Liu Xiang was born on 13th July, 1983 in Shanghai. He is 1.88 meters high and 74 kilograms. He is now 21 years old and Liu made the history (创造历史) by winning the first gold medal(金牌) in the men's 110m hurdtes(男子110米栏) for Asia(亚洲) on Friday. Liu Xiang set a world record (创造世界纪录)-time of 12.91 seconds for his first Olympic title.