Liu Xuan (gymnast)

Liu Xuan (gymnast)
Liu Xuan (gymnast)
Country represented	China
Born	March 12, 1979 (age 45); Changsha, Hunan
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Retired	2000
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Representing China
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup Final
Asian Games

This article is about the contemporary Chinese gymnast. For the Han Dynasty emperor, see Emperor Gengshi of Han.

Template:Chinese name 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 "C" 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 was found to be underage during the competition. As of June 2005 she was filming a movie.

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

In the July 2009, she became one of the management contract actress for TVB.

Results

2000 Olympics: 3rd Team*DISQUALIFIED,^[1] 3rd All Around, 1st Balance Beam
1999 World Championships: 3rd Team
1998 Asian Games: 1st team, 1st all-around, 1st beam
1998 World Cup: 1st beam, 3rd bars
1997 World Championships: 3rd team, 7th all-around
1996 Olympics: 4th team
1996 World Championships: 3rd beam, 9th bars
1995 World Championships: 2nd team
1995 USA/CHN/BLR: 3rd team, 8th all-around
1994 DTB Cup: 1st beam, 5th bars, 8th floor
1994 Asian Games: 1st team, 2nd bars
1994 Team World Championships: 4th

Discography

Year	Album Cover	Album information
2008		Sweet on the Heart^[2] 甜上心頭
2009		Ready...Go!^[3] 出發 2.I Wish for You
2011		Return Sight^[4] 回見
18 February 2011	File:Beautiful Faces.jpg Beautiful Faces	01. Roman Sunshine 羅馬陽光 02. You are the only one I loved^[5] 愛上你就是唯一 03. Past Events Editing^[6] 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

Feature Films

Year	Title	Role	Co-stars
2002	Far From Home	Xi mei	Xu Jinglei, Daniel Chan, Cui Lin

TV series

Year	Title	Network	Role	Notes
2002	My Father and I	Mainland	Gao Wenjun
2003	Ultimate Target	Mainland	Liu Jingyi
2004	Phantom Lover	Mainland	Tian Fei
2011	Grace Under Fire	TVB	Mok Kwai-lan	Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character (Top 15)