Education
From 1992 to 1995 Liu attended Shischa Sporting High School in Beijing.
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From 1992 to 1995 Liu attended Shischa Sporting High School in Beijing.
Despite Liu"s successes as a Cadet and Junior, competition within the Chinese team was strong and prospects for a future international career were dim. Instead of following a call to Japan, Liu travelled to Austria when the opportunity arose to play for Austrian team Linz AG Froschberg. She arrived in March 1997 without speaking either German or English, but quickly learned German within the year that she settled in Austria.
Husband David Arvidsson is an international Danish table tennis player.
Liu continued her success on youth level by taking Gold in the Singles, Doubles and Mixed competition at the 1998 European Youth Championships in Norcia. In 1999, she once again claimed the Singles and Mixed titles in Frydek-Mistek.
She competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the 2004 Olympics in Athens and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition in each of them. She also competed in the team competition in Beijing.
In May 2011, she qualified for her fourth Olympic attendance in the 2012 London Olympics where she was knocked out in the third round.
European Championships
Silver medal Women"s Singles: 2008 Street St. Petersburg
Silver medal Women"s Singles: 2010 Ostrava
Bronze medal Mixed: 2005 Aarhus (with Werner Schlager)
Bronze medal Mixed: 2002 Zagreb (with Werner Schlager)
World Championships
Quarterfinals Women"s Singles and Doubles: 2001 Osaka
6th place Women"s Team: 2008 Guangzhou
Pro Tour
Runner-up 2006 Polish Open: Women"s Singles and Doubles
Runner-up 2004 Egypt Open: Women"s Singles
Runner-up 2004 Croatia Open: Women"s Singles
Runner-up 2003 of Korea Open: Women"s Singles
Runner-up 2001 Brazil Open: Women"s Singles
Runner-up 2001 Croatia Open: Women"s Doubles
Runner-up 1999 Czechoslovakian Open: Women"s Doubles
Runner-up 1999 Australian Open: Women"s Doubles
Runner-up 1999 Qatar Open: Women"s Doubles.
She won the 1st International Austrian Youth Championships soon after her arrival. European Champion Women"s Singles: 2005 Aarhus Winner 2012 Czechoslovakian Open: Women"s Singles Winner 2008 German Open: Women"s Singles Winner 2004 Brazil Open: Women"s Singles Winner 2004 United States Open: Women"s Doubles.
Afterwards she became a member of professional club Shian Nuntan, where she played with Zhang Yining. On 16 February 1998, her sixteenth birthday, she became an Austrian citizen and a member of the Austrian table tennis squad.
