Liu Qinghua (Chinese: 刘清华; pinyin: Liúqīnghuá) is a retired professional wushu taolu athlete from China. She is commonly regarded as one of the greatest female wushu athletes of all time.[1] She is a two-time world champion and Asian Games gold medalist.
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Liaoning, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Liaoning Wushu team (1985-1995) Beijing Wushu Team (1995-2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pan Qingfu (Liaoning) Wu Bin (Beijing) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
Liu started training wushu in 1983, and was invited to start training with the Liaoning Wushu Team in 1985 under Pan Qingfu. In 1990, she won the provincial championship and in 1993, she became the world champion in jianshu at the 1993 World Wushu Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, winning the first medal for China at the competition.[2] Two years later, she was transferred to the Beijing Wushu Team to train under Wu Bin. In 1997 at the National Games of China in Shanghai, Liu won the gold medal in women's all-around changquan. A year later, she competed in the 1998 Asian Games in women's changquan all-around and won the gold medal.[3] Three years later, Liu was a double medalist at the 2001 National Games of China in Guangdong, winning the gold medal in the changquan compulsory and optional routine combined event and winning the silver medal in the jianshu and qiangshu event.[4][5][6] As her last competition, she appeared at the 2001 World Wushu Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, and became the world champion in jianshu once again.[7] In December 2001, Liu announced her retirement and married a Sanda coach.[8] As of May 2021, Liu serves as an executive vice chairman and secretary-general of the Binzhou Municipal Wushu Association.[9]
Awards edit
- China Central Television's Sports Stars Awards: 2001 (nominated)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "刘清华：教练如医生，一眼看出运动员"毛病"" [Liu Qinghua: The coach is like a doctor, he can see the athlete's "failure" at a glance]. www.qqgfw.com (in Chinese). 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "china wins first gold at world wushu championships". Kuala Lumpur. Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 1998-11-21. 1121014. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "China picks up three golds in wushu". Associated Press International. Bangkok, Thailand. 1998-12-18. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "图文:九运会武术套路比赛再决出五枚金牌" [Photo: Five more gold medals in the Wushu routine competition of the Ninth National Games]. China News Service (in Chinese). 2001-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ 娄, 捷 (2001). "非奥运项目成就奖：刘清华" [Achievement Award for Non-Olympic Events: Liu Qinghua]. China Central Television (in Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "2001 9th All China Games Wushu Competition ShunDe, Guangdong, China - August 21-23, 2001". beijingwushuteam.com. 2001-09-05. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "Viet Nam Wins First Gold at 6th Wushu Worlds". Xinhua General News Service. Yerevan. 2001-11-02. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ^ "英雄印象" [Hero Impressions]. China Central Television (in Chinese). 2001. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "滨州市武术运动协会举行2020年度总结表彰暨2021年度工作部署大会" [Binzhou Wushu Sports Association holds 2020 annual summary and commendation and 2021 annual work deployment conference]. NetEase (in Chinese). 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2021-08-27.