Liu Hongyu

Liu Hongyu ( Chinese  刘宏宇 , Pinyin Liú Hóngyǔ ; born January 11, 1975 in Liaoning Province ) is a former Chinese walker .

Liu set a world record in 20 km street walking on May 1, 1995 in Beijing with 1:27:30 h .

She won the Asian Games in 1998 in the 10 km street walk and was eighth in the 1995 World Championships . At the 1997 World Championships she was fourth in the 10,000-meter track in 43: 56.86 minutes.

At the 1999 World Championships , the distance of 20 km was held for the first time. Liu Hongyu won gold in 1:30:50 h and was two seconds ahead of her compatriot Wang Yan . In 2001 she won gold over 20 km at the East Asian Games.

With a height of 1.64 m, her competition weight was 51 kg.

Best times

• 10,000 m walk: 42: 38.24 min (1995)
• 10 km street walking: 41:45 min (1999)
• 20 km street walking: 1:26:35 h (2001)

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2002. Worcester 2002, ISBN 1899807-13-6

Web links

• Liu Hongyu in the database of World Athletics (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Liu is the family name here, Hongyu is the first name.