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Shaoang Liu ( zh, s=刘少昂, p=Liú Shào'áng; ; born 13 March 1998) is a Hungarian-born Olympic gold medalist
short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...
. He is the younger brother of teammate
Shaolin Sándor Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu ( zh, s=劉少林, p=Liú Shàolín, c=, t=; ; born 20 November 1995) is a Chinese-Hungarian Olympic champion short track speed skater. He has won one gold and one bronze as part of the Hungarian team in short track spe ...
, and has won two golds and two bronzes represent
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short track speed skating Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...
. The gold medals were the first ever team gold, and the first ever individual gold at the Winter Olympics for Hungary. He changed his nationality and may represent China after 2023.


Early life

Liu was born to a Chinese father and a Hungarian mother in
Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
on 13 March 1998. He started the sport in 2006 and trained in China for a year. He studied Sports Manager at the
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.


Career

At the
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held in At
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, Liu represented
Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
in
short track speed skating Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...
. 2018, he won gold with Team Hungary in the 5000 m men's relay, whose winning time was a world record. This team gold was also the first ever gold medal won at the Winter Olympics by Hungary. at the
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held in Beijing, he became the most successful winter Olympian in 2022 after winning two bronze medals and one gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2022. He won a gold in 500 m, having led from start to finish. This win was the first ever individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics for Hungary. He won an individual bronze in the 1,000 m, and as part of the team in the 2,000m mixed relay. In November 2022, Liu and his brother requested consent from the Hungarian National Skating Federation to allow them to change nationality, a request which was granted in December, but they would need to sit out competing for 12 months when the nationality is changed.


See also

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Shaoang 1998 births Living people Hungarian male short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Hungary Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Short-track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists Hungarian sportspeople of Chinese descent Speed skaters from Budapest 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen Short-track speed skaters at the 2025 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2025 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in short-track speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for China