Liu Caodong (刘曹冬, 22 February 1985 – 8 June 2011) was a Chinese

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driver born in

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. He won the Chinese Rally Championship (CRC) in 2004，2006，2008 and 2010. In

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, Liu contested in the

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(WRC) with the

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driving a

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, co-driven by Australian Anthony McLoughlin. His name was misspelled as “Liu Chao Dong” on the entry list. That was the first time that a Chinese driver had driven a

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in the championship. He died of a cerebral edema caused by hypoxia alcoholism in 2011 at the age of 26.

WRC results

References

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