Liu Shixiang (born 13 January 1971 in Wulian County, Shandong province) is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.
Her personal best time was 14:32.33 minutes, achieved in October 1997 in Shanghai. She also had 8:55.89 minutes in the 3000 metres and 30:55.83 minutes in the 10,000 metres.
She was absent from a mandatory drug test in 2001 and received a two-year ban.[1]
International competitions
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | — | 1500m | DNF |
| 6th | 3000m | 9:20.88 | |||
| 1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 2nd | 3000 m[2] | 9:10.54 |
| World Cross Country Championships | Aix-les-Bains, France | 1st | Junior race (4.4 km) | 14:19 | |
| 1998 | Asian Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 2nd | 5000 m | 15:53.76 |
| 1st | 10,000 m[3] | 32:28.49 | |||
| World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 6th | 5000 m | 16:51.74 | |
References
- ^ IAAF News n.48, April 2001, p.11: Positive cases in athletics, sanctioned definitively, According to information received by the IAAF as at 13 April 2001
- ^ IAAF World Junior Championships - GBR Athletics
- ^ Asian Championships - GBR Athletics