tailwind). The record was ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics).[16] In that same race, American Dominique Arnold had also beaten the previous record with a time of 12.90 seconds.[17] In September, he won gold at IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany, with a time of 12.93 seconds.

On August 31, 2007, at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, Liu won gold in the 110-metre hurdles with a time of 12.95 seconds to become the world champion.

On 23 May, Liu participated in a test event at the Beijing National Stadium.[18] He pulled out of the Reebok Grand Prix in New York on May 31, citing hamstring problems. On 8 June, he false-started at the Prefontaine Classic at Eugene, Oregon. Liu skipped the entire European circuit, preferring to train for the Olympics in China instead.

Beijing Olympics

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Leading up to the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Liu bore national expectations of a repeat victory on home soil.[19] On August 18, Liu withdrew from the Olympic 110 metre hurdles. He walked off the track after a false start by another runner in his first-round heat,[20] leaving the crowd at the Beijing National Stadium in stunned silence,[21] confusion,[22] and tears.[18][19] According to Jeré Longman of The New York Times, "China's greatest hope had been dashed".[23]

According to China's track and field association, Liu suffered from a recurrence of chronic inflammation in his right Achilles tendon.[18] Liu's coach, Sun Haiping addressed the media during a press conference and stated that the hurdler had been hampered by a tendon injury for six or seven years.[21] He commented on the situation, saying "We worked hard every day, but the result was as you see and it is really hard to take."[21] Sun, who was in tears for most of the press conference, stated that Liu would be unable to compete for the remainder of 2008. Liu made a public apology to the Chinese media the following day, saying he could "do nothing but pull out of the race" because of his foot injury. He believed that the injury would not prevent him from future competitions and vowed to "come back" for the next Olympics.[24]

Liu's injury was significant and also ruled him out of the following year's major competition, the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.[25] However, coach Sun Haiping was confident that he would return in time for the Chinese national championships and 2009 Asian Championships in Athletics in November.[26]

2009–2011: Return from injury

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After a 13-month absence because of his injury, Liu finally returned to competition at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. Liu recorded a time of 13.15, tied with Terrence Trammell, but finished 0.01 second behind and was awarded second place. However, Liu said he was happy with his performance.[27] Nearing the end of the year, he competed at a number of major events on home turf. He won gold medals at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships, the East Asian Games and the 11th Chinese National Games.[28][29]

At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, admitting that his right foot has yet to fully recover,[30] Liu was able to finish in the finals of the 60 m hurdles, but managed only seventh place.[31] His sole appearance on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit was marked by the Shanghai Grand Prix, which he lost to national rival Shi Dongpeng for the first time.[32] Following a six-month break, he returned to form at the 2010 Asian Games. A crowd of 70,000 gathered at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium to see him in the final and he easily won his third consecutive title at the competition, breaking the Games record with a run of 13.09 seconds – making him the third fastest athlete that season.[33]

The Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in May 2011 saw Liu make a return to a world class level: he defeated David Oliver (the fastest hurdler in 2010) with a world-leading mark of 13.07 seconds to take his first win on the 2011 IAAF Diamond League. Liu showed he had accomplished a transition in his technique, as he reduced his number of starting steps before the first hurdle from eight to seven, using his left leg for hurdling.[34]

On 29 August 2011, Liu Xiang competed in the men's 110-metre hurdles final in the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Liu was in position to win a gold medal, but Dayron Robles entered Liu's lane and pulled him back, disrupting his race, and he finished the race in third place. His medal was upgraded to silver after Robles was disqualified.[35]

2012 season

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In Liu's first competition of 2012, he was matched up against Dayron Robles at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix and this time he won cleanly with an Asian record time of 7.41 seconds for the 60 m hurdles.[36] He was the favourite for the title at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but was beaten into second place by Aries Merritt and left with the silver medal.[37] In the outdoor season he set a 110 m hurdles meet record at the Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki,[38] then ran 12.97 seconds to win at his home nation 2012 IAAF Diamond League meet, the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. This was his first run under 13 seconds since 2007, and he beat Americans David Oliver and Jason Richardson by some distance.[39] He followed this with a run of 12.87 seconds to win at the Prefontaine Classic, matching the world record time albeit with wind-assistance of 2.4 m/s.[40]

In the 110-metre hurdles at the London Olympics in 2012, Liu pulled his Achilles tendon while taking off and attempting to clear the first hurdle, instead crashing straight into it. Liu hopped the full 110 metre stretch, was helped by a few of his fellow competitors, and was put into a wheel chair and led away. He kissed the last hurdle before he left the track. Colin Jackson described it as a "very sad sight indeed" for the sport. Liu's loss echoed strongly in the Chinese press but also sparked a lot of controversies. Some voices expressed support while others wondered why Liu chose to participate in spite of his injury. Liu even earned a nickname "Liu PaoPao" because of pullbacks in two consecutive Olympic Games.[41][self-published source] As per reports Liu was to have surgery on his Achilles tendon in Britain.[42]

Retirement

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On April 7, 2015, Liu announced his retirement in a statement posted to his Sina Weibo. He had not competed since the 2012 Olympic race. In his post, he wrote that he was retiring after two years of frustrating and ultimately futile rehabilitation: "Of course my heart is still willing, but my foot has again and again said no to me."[43]

In 2016, Liu was chosen as one of the teams in Shenzhen TV's reality program The Amazing Race China 3. Liu was initially paired up with his cousin Ji Longxiang on the first two legs, but Ji was later replaced with his best friend Xu Qifeng for the remainder of the race. They finished in 3rd place overall.[44][45]

Personal life

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Liu is known for his low-profile appearance, but he has become one of the most popular athletes in China.[46] Liu Xiang was on Time magazine Asian edition's cover of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games titled "Liu Xiang & 99 More Athletes to Watch."[47]

Liu donated approximately 2,500,000 yuan (US$364,000) to 2008 Sichuan earthquake relief efforts.[48]

Liu married Ge Tian, a post-90s generation actress on September 7, 2014, after officially dating the actress for two years prior to their marriage.[49] [50] They divorced in 2015. On January 9, 2016, Liu Xiang announced a new relationship with pole vaulter Wu Sha,[51] in his Sina Weibo.[51] On December 1, 2016, Liu and Wu held a low profile wedding ceremony in Fiji.[52]

Liu's athletic gear is sponsored by Nike.[53] He is also a spokesperson for Coca-Cola and Cadillac.[citation needed]

International competition record

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  China
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	4th	110 m hurdles	13.87 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2001	World University Games	Beijing, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.33 seconds
	World Championships	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	4th (semis)	110 m hurdles	13.51
	Chinese National Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.36
	East Asian Games	Osaka, Japan	1st	110 m hurdles	13.42 seconds
2002	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.12 seconds (WJR/AR)
	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	110 m hurdles	13.56 seconds
	IAAF World Cup	Madrid, Spain	DNF	110 m hurdles	—
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	1st	110 m hurdles	13.27 seconds
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.52 seconds
	World Championships	Paris, France	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.24 seconds
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	4th	110 m hurdles	13.27
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.43 seconds
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	1st	110 m hurdles	12.91 seconds (=WR)
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.08 seconds
	Chinese National Games	Nanjing, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.10
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	1st	110 m hurdles	13.30
	East Asian Games	Macau, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.21 seconds
2006	IAAF Super Grand Prix	Lausanne, Switzerland	1st	110 m hurdles	12.88 seconds (WR)
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	110 m hurdles	12.93 seconds
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.03
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st	110 m hurdles	13.15 seconds
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	1st	110 m hurdles	12.95 seconds
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	60 m hurdles	7.46 seconds
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	DNF	110 m hurdles	Could not compete due to injury
2009	Chinese National Games	Jinan, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.34
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.50 seconds
	East Asian Games	Hong Kong, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.66 seconds
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	60 m hurdles	7.65
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	110 m hurdles	13.09 seconds
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	1st	110 m hurdles	13.22 CR
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.27 seconds
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.49 seconds
	IAAF Diamond League	Eugene, Oregon, United States	1st	110 m hurdles	12.87s
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	DNF	110 m hurdles	Did not finish due to injury

110m hurdle records

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As of 11 September 2024, Xiang holds the following track records for the 110 metres hurdles.

Location	Time	Windspeedm/s	Date
Athens	12.91OR	+0.3	27 August 2004
Baoding	13.29	–0.8	8 September 2002
Busan	13.27	+0.3	9 October 2002
Changsha	13.31	0.0	25 October 2003
Guangzhou	13.09	+1.1	24 November 2010
Incheon	13.30	0.0	2 September 2005
Jinan	13.34	–0.9	25 October 2009
Kawasaki	13.09	+0.2	6 May 2012
Kobe	13.22	–0.8	10 July 2011
Lausanne	12.88AR	+1.1	11 July 2006
Macau	13.21	–0.9	2 November 2005
Mito, Ibaraki	13.23	+1.3	5 May 2004
Nanjing	13.10	+0.4	20 October 2005
Nanning	13.20	+1.1	18 April 2004
Osaka	12.95	+1.7	31 August 2007
Shanghai	12.97	+0.4	19 May 2012
Shijiazhuang	13.21	0.0	20 June 2005
Tianjin	13.06	–0.8	1 August 2004
Zhongshan	13.23	+1.4	24 April 2005

See also

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• China at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• China at the World Championships in Athletics

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External links

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• Liu Xiang at World Athletics
• Liu Xiang at Diamond League
• Liu Xiang at Olympics.com
• Liu Xiang at Olympedia
• Liu Xiang at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived, also available in Chinese)
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-07-17)
• SPIKES Hero profile on www.spikesmag.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-07-15)

Records
Preceded by Colin Jackson	Men's 110 m Hurdles World Record Holder August 27, 2004 – June 12, 2008	Succeeded by Dayron Robles
Sporting positions
Preceded by Allen Johnson	Men's 110 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2004	Succeeded by Ladji Doucouré
Preceded by Ladji Doucouré	Men's 110 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2006–2007	Succeeded by Dayron Robles
Olympic Games
Preceded byNone	Flagbearer for  Chinaat the Olympics closing ceremony Athens 2004	Succeeded byZhang Ning

v t e Olympic champions in men's 110 metres hurdles

1896:  Thomas Curtis (USA) 1900:  Alvin Kraenzlein (USA) 1904:  Frederick Schule (USA) 1908:  Forrest Smithson (USA) 1912:  Fred Kelly (USA) 1920:  Earl Thomson (CAN) 1924:  Daniel Kinsey (USA) 1928:  Sid Atkinson (RSA) 1932:  George Saling (USA) 1936:  Forrest Towns (USA) 1948:  William Porter (USA) 1952:  Harrison Dillard (USA) 1956:  Lee Calhoun (USA) 1960:  Lee Calhoun (USA) 1964:  Hayes Jones (USA) 1968:  Willie Davenport (USA) 1972:  Rod Milburn (USA) 1976:  Guy Drut (FRA) 1980:  Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 1984:  Roger Kingdom (USA) 1988:  Roger Kingdom (USA) 1992:  Mark McKoy (CAN) 1996:  Allen Johnson (USA) 2000:  Anier García (CUB) 2004:  Liu Xiang (CHN) 2008:  Dayron Robles (CUB) 2012:  Aries Merritt (USA) 2016:  Omar McLeod (JAM) 2020:  Hansle Parchment (JAM) 2024:  Grant Holloway (USA)

v t e World champions in men's 110 m hurdles

1983: Greg Foster (USA) 1987: Greg Foster (USA) 1991: Greg Foster (USA) 1993: Colin Jackson (GBR) 1995: Allen Johnson (USA) 1997: Allen Johnson (USA) 1999: Colin Jackson (GBR) 2001: Allen Johnson (USA) 2003: Allen Johnson (USA) 2005: Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 2007: Liu Xiang (CHN) 2009: Ryan Brathwaite (BAR) 2011: Jason Richardson (USA) 2013: David Oliver (USA) 2015: Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) 2017: Omar McLeod (JAM) 2019: Grant Holloway (USA) 2022: Grant Holloway (USA) 2023: Grant Holloway (USA) 2025: Cordell Tinch (USA)

v t e World Indoor Champions in men's 60 metres hurdles

1985:  Stéphane Caristan (FRA) 1987:  Tonie Campbell (USA) 1989:  Roger Kingdom (USA) 1991:  Greg Foster (USA) 1993:  Mark McKoy (CAN) 1995:  Allen Johnson (USA) 1997:  Anier García (CUB) 1999:  Colin Jackson (GBR) 2001:  Terrence Trammell (USA) 2003:  Allen Johnson (USA) 2004:  Allen Johnson (USA) 2006:  Terrence Trammell (USA) 2008:  Liu Xiang (CHN) 2010:  Dayron Robles (CUB) 2012:  Aries Merritt (USA) 2014:  Omo Osaghae (USA) 2016:  Omar McLeod (JAM) 2018:  Andrew Pozzi (GBR) 2022:  Grant Holloway (USA) 2024:  Grant Holloway (USA) 2025:  Grant Holloway (USA)

v t e Asian Games Champions in Athletics – Men's 110 m Hurdles

1951:  Ng Liang Chiang (SIN) 1954:  Sarwan Singh (IND) 1958:  Ghulam Raziq (PAK) 1962:  Mohammad Sarengat (INA) 1966:  Ghulam Raziq (PAK) 1970:  Chikashi Watanabe (JPN) 1974:  Cui Lin (CHN) 1978:  Wang Xunhua (CHN) 1982:  Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN) 1986:  Yu Zhicheng (CHN) 1990:  Yu Zhicheng (CHN) 1994:  Li Tong (CHN) 1998:  Chen Yanhao (CHN) 2002:  Liu Xiang (CHN) 2006:  Liu Xiang (CHN) 2010:  Liu Xiang (CHN) 2014:  Xie Wenjun (CHN) 2018:  Xie Wenjun (CHN) 2022:  Shunya Takayama (JPN) 2022:  Yaqoub Al-Youha (KUW)

v t e Asian Athletics Champions in men's 110 metres hurdles

1973: Shigeo Oki (JPN) 1975: Tai Shi-Yan (TPE) 1979–1981: Yoshifumi Fujimori (JPN) 1983: Wu Chin-jing (TPE) 1985: Yu Zhicheng (CHN) 1987: Yang Guang (CHN) 1989: Yu Zhicheng (CHN) 1991: Nur Herman Majid (MAS) 1993: Li Tong (CHN) 1995–1998: Chen Yanhao (CHN) 2000: Mubarak Ata Mubarak (KSA) 2002: Liu Xiang (CHN) 2003: Shi Dongpeng (CHN) 2005: Liu Xiang (CHN) 2007: Tasuku Tanonaka (JPN) 2009–2011: Liu Xiang (CHN) 2013: Jiang Fan (CHN) 2015: Xie Wenjun (CHN) 2017: Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel (KUW) 2019: Xie Wenjun (CHN) 2023: Shunya Takayama (JPN) 2025: Rachid Muratake (JPN)

v t e World University Games champions in men's 110 metres hurdles

1959:  Stanko Lorger (YUG) 1961:  Valentin Chistyakov (URS) 1963:  Anatoly Mikhaylov (URS) 1965:  Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1967:  Eddy Ottoz (ITA) 1970:  David Hemery (GBR) 1973:  Berwyn Price (GBR) 1975:  Charles Foster (USA) 1977:  Alejandro Casañas (CUB) 1979:  Andrey Prokofyev (URS) 1981:  Larry Cowling (USA) 1983:  Andrey Prokofyev (URS) 1985:  Cletus Clark (USA) 1987:  Jon Ridgeon (GBR) 1989:  Roger Kingdom (USA) 1991:  Elbert Ellis (USA) 1993:  Dietmar Koszewski (GER) 1995:  Jonathan Nsenga (BEL) 1997:  Andrey Kislykh (RUS) 1999:  Terrence Trammell (USA) 2001:  Liu Xiang (CHN) 2003:  Anselmo da Silva (BRA) 2005:  Matheus Facho Inocêncio (BRA) 2007:  Serhiy Demydyuk (UKR) 2009:  Yin Jing (CHN) 2011:  Hansle Parchment (JAM) 2013:  Eddie Lovett (ISV) 2015:  Greggmar Swift (BAR) 2017:  Balázs Baji (HUN) 2019:  Gabriel Constantino (BRA) 2021:  Ken Toyoda (JPN) 2025:  Tatsuki Abe (de) (JPN)

v t e Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year

2000: Sergio García 2001: Marat Safin 2002: Juan Pablo Montoya 2003: Yao Ming 2004: Michelle Wie 2005: Liu Xiang 2006: Rafael Nadal 2007: Amélie Mauresmo 2008: Lewis Hamilton 2009: Rebecca Adlington 2010: Jenson Button 2011: Martin Kaymer 2012: Rory McIlroy 2013: Andy Murray 2014: Marc Márquez 2015: Daniel Ricciardo 2016: Jordan Spieth 2017: Nico Rosberg 2018: Sergio García 2019: Naomi Osaka 2020: Egan Bernal 2021: Patrick Mahomes 2022: Emma Raducanu 2023: Carlos Alcaraz 2024: Jude Bellingham 2025: Lamine Yamal

v t e Xinhua News Agency's Top Ten Chinese Athletes of the Year
1999	Sun Wen (Football) Xie Jun (Chess) Liu Guoliang (Table tennis) Liu Hongyu (Athletics) Wang Nan (Table tennis) Dong Zhen (Gymnastics) Chen Hua (Swimming) Sun Jun (Badminton) Li Jiajun (Short track speed skating) Shi Zhiyong (Weightlifting)
2000	Xiong Ni (Diving) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Fu Mingxia (Diving) Sun Wen (Football) Ji Xinpeng (Badminton) Kong Linghui (Table tennis) Wang Nan (Table tennis) Wang Liping (Athletics) Xie Jun (Chess) Tao Luna (Shooting)
2001	Wang Nan (Table tennis) Zhu Chen (Chess) Wang Liqin (Table tennis) Luo Xuejuan (Swimming) Yuan Hua (Judo) Dong Yanmei (Athletics) Sun Wen (Football) Yang Yang (A) (Short track speed skating) Wang Zhizhi (Basketball) Chen Ying (Shooting)
2002	Yang Yang (A) (Short track speed skating) Yao Ming (Basketball) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Qi Hui (Swimming) Tao Luna (Shooting) Tan Xue (Fencing) Wu Meijin (Weightlifting) Wu Peng (Swimming) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics)
2003	Yao Ming (Basketball) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Luo Xuejuan (Swimming) Zhao Ruirui (Volleyball) Wang Nan (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics) Liu Chunhong (Weightlifting) Sun Yingjie (Athletics) Shen Xue (Figure skating) Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating)
2004	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Yao Ming (Basketball) Du Li (Shooting) Luo Xuejuan (Swimming) Meng Guanliang/Yang Wenjun (Canoeing) Feng Kun (Volleyball) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Zhang Ning (Badminton) Tang Gonghong (Weightlifting)
2005	Yao Ming (Basketball) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Zhang Ning (Badminton) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Chang Hao (Go) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics) Chen Yanqing (Weightlifting) Cheng Fei (Gymnastics) Wu Peng (Swimming)
2006	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Yao Ming (Basketball) Han Xiaopeng (Freestyle skiing) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Ding Junhui (Snooker) Zheng Jie/Yan Zi (Tennis) Wang Lei (Fencing) Wu Peng (Swimming) Chen Yanqing (Weightlifting)
2007	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating) Zhu Qinan (Shooting) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Zhang Guozheng (Weightlifting) Zhu Lin (Badminton) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Wu Peng (Swimming) Guo Yue (Table tennis)
2008	Guo Jingjing (Diving) Liu Zige (Swimming) Zhang Juanjuan (Archery) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Zhong Man (Fencing) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Yin Jian (Sailing) Du Jianping (Para swimming) Tsering Wangmo (Mountain climbing)
2009	Zhang Lin (Swimming) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Liu Zige (Swimming) Bai Xue (Athletics) Lin Dan (Badminton) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Wang Hao (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics) Long Qingquan (Weightlifting) Zhang Yining (Table tennis)
2010	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Lao Yi (Athletics) Sun Yang (Swimming) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Zhou Suhong (Volleyball) Lin Dan (Badminton) Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating) Li Na (Tennis) Jiang Wenwen/Jiang Tingting (Artistic Swimming) Hou Yifan (Chess)
2011	Li Na (Tennis) Sun Yang (Swimming) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Lin Dan (Badminton) Hou Yifan (Chess) Li Yanfeng (Athletics) Wu Minxia (Diving) Li Na (Fencing) Chen Yibing (Gymnastics) Liu Xiang (Athletics)
2012	Sun Yang (Swimming) Xu Lijia (Sailing) Lin Dan (Badminton) Ye Shiwen (Swimming) Qieyang Shijie (Athletics) Zou Kai (Gymnastics) Lei Sheng (Fencing) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Feng Shanshan (Golf) Xiong Chaozhong (Professional boxing)
2013	Li Xiaoxia (Table tennis) Ding Junhui (Snooker) Lin Dan (Badminton) Zheng Zhi (Football) Zhang Peimeng (Athletics) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Li Na (Tennis) Xiong Chaozhong (Professional boxing) Liao Hui (Weightlifting) He Chong (Diving)
2014	Li Na (Tennis) Ning Zetao (Swimming) Zhang Hong (Speed Skating) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Yang Haoran (Shooting) Liao Hui (Weightlifting) Lin Dan (Badminton) Yao Jinnan (Gymnastics) Chen Penbin (Ultra-marathon) Zhu Ting (Volleyball)
2015	Su Bingtian (Athletics) Ning Zetao (Swimming) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Liu Hong (Athletics) Sun Yang (Swimming) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Yi Jianlian (Basketball) Chen Penbin (Ultra-marathon) Chen Long (Badminton) Zheng Zhi (Football)
2016	Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Ke Jie (Go) Sun Yang (Swimming) Zhong Tianshi/Gong Jinjie (Track Cycling) Ding Ning (Table tennis) Zhao Shuai (Taekwondo) Han Tianyu (Short track speed skating) Wang Zhen (Athletics) Chen Aisen (Diving)
2017	Sun Yang (Swimming) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Feng Shanshan (Golf) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Xu Jiayu (Swimming) Ding Ning (Table tennis) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Xiao Ruoteng (Gymnastics) Luo Jing (Mountain climbing)
2018	Wu Dajing (Short track speed skating) Su Bingtian (Athletics) Xu Jiayu (Swimming) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Ju Wenjun (Chess) Wang Shuang (Football) Wu Lei (Football) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Xiao Ruoteng (Gymnastics)
2019	China women's national volleyball team (Volleyball) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Liu Shiwen (Table tennis) Sun Yang (Swimming) Xu Can (Professional boxing) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Yi Jianlian (Basketball) Cai Xuetong (Snowboarding) Deng Wei (Weightlifting)
2020	No selection due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Yang Qian (Shooting) Su Bingtian (Athletics) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Ma Long (Table tennis) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Ailing Eileen Gu (Freestyle skiing) Lü Xiaojun (Weightlifting) Zhang Yufei (Swimming) Wang Shun (Swimming) Chen Yufei (Badminton)
2022	Ailing Eileen Gu (Freestyle skiing) Gao Tingyu (Speed skating) Su Yiming (Snowboarding) Xu Mengtao (Freestyle skiing) Wang Jianan (Athletics) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Yang Hongqiong (Para cross-country skiing) Zheng Qinwen (Tennis) Zhang Weili (Mixed martial) Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (Diving)
2023	Ding Liren (Chess) Wang Chuqin (Table tennis) China women's national basketball team (Basketball) Wen Xiaoyan (Para Athletics) Liu Qingyi (Breaking) Zhang Zhizhen (Tennis) Zhang Yufei (Swimming) Dong Hongjuan (Mountain climbing) Qin Haiyang (Swimming) Xie Zhenye (Athletics)
2024	Ma Long (Table tennis) China national rhythmic gymnastics team (Gymnastics) Deng Yawen (BMX) Deng Zhixuan (Wushu) Quan Hongchan (Diving) Yang Jiayu (Athletics) Zheng Qinwen (Tennis) Sheng Lihao (Shooting) Jiang Yuyan (Para Swimming) Pan Zhanle (Swimming)

v t e Touching China Annual Person of the Year Award – List of Previous Winners
Organizer: China Central Television First broadcast channel: CCTV-1 Replay Channel: CCTV-13 Online broadcast Platform: CCTV network
2002	Zheng Peimin Zhang Rongsuo Wang Xuan Liu Shuwei Zhang Ruimin Zhang Qiandong Huang Kun Yao Ming Zhao Xinmin Pu Cunyi Special tribute Three Gorges Immigration
2003	Yang Liwei Zhong Nanshan Chen Zhonghe Wei Shan Hong Liang Yulun Ba Jin Gao Yaojie Dawut Asimu Jackie Chan Special tribute 2003 Hengyang fire
2004	Niu Yuru Liang Wanjun Liu Xiang Ming Zhengbin Ren Changxia Sun Bigan Tian Shiguo Xu Benyu Yuan Longping Gui Xien Special tribute China women's national volleyball team
2005	Cong Fei Wei Qinggang Huang Boyun Li Chunyan Hong Zhanhui Chen Jian Tai Lihua Yang Yegong Wang Shunyou Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng Special tribute Qinghai-Tibet Railway Builders
2006	Ding Xiaobing Hua Yiwei Ye Duzheng Wang Minjun Ji Xianlin Kong Xiangrui Huang Ge Huo Yingdong Lin Xiuzhen (zh) Qingdao love group Micro dust Special tribute Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
2007	Qian Xuesen Li Jianying Zhong Qirong and Henry Hu Meng Xiangbin Fang Yonggang Li Li Min Enze Chen Xiaolan Xie Yanxin Luo Yingzhen Special tribute "Chang'e-1" Satellite Development Team
2008	Tangshan thirteen farmers Wu Wenbin Zhang Yimou Olympic director team Jin Jing Ji Ji (zh) Shenzhou VII astronaut team Li Guilin Lu Jianfeng Han Huimin Jing Dazhong Li Long Special tribute All "Chinese"
2009	Zhuo Lin Soong Wencong Aripa Alimahon Sabriye Tenberken Zhang Zhengxiang Chen Yu-rong Zhu Bangyue Shen Hao Li Ling Zhai Mo Special tribute He Dongxu, Chen Shiji, Fang Zhao and other Yangtze University students who rescued a drowning child
2010	Qian Weichang Sun Shuilin Sun Donglin Caiwa Guo Mingyi Wang Wei Wang Wanqing Wang Maohua Tan Liangcai He Xiangmei Liu Li (zh) Sun Yanming Special tribute Eight Chinese peacekeeping heroes, K165 train crew, and Chinese volunteer groups
2011	Zhu Guangya Yang Shanzhou Wu Mengchao Zhang Pingyi Wu Juping Alim Hu Zhong Xie Xiaojun Meng Peijie Liu Jinguo Liu Wei Special tribute Bai Fangli and other unsung public welfare heroes
2012	Luo Yang Lin Junde Li Wenbo Zhang Lili Chen Jiashun Chen Binqiang Zhou Yuehua Ai Qi He Yue Gao Binghan Gao Shuzhen Special tribute Ministry of Public Security Mekong River "105" special task force
2013	Huang Xuhua Liu Shenglan Chen Jungui Duan Aiping Shen Kequan Shen Changjian Gesander Ji Wu Peilan Yao Houzhi Fang Junming Gong Quanzhen Special tribute China's Manned Spaceflight Heroes Group
2014	Yu Min Zhu Mincai Sun Lina Zhao Jiufu Zhang Jiqing Tao Yanbo Mulati Xirifujiang Xiao Qingfu Zhu Xiaohui Shi Changxu Longhai Courtyard Special tribute Chinese medical team in Africa fighting Ebola
2015	Wu Jinquan Zhang Baoyan Qin Yanyou Lang Ping Tu Youyou Yan Su Xu Liping Mo Zhengao Guan Dong Maimaitijiang Wumaier Wang Kuan Special tribute Veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and patriotic overseas Chinese
2016	Sun Jiadong Zhang Chao Wang Feng Pan Jianwei Zhi Yueying Qin Yuefei Guo Xiaoping Ablin Abliz Li Wanjun Liang Yijian Special tribute China women's national volleyball team
2017	Lu Yonggen Liao Junbo Yang Kezhang Zhuo Ga and Yangzong Liu Rui Huang Danian Lu Li'an Wang Jue Huang Dafa Xie Haihua Special tribute Saihanba Mechanical Forest Farm, Hebei province
2018	Cheng Kaijia Zhong Yang Wang Jicai & Wang Shihua Ma Xu Du Fuguo Lu Baomin Liu Chuanjian Qi Mei Duoji Zhang Quwei Zhang Yuhuan Special tribute Reform Pioneer
2019	Fan Jinshi Sichuan Forest Firefighters Gu Fangzhou Chu Hua Zhang Fuqing Du Lan & You Duanyang Wu Shuqing Huang Wenxiu Pan Weilian China women's national volleyball team Special tribute The fighters who established and built New China
2020	Zhang Dingyu Chen Lu Zhang Guimei Wan Zuocheng & Xiong Gengxiang couple Wang Hai Wang Yong Xie Jun Ye Jiaying Mao Xianglin National Surveying and Mapping Team 1 Special tribute Anti-epidemic heroes
2021	Peng Shilu Yang Chen-Ning Gu Songfen Wu Tianyi Zhu Yanfu Su Bingtian Janis Chan Zhang Shundong & Li Guoxiu couple Jiang Mengnan Special tribute Chinese aerospace heroes (Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, Tang Hongbo)
2022	Qian Qihu Deng Xiaolan Yang Ning Shen Zhongfang Xu Zongxiang “Silver-haired knowledge broadcasters” group Xu Mengtao Ching-Chuen Chan Lu Hong Lin Zhanxi
2023	Yu Hongru Liu Lingli Meng Ermei Zhang Yufei Yang Huade Niu Ben Mu Yanling Zhang Liangang Xiao Kai'en Air Force Aviation Regiment 2nd Squadron
2024	Luan Enjie Fan Zhenxi Zheng Qinwen Qu Yabo Lü Mingyu West volunteer teaching groups of Baoding University Shen Huazhong Li Dong Pang Zhongwang Li Dengyue Liu Laozhuang Corps

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