Liu Xiang (Simplified Chinese: 刘翔, pinyin: Liú Xiáng) (born July 13, 1983 in Shanghai, China) is a hurdling athlete.

In 2002, Liu launched his career in fine style by winning the first IAAF Grand Prix in Lausanne with a world youth and Asian record time of 13.12 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles.

He has since made the finals at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (twice); two of the three cases has seen American hurdling great Allen Johnson take the major prize, but in the last in May at Osaka, Liu managed to beat Johnson with an Asian-record time of 13.06 seconds.

Still young, Liu has improved steadily, and won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles event. In the final, he equaled the world record of 12.91 seconds held since 1993 by Colin Jackson of Wales.

Major achievements

• 2001
  • World Student Games - Beijing, China.
    • 110 m. hurdles gold medal
  • East Asian Games - Osaka, Japan.
    • 110 m. hurdles gold medal
• 2002
  • Asian Championships - Manila, Philippines.
    • 110 m. hurdles gold medal
  • Asian Games - Busan, South Korea
    • 110 m. hurdles gold medal
• 2003
  • World Championships - Paris, France.
    • 110 m. hurdles bronze medal
  • World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England.
    • 60 m. hurdles bronze medal
• 2004
  • World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
    • 60 m. hurdles silver medal
  • Olympic Games - Athens, Greece.
    • 110 m. hurdles gold medal