Liu Chengming (athlete)

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Liu Chengming
Personal information
Born (1987-03-20) 20 March 1987 (age 38)
Chaoyang, Liaoning, China
Height170 cm (67 in)
Sport
CountryChina
SportAthletics
Disability class T54
Event(s)sprint, middle-distance
ClubLiaoning Province
Coached byQiu Wanchao
Medal record
Track and field
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 London 400m relay – T53–54
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 400 m – T53/54
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London 400m – T54
IPC World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Christchurch 400m T54
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Christchurch 400m relay T53/54
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Doha 800m T54
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Doha 400m relay T53/54
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Doha 400m T54
Asian Para Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou 400m T54
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou 400m relay T53/54
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon 400m relay T53/54
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Incheon 400m T54

Liu Chengming (born 20 March 1987) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in T54 classification sprint events. [1]

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Athletics career

Liu first represented China as a wheelchair racer at the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, winning an individual gold in the 400m (T54) and a team gold with the men's 4 × 400 m relay (T53/54). The next year he competed at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand. In Christchurch he took two more gold medals, again in the 400m sprint and the men's 4 × 400 m (T53/54). [2]

The next year Liu appeared at his first Summer Paralympic, the 2012 Games in London. He was again part of the Chinese team that took gold in the men's 400 metre relay, and also won an individual medal; bronze in the 100m sprint. Further success came at the 2015 World Championships in Doha, with a relay gold and two individual medals a gold in the 800m race and a silver in the 400m sprint. [2]

Personal history

Liu was born in Chaoyang, China in 1987. When he was six months old Liu contracted polio which resulted in muscle atrophy in his legs. [2]

Notes

  1. "Liu Chengming" . Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Liu Chengming". IPC . Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.