Liu Yuanyuan (; born March 17, 1982 in

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

) is a retired

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female

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

and cross-country skier who represented

China at the 2006 Winter Olympics China competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Yang Yang (A), a short track speed skater, served as flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Like most previous Olympics, coverage was via CCTV-5. The team excluded athletes from the Spec ...

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. During the

2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup The 2006–07 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. It was the 26th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season began on 28 October 2006 with 800m spri ...

, Liu placed 4th at the 10 km freestyle race in

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

, to date the best performance ever by a Chinese cross-country skier. This landed her at 53rd place in the final World Cup ranking, making her the best Chinese cross-country skier of all time. Liu retired from cross-country skiing in 2011.

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* 1982 births Living people Chinese female biathletes Chinese female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers of China Sport shooters from Dalian Asian Games medalists in cross-country skiing Cross-country skiers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Cross-country skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in biathlon Biathletes at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Biathletes at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Universiade medalists in biathlon Universiade silver medalists for China Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade Skiers from Dalian {{PRChina-biathlon-bio-stub