Liu Chengming (athlete)
Chinese Paralympic athlete (born 1987)
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Liu Chengming( Chinese: 刘成明) (born 20 March 1987) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in T54 classification sprint events.[1]
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| Native name | 刘成明 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1987 Chaoyang, Liaoning, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (67 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | sprint, middle-distance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Liaoning Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Qiu Wanchao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]