Liu Xiang (swimmer)

Liu Xiang
Liu in Kazan 2015
Personal information
Full name刘湘
(2003－)
刘嘉欣
(1996－2003, birthname)
National team China
Born (1996-09-01) September 1, 1996 (age 28)[1][2]
Guangzhou, Guangdong[3]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [4][5]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, Freestyle
College teamSouth China Normal University
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing China
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Kazan 50 m backstroke
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 50 m freestyle
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Xiang (Chinese: 刘湘; pinyin: Liú Xiāng, born 1 September 1996) is a Chinese competitive swimmer.

Early life

Born Liu Jiaxin in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, she is the only daughter to her parents. Both of her parents were basketball players, but she chose swimming.[6][7]

Liu is an alumnus of South China Normal University.

Swimming

Liu Xiang (in pink) and teammate Fu Yuanhui celebrating at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Liu won the bronze medal in the 50-meter backstroke behind teammate Fu Yuanhui at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.[8][9] She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In the 2018 Asian Games Liu broke the 27-second barrier in the women's 50m backstroke as she set a world record and took the gold medal. [10]

Personal bests

As of July 30, 2021[11]

Long course (50-meter pool)

Event Time Meet Date Note(s)
50m freestyle 23.97 2021 Chinese National Games 26 September 2021 NR AS
100m freestyle 55.27 2018 Spring National Championships 19 January 2018
50m backstroke 26.98[12] 2018 Asian Games 21 August 2018 NR AS WR
100m backstroke 1:00.46 2016 Chinese National Championships 3 April 2016
50m butterfly 26.25 2019 World Cup 9 August 2019
100m butterfly 1:00.05 2020 Chinese National Championships 30 September 2020

Short course (25-meter pool)

Event Time Meet Date Note(s)
50m freestyle 24.35 2017 World Cup 10 November 2017
50m backstroke 26.49 2018 World Cup 2 November 2018
100m backstroke 1:01.02 2014 World Cup 25 October 2014
50m butterfly 27.75 2016 World Cup 1 October 2016

Key: NR = National Record, AS = Asian Record, WR = World Record

References

  1. ^ "Start List Women's 50 Meter Backstroke Final". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
  2. ^ "华师"游泳女神"出征里约奥运会 美照来袭". 南方网. 2016-07-21. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  3. ^ "Chinese national swimming championships results". English.news.cn. September 10, 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160825005623/
  5. ^ "LIU Xiang - Olympic Swimming | China". Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  6. ^ 专访刘湘：原本不叫此名 听女神说她眼中的宁泽涛 Retrieved 17 December 2016
  7. ^ 刘湘：险些误入篮球之路的泳坛女神 Retrieved 17 December 2016
  8. ^ "W50 Back: Fu Yuanhui Sets World Textile Best 27.11 To Pip Medeiros & Teammate Liu". SwimVortex. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  9. ^ 中国泳坛第一美女为坚持训练脸颊晒到红肿脱皮 Retrieved 17 December 2016
  10. ^ "Liu breaks nine-year world record to win 50m backstroke". China Daily/Sports/Swimming. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 27 Aug 2018.
  11. ^ "FINA personal best results".
  12. ^ "18th Asian Games, Women's 50m backstroke". Archived from the original on 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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Records
Preceded by World record holder
Women's 50 m backstroke (long course)
21 August 2018 – 20 October 2023 		Succeeded by
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