Anthony Liu

Liu was born on 4 July 1974 in Qiqihar, China.^[1] He moved with his family to Australia in 1994 and became a citizen in August 1996.^[2]

Early in his skating career, Liu represented China under the given name Yueming.^[2] He placed 6th at the 1993 World Junior Championships and 21st at the senior World Championships later that season. He won the gold medal at the 1993 Winter Universiade.

In 1996, he began competing for Australia as Anthony Liu.^[2] He won his national title and was sent to the World Championships, where he finished 22nd. The next season, Liu earned a berth to the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and placed 25th.^[3] At the 1998 Australian Nationals, he became the first Australian skater to land a quadruple jump (toe loop).^[2] On his way to his career-best Four Continents result, 5th in 1999, Liu landed a quadruple-triple toe loop combination.^[2]

In 2002, Liu achieved a 10th-place finish in his second Olympics.^[3] Alongside Adrian Swan (Oslo 1952), it was Australia's best Olympic result in figure skating. He ended the season with his career-best Worlds result, 7th.

GP: Grand Prix

For Australia

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International[5]
Event	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03
Olympics			25th				10th
Worlds		22nd	17th	10th	12th	14th	7th
Four Continents				5th	6th	13th
GP NHK Trophy					8th	8th	5th
GP Skate America					7th
GP Skate Canada							4th
Finlandia Trophy		3rd	8th	2nd
Golden Spin		3rd
Goodwill Games							4th
Nebelhorn Trophy		4th
Ondrej Nepela		2nd	1st
Orex Cup	2nd
Karl Schäfer			2nd	1st
Summer Cup	1st
National[5]
Australian Champ.		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

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For China

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International[5]
Event	1992–93
Worlds	21st
GP NHK Trophy	8th
International: Junior[5]
Junior Worlds	6th
National[5]
Chinese Champs.	1st

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