Liu Jiahui (born in
Handan
Handan is a prefecture-level city located in the southwest of Hebei province, China. The southernmost prefecture-level city of the province, it borders Xingtai on the north, and the provinces of Shanxi on the west, Henan on the south and Shando ...
) is a Chinese individual
rhythmic gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...
.
Career
Liu has competed for China at World Championships, including at the
2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 33rd edition, was held in İzmir, Turkey, from September 21 to 28, 2014 at the İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall.
Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russian Federation became the youngest rhythmic gymnast ...
where the Chinese team finished 13th. She also participated at the
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
, finishing 10th in the individual all-round. She also competed at the
2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
In June 2017, Liu competed at the
2017 Asian Championships and finished 6th in the all-round. She won a bronze medal in the ball final behind
Kaho Minagawa
Kaho Minagawa ( ja, 皆川夏穂; born 20 August 1997) is a retired Japanese individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2017 Asian Championships All-around silver medalist. She trained in Novogorsk in Moscow, Russia. She is the first Japanese indiv ...
of Japan.
She began the sport in primary school in Handan, China.
References
External links
FIG profile
1996 births
Living people
Gymnasts at the 2014 Asian Games
Chinese rhythmic gymnasts
Sportspeople from Handan
Gymnasts from Hebei
Asian Games competitors for China
21st-century Chinese women
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