Liu Jiayu (born 17 September 1992) is a Chinese snowboarder whose specialization is the half-pipe. She has six World Cup Victories and a halfpipe victory at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009.[1] She began snowboarding in 2003, switching over from martial arts at the relatively late age of 11. Liu competed for China at the 2010, 2014, and 2018 Winter Olympics, where she achieved 4th, 9th, and 2nd place, respectively.[2][3]
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2009 Gangwon | Halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2011 La Molina | Halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 Sapporo | Halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2007 Changchun | Halfpipe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘佳宇 | ||||||||
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Liu was born in Hegang but moved to Harbin for winter sports training. Her nickname is Birdie.[4]
References
edit- ^ FIS bio Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Vancouver 2010 bio". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ CTV
- ^ Team China Takes Flight
External links
edit- Liu Jiayu at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Liu Jiayu at the X Games (archived)
- Liu Jiayu at Olympics.com
- Liu Jiayu at Olympedia
- Liu Jiayu at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)
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