Liu Hong (athlete)

Liu Hong (Chinese刘 虹, Pinyin Hong Liu; born May 12, 1987 in Anfu ) is a Chinese race walker, the 2009 and 2011 won the bronze or silver medal at the World Championships.

Liu won the 2006 at the Junior World Championships in Beijing in the 10,000 - meter track walking. That same year she also won at the Asian Games on the 20 -kilometer route. At the 2007 World Championships she won the 19th place. Add 1:27:17 hours they put in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on her personal best and missed only five seconds, the Bronze Medal, which was awarded to the Italian Elisa Rigaudo.

In Berlin at the World Championships in 2009 won the Russian Olga Kaniskina, behind Liu fought with the Irish Olive Loughnane for second place; only shortly before the finish, the Irish could solve and in the target Liu had twelve seconds behind. In 2010 she won again at the Asian Games. At the 2011 World Championships, only the Russian Olga Kaniskina was defeated and won with a time of 1:30:00 h the silver medal. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, she finished fourth.

Liu Hong is 1,61 m tall and weighs 48 kg.