Liu Xuan (; born August 12, 1979) is a former Chinese artistic gymnast. She competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics and won two Olympic medals, including gold on the balance beam in 2000. She was born in Changsha, Hunan.
Gymnastics career Liu was coached by Guo Xinming and Zhang Zhen. She took up gymnastics with encouragement from her mother, who had to stop training when her gym closed during the Cultural Revolution.
In 2000, Liu became China's first Olympic champion on balance beam, as well as its first all-around medalist in women's gymnastics. She also led the Chinese team to a third-place finish, but in 2010, their bronze medal was stripped by the International Olympic Committee and awarded to the United States instead after one of the Chinese team members, Dong Fangxiao, was found to have been underage during the competition. In March 2012, the bronze medal Liu and her teammates won at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was forfeited to Ukraine for the same reason.
Post-gymnastics career At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Liu served as the on-site gymnastics reporter for Hong Kong broadcaster TVB.
In July 2009, she became a contracted actress for TVB.
Personal life Liu was married her boyfriend, musician Wang Tao, in Happy Valley, Hong Kong in December 2013.
In 2015, Liu Xuan gave birth to a son and in 2020, Liu Xuan gave birth to a daughter.
Results 2000 Summer Olympics: 3rd team (disqualified), 3rd all-around, 1st balance beam 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 Summer 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 World Championships: 4th team
Eponymous skills Liu was the first female gymnast to perform a one-arm giant swing on the uneven bars; she also performed this skill into a Geinger release move. The skill is named after her in the Code of Points. Liu stopped performing it after the 1996 Summer Olympics. Apparatus Code Name Description Difficulty Uneven bars 3.201 Liu Xuan Giant circle backward to handstand on one arm B (0.2)
Discography YearAlbum title2008 Sweet on the Heart ()2009 Ready...Go! ()2011 Return Sight ()18 February 2011Beautiful Faces
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 2018 Legend of FuyaoMainlandFei Yan ()
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
External links
List of competitive results at Gymn Forum
Biography of Liu Xuan