Sándor Liu Shaolin

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.
Sándor Liu Shaolin

Moscow 2015
Personal information
Birth name Liu Shaolin
Born 20 November 1995 (1995-11-20) (age 21)
Budapest, Hungary
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Medal record
World Championships
2016 Seoul 500 m
2015 Moscow 500 m
2015 Moscow 5000 m relay
2016 Seoul Overall
European Championships
2015 Dordrecht 5000 m relay
2016 Sochi 1000 m
2016 Sochi 1500 m
2016 Sochi 5000 m relay
2013 Malmö 5000 m relay
World Junior Championships
2014 Erzurum 500 m
2013 Warsaw 1000 m
2014 Erzurum 1000 m
2014 Erzurum Overall

Shaolin "Sándor" Liu[1] (born 20 November 1995) is a Hungarian short track speed skater. Born to a Chinese father and Hungarian mother, he started the sport in 2006 and trained in China for a year.[2] He represented Hungary at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[3] Shaolin has won multiple medals at the World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.[4] He placed third in overall at 2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.[5]

Personal life

Liu's younger brother Shaoang Liu is also short track speed skater (was second in 1500m, third in 500m and fifth in overall at 2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships). He has been in a relationship with Scottish short-track speed skater Elise Christie since October 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Sándor Liu (full name: Shaolin "Sándor" Liu)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ "ISU bio". Isu.html.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Sochi 2014 site". www.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Rp gyorskori: Liu Shaolin megnyerte a junior-vb-t" [Rp quick time: Shaolin Liu won the junior World Championships]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Men's overall results
  6. ↑ Liu Shaolin (28 January 2016). "93 days since Together". Twitter. Retrieved 14 November 2016.


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