Liu Hong (racewalker)

Liu Hong

Personal information
Nationality	Chinese
Born	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37) Anfu County, China
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	China
Sport	Athletics
Event	20 km race walk
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  China Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 20 km walk 2012 London 20 km walk 2020 Tokyo 20 km walk World Championships 2011 Daegu 20 km walk 2013 Moscow 20 km walk 2015 Beijing 20 km walk 2019 Doha 20 km walk 2009 Berlin 20 km walk Asian Games 2006 Doha 20 km walk 2010 Guangzhou 20 km walk

Liu Hong (Chinese: 刘虹; pinyin: Liú Hóng; born 12 May 1987) is a Chinese race walker. She is the world record holder over the Olympic 20km distance with a time of 1:24:38 hours, set in 2015.

Liu has won multiple medals in the World Championships in Athletics, including four gold medals in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2019 and a silver medal in 2009. She placed fourth at the Summer Olympics in 2008 and was retrospectively upgraded to silver in 2012 Olympic 20 km racewalking. Liu is the 2016 Olympic 20 km racewalking gold medalist. Liu is a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Games, winning in 2006 and 2010. She was the runner-up at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 2014. In her early career, she was the World Junior Champion in 2006.