Xiao Tian
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PartyChinese Communist Party (expelled)
ChildrenXiao Yang
Xiao Tian | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Director of State General Administration of Sports | |
| In office August 2005 – June 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party (expelled) |
| Children | Xiao Yang |
| Alma mater | Beijing Sport University |
Xiao Tian (Chinese: 肖天; pinyin: Xiāo Tiān; born 1955) is a former Chinese fencer and sports administrator. He most recently held the post of the deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China. On June 25, 2015, Xiao Tian was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He is the first high-ranking implicated official being examined from sports system after the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012.
The Chinese government announced in September 2015 that it was to try Xiao Tian for multiple instances of corruption.