Liu Xuan (gymnast) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This article is about the contemporary Chinese gymnast. For the Han Dynasty emperor, see Emperor Gengshi of Han
Emperor Gengshi of Han
Emperor Gengshi of Han, ch. 漢更始帝, py. gèng shĭ dì, wg. Keng-Shih-ti, , also known as the Prince of Huaiyang , courtesy name Shenggong , was an emperor of the restored Chinese Han Dynasty following the fall of Wang Mang's Xin...

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Gymnast

Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...

. 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

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

, 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, 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
1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1997.The 1997 Worlds were notable because they were the first major contest to be held after the elimination of compulsory exercises.-All-round:-Apparatus:...

: 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 甜上心頭
2009		Ready...Go! 出發 2.I Wish for You
2011		Return Sight 回見
18 February 2011	Beautiful Faces	01. Roman Sunshine 羅馬陽光 02. You are the only one I loved 愛上你就是唯一 03. Past Events Editing 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

Feature Films

Year	Title	Role	Co-stars
2002	Far From Home	Xi mei	Xu Jinglei Xu Jinglei Xu Jinglei is an actress, director and editor most famous in her native mainland China. Xu graduated from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy in 1997. Along with Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi, the mainland Chinese media considers her a member of the Four Young Dan actresses... , Daniel Chan Daniel Chan Daniel Chan Hiu-tung, born on 3 September 1975 in Hong Kong, is a popular Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is most notable as one of the young talents in the 1990s music scene.-Career:... , 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 Grace Under Fire (2011 TV series) Grace Under Fire is a 2011 Hong Kong martial arts television drama. It premiered on 7 March 2011 on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and TVB HD Jade channels, and ran for 32 episodes. Produced by Marco Law, Grace Under Fire is a Television Broadcasts Limited production...	TVB	Mok Kwai-lan Mok Kwai-lan Mok Kwai-lan was the fourth spouse of Lingnan martial arts grandmaster Wong Fei-hung. A native of Nanhai in Guangdong she married Wong when she was 19 and he was 60...	Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character (Top 15)

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 Presenter A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show... ; 10 episodes

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