Liu Zhongqing ( Chinese 刘忠庆 , Pinyin Liú Zhōngqìng ; born November 10, 1985 in Daqing ) is a Chinese freestyle skier . He specializes in the aerials (jumping) discipline. His greatest success so far is winning the 2013/14 World Cup discipline ranking.
Liu made his World Cup debut on February 15, 2004 in Harbin , where he finished 15th. Almost a year later, the first top 10 placement followed. At the 2006 Winter Olympics , he jumped to 18th place. In the 2006/07 season he could not qualify for the World Championships, but was third at the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun . On January 30, 2009 Liu achieved second place in Deer Valley for the first time a podium finish in the World Cup. Three weeks later he won the silver medal at the Winter Universiade in Yabuli . In the 2009/10 World Cup season , he achieved another podium finish. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics .
Liu was absent from the 2014/15 season and made an initially unsuccessful comeback in December 2015. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season he was able to establish himself at the top of the world again with a second place.
Liu Zhongqing in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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, Zhongqing is the first name.
People's Republic of China
