Liu Xia (; born 6 January 1979, in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in His ...

) is a female Chinese

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

. She was the silver medalist in the 78 kg category at the

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. She was the

2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sym ...

gold medalist and won her first continental title at the 2007 Asian Championships.

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* * 1979 births Living people Chinese female judoka Olympic judoka for China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in judo Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in judo FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Qingdao 20th-century Chinese women 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-Olympic-medalist-stub