Liu Haitao (; born March 18, 1983, in
Suixian,
Henan
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) is a
Chinese
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sprint canoer
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Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
. He has competed since the mid-2000s. Participating in two
Summer Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of seventh in the
K-4 1000 m event at
Beijing
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in
2008
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.
References
Sports-Reference.com profile
1983 births
Living people
People from Shangqiu
Sportspeople from Henan
Olympic canoeists for China
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in canoeing
Canoeists at the 2002 Asian Games
Canoeists at the 2006 Asian Games
Chinese male canoeists
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
21st-century Chinese people
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