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)