Wu Liufang

Wu Liufang , born on 22 December 1994, is a retired Chinese gymnast. Post retirement, she became a teacher before turning into an online influencer in 2024.

Career

Gymnastics career Wu Liufang made the Chinese national team in 2008. At the 11th Chinese national games in September 2009, she achieved bronze for uneven bars and silver for the team event (as part of Guangdong team).

Wu participated in the 2010 Doha World Cup, where she won gold on balance beam and floor, and silver on uneven bars. She also won beam gold at the 17th Internationaux de France world cup held in Paris Bercy.

At the 2010 Chinese national championships, Wu participating for the Guangdong team, won silver in all-round, and came 4th in uneven bars and 4th in beam.

In 2012 during the trials for Olympic qualifications, Wu injured her neck. Wu retired from gymnastics in October 2013.

Post gymnastics After retiring, Wu further her studies at Beijing Sport University before becoming a teacher. She would also involve herself in gymnastics related activities such as refereeing at gymnastics youth competitions, teaching, etc.

In 2019, she became a live-streamer, earning a base salary of RMB 3,000 a month in order to pay off her mother's medical bills. In March 2024, she signed with Da Hai Xing Chen, a multi-channel network soon after as her account gained followers exponentially. After the restrictions was lifted and despite proactively deleting her own content that would be deemed as controversial, her followers count would exceed 6 million which led to further intervention and restrictions by the platform. This left her with 44,000 followers.

From 2025 on, Wu begun to post videos about traditional Chinese culture or the attire of ethnic minorities, and gained 400,000 followers.

Competitive history Year Competition Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying 2011 World Cup Ghent Uneven Bars 3 15.350 1 15.350 Balance Beam 1 14.975 2 14.850 Floor Exercise 2 13.650 3 13.475 2010 World Cup Ghent Uneven Bars 1 15.050 2 14.775 Balance Beam 3 13.650 2 14.700 Floor 6 12.700 5 13.450 Doha Uneven Bars 2 13.850 2 15.025 Balance Beam 1 14.700 1 14.525 Floor 1 13.975 6 12.950 Paris Bercy Balance Beam 1 14.875 1 14.725 2009 National Games Shandong Team 2 Uneven Bars 3