Anthony Liu (born Liu Yueming on 4 July 1974) is a Chinese-

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

n figure skater. A seven-time Australian national champion, he represented Australia at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 25th, and at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

, where he placed 10th.

Personal life

Liu was born on 4 July 1974 in

Qiqihar Qiqihar (also spelled Tsitsihar) is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, w ...

, China. He moved with his family to Australia in 1994 and became a citizen in August 1996.

Career

Early in his skating career, Liu represented China under the given name Yueming. He placed 6th at the 1993 World Junior Championships and 21st at the senior World Championships later that season. He won the gold medal at the 1993 Winter Universiade. In 1996, he began competing for Australia as Anthony Liu. He won his national title and was sent to the World Championships, where he finished 22nd. The next season, Liu earned a berth to the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

in Nagano and placed 25th. At the 1998 Australian Nationals, he became the first Australian skater to land a quadruple jump (toe loop). On his way to his career-best Four Continents result, 5th in 1999, Liu landed a quadruple-triple toe loop combination. In 2002, Liu achieved a 10th-place finish in his second

Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ...

. Alongside Adrian Swan (Oslo 1952), it was Australia's best Olympic result in figure skating. He ended the season with his career-best Worlds result, 7th.

Programs

Results

''GP: Grand Prix''

For Australia

For China

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Anthony 1974 births Living people Chinese male single skaters Australian male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Australia Australian people of Chinese descent Figure skaters from Qiqihar Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Competitors at the 1993 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games 20th-century Chinese sportsmen Figure skaters from Brisbane