Liu Xuan (gymnast)

Liu Xuan (gymnast)
— Gymnast —
Country represented  China
Born (1979-03-12) March 12, 1979
Changsha, Hunan
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Eponymous skills "Liu Xuan"(Uneven bars)
Retired 2000
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Competitor for  China
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Balance Beam
2000 Sydney All-Around
World Championships
1995 Sabae Team
1996 San Juan Balance Beam
1997 Lausanne Team
World Cup Final
1998 Sabae Balance Beam
1998 Sabae Uneven Bars
Asian Games
1994 Hiroshima Team
1998 Bangkok Team
1998 Bangkok All-Around
1998 Bangkok Balance Beam
1994 Hiroshima Uneven bars
National Games
1997 Shanghai Team
1997 Shanghai Balance Beam
This article is about the contemporary Chinese gymnast. For the Han Dynasty emperor, see Emperor Gengshi of Han.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Xuan (simplified Chinese: 刘璇; traditional Chinese: 劉璇; pinyin: Liú Xuán; born March 12, 1979 in Changsha, Hunan) is a Chinese Gymnast. She was coached by Guo Xinming and Zhang Zhen.

Liu said she took up gymnastics with encouragement from her mom, who had to cease gymnastics training during her younger years because of the closure of the gym during the Cultural Revolution. In fact, Liu's decision to continue for another 4 years after a disappointing 1996 Atlanta Olympics (where she failed to make beam finals due to a fall in the team optionals) was partly to realize her mom's unfulfilled dream.

Liu was the first female gymnast to perform a one-arm giant swing on the uneven bars which is named after her in the Gymnastic's Code of Points; she also performed this skill into a Geinger release move. However, this skill was considered too risky for women gymnasts, and hence was given a ridiculously low "B" difficulty rating so as to discourage female gymnasts from learning it. As a result, Liu herself also stopped performing it after the 1996 Olympics.

Liu was also strong on balance beam, but weak on vault and floor exercise.

In 2000, she was China's first Olympic Champion on balance beam as well as China's first All Around Medalist. At the 2000 Olympics Liu Xuan also led her team to a bronze medal, but the medal was stripped by the IOC in 2010 after one of the Chinese team members, Dong Fangxiao, was found to be underage during the competition. In March 2012, the 1999 World Team bronze medal previously won by the Chinese was forfeited to Ukraine in light of the same information.[1]

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

In the July 2009, she became a management contracted actress for TVB.

In the December 2013, she reported that she would marry Wang Tao in Hong Kong.[2]

Results

Eponymous Skills

Apparatus Code Name Description Difficulty
Uneven bars 3.201 Liu Xuan Giant circle backward to handstand on one arm.[4] B

Discography

Year Album information
2008 Sweet on the Heart[5] 甜上心頭
2009 Ready...Go![6] 出發
2.I Wish for You
2011 Return Sight[7] 回見
18 February 2011Beautiful Faces
01. Roman Sunshine 羅馬陽光
02. You are the only one I loved[8] 愛上你就是唯一
03. Past Events Editing[9] 往事剪接手
0. Cry for You
05. Waves from Heart 心浪
06. 麻
07.Beautiful Faces 美麗的樣子
08.Prove 証明
09.Uncatchable Love 抓不住的愛情
10. Happy Day

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Co-stars
2002 Far From Home Xi mei Xu Jinglei, Daniel Chan, Cui Lin
2010 East Wind Rain
2012 On My Way
2014 I am a Wolf

TV series

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

TV Shows

Year Title Network Role
2005 Light Blue, Dark Blue Mainland Guest
2006 Wulin Dahui Mainland Guest
2007 Mingsheng Dazhen Mainland Guest
2010 Go! EXPO TVB Co-host; 10 episodes

References

  1. ↑ China Hands Bronze from 1999 Worlds to Ukraine
  2. ↑ ""Gymnastics Princess" Liu Xuan Hong Kong wedding congratulations sports stars". http://www.wantinews.com/news-5964753-Gymnastics-Princess-Liu-Xuan-Hong-Kong-wedding-congratulations-sports-stars.html. Retrieved 23 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  3. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/04/28/olympics.china.stripped.bronze/index.html?hpt=T2
  4. ↑ FIG Code of Points 2009-2012, page 73.
  5. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAkNOrk_KUw&feature=related
  6. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2pU6XXQ9ts&feature=related
  7. ↑ http://youtube.com/watch?v=D2Op4PFJFI8
  8. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841SgeIYyGw&playnext=1&list=PL70002158607918F9
  9. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0RXRt08qo0

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