Liu Yang (wheelchair racer)

Liu Yang (born 10 April 1990) is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in T54 classification sprint events.

[1] Before achieving success as an athlete, Liu ventured into para-cycling, but switched shortly after his international cycling debut.

He competed at the 2007 UCI Para-Cycling World Championships in Boudreaux, where he failed to qualify for the final of the road race, and finished 17th in the time trial.

Liu first represented China as a wheelchair racer at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand.

He was again part of the Chinese team that took gold in the men's 400 metre relay, and also won an individual medal; silver in the 100m sprint.