Anthony Liu

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Anthony Liu (born Liu Yueming on 4 July 1974) is a Chinese-Australian 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, where he placed 10th.

Anthony Liu
Other names	Liu Yueming
Born	(1974-07-04) 4 July 1974 (age 50) Qiqihar, China
Hometown	Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Australia (1996–2003)  China (until 1993)
Skating club	Iceworld FSC
Began skating	1981
Retired	2003

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Personal life

Liu was born on 4 July 1974 in Qiqihar, China.^[1] He moved with his family to Australia in 1994 and became a citizen in August 1996.^[2]

Career

Early in his skating career, Liu represented China under the given name Yueming.^[2] He placed 6th at the 1993 World Junior Championships and 21st at the senior World Championships later that season. He won the 1993 Winter Universiade.

In 1996, he began competing for Australia as Anthony Liu.^[2] 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 in Nagano and placed 25th.^[3] At the 1998 Australian Nationals, he became the first Australian skater to land a quadruple jump (toe loop).^[2] On his way to his career-best Four Continents result, 5th in 1999, Liu landed a quadruple-triple toe loop combination.^[2]

In 2002, Liu achieved a 10th-place finish in his second Olympics.^[3] 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

Season	Short program	Free skating
2001–02 [4]	Pearl Harbor by Hans Zimmer	Journey of Man (from Cirque du Soleil) by Benoit Jutras
2000–01 [2]	Don Pasquale by Donizetti performed by Waldo de Los Rios and Orchestra	Journey of Man (from Cirque du Soleil) by Benoit Jutras

Results

GP: Grand Prix

For Australia

International[5]
Event	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	02–03
Olympics			25th				10th
Worlds		22nd	17th	10th	12th	14th	7th
Four Continents				5th	6th	13th
GP NHK Trophy					8th	8th	5th
GP Skate America					7th
GP Skate Canada							4th
Finlandia Trophy		3rd	8th	2nd
Golden Spin		3rd
Goodwill Games							4th
Nebelhorn Trophy		4th
Ondrej Nepela		2nd	1st
Orex Cup	2nd
Karl Schäfer			2nd	1st
Summer Cup	1st
National[5]
Australian Champ.		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

For China

International[5]
Event	1992–93
Worlds	21st
GP NHK Trophy	8th
International: Junior[5]
Junior Worlds	6th
National[5]
Chinese Champs.	1st

References

1. "Anthony LIU: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 June 2003.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Anthony LIU: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 March 2001.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Anthony Liu". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
4. "Anthony LIU: 2001/2002". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 February 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. "Anthony LIU". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

External links

• Anthony Liu at the International Skating Union