event weight height sport birth_date article_title
400m hurdles kg 66 1.76 athletics 3 march 1983 huang xiaoxiao

huang xiaoxiao

huang xiaoxiao -lrb- ; born march 3 , 1983 in qingdao , shandong -rrb- is a female chinese hurdler who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles .
huang made her first impression on the world stage at the athletics at the 2003 summer universiade , where she took a silver in the 400 m hurdles .
although disappointed when she did not qualify for the final heat of the athens olympics in 2004 , huang ran solidly at the next year 's 2005 world championships in athletics , where she finished fifth in the 400m hurdles .
she returned to the competition at the 2009 world championships in athletics and she reached the semifinals of the event .
the majority of her medals come from continental competitions in asia .
she won the hurdles title at the 2005 asian athletics championships in a championship record time of 55.63 seconds .
huang won at the 2005 east asian games later that year , setting a games record in the process .
she represented asia at the 2006 iaaf world cup , coming sixth in the final .
her strength on the asian athletics scene was again confirmed at the 2006 asian games where she again beat all-comers .
huang dominates the sport at home .
at the 10th national games in 2005 , she won gold medals in the 400m and 400m hurdles .
she repeated the feat at the 11th chinese national games in 2009 , and also took the silver with shandong in the 400 m relay event .
her personal best time is 54.00 seconds , achieved during the heats at the 2007 world championships in osaka .
the current chinese and asian record is 53.96 seconds .
