Name: Huang Xiaoxiao

Sport: Track and field

Date of birth: March 3, 1983

Home: Qingdao, Shandong Province

Height: 1.75 meters

Weight: 65 kg

Experience:

1995: Qingdao Sports School

2001: Shandong Provincial Athletic Team

2002: Selected to National Athletic Team

Major Achievements:

2001 9th National Games: Silver medal, 400m hurdles

2003 Asian Track and Field Championships: Gold medal, 400m hurdles and 4x100m relay

2003 5th Intercity Games: Gold medal, 400m hurdles, 400m

2004 National Track and Field Grand Prix, Nanjing: Gold medal, 400m 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 World Track and Field Championship, where she finished fifth in the 400m hurdles.

Huang dominates the sport at home. At the 10th National Games, she won gold medals in the 400m and 400m hurdles. Huang is very modest about her achievements and has vowed to make every effort to clinch a medal in the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

(China.org.cn June 26, 2008)