Wu Liufang

Wu Liufang
Full name吴柳芳 (Wu Liufang)
Born (1994-12-22) 22 December 1994
Liuzhou, Guangxi
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
 China
(2008–13 (CHN))
Head coaches
Wang Liming, Sun Haiou 孙海鸥
RetiredOctober 2013
Medal record
Representing  China
Pacific Rim Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 MelbourneTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 MelbourneBalance Beam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 PutianTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 PutianUneven Bars
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2013 TianjinTeam
National Games
Silver medal – second place2009 JinanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2009 JinanUneven Bars

Wu Liufang (simplified Chinese: 吴柳芳; traditional Chinese: 吳柳芳; pinyin: Wú Liǔfāng), born on 22 December 1994, is a retired Chinese gymnast.[1] 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).[2]

Wu participated in the 2010 Doha World Cup, where she won gold on balance beam and floor, and silver on uneven bars.[3][4] She also won beam gold at the 17th Internationaux de France world cup held in Paris Bercy.[5]

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.[6]

In 2012 during the trials for Olympic qualifications, Wu injured her neck.[7] Wu retired from gymnastics in October 2013.[8]

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.[9]

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.[7][10] In March 2024, she signed with Da Hai Xing Chen, a multi-channel network soon after as her account gained followers exponentially.[9] Wu uploaded video clips of herself dancing in short shorts, mini skirts and stockings frequently. This eventually led to Guan Chenchen, Wu's junior in the national gymnastics team, criticising Wu publicly and turning public attention to Wu's current job. Despite a public apology, Wu's account was taken down by the platform in November 2024, censured and returned with most of her videos removed.[11][8] On 24 December 2024, her Douyin account, along with 11 other accounts, was banned, and its monetization privileges were revoked. In addition to the ban, the platform removed her substantial number of followers as part of its effort to “maintain a clean online environment.” The multi-channel network representing Wu faced a 30-day restriction on account management after Douyin's safety center accused them of leveraging accounts to disseminate “vulgar content to attract followers, causing significant negative impact.”[12] 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.[13]

From 2025 on, Wu begun to post videos about traditional Chinese culture or the attire of ethnic minorities, and gained 400,000 followers.[10] She repaid her mother's medical bills amounting to RMB 400,000 by March 2026.[14][15]

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

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References

  1. ↑ "FIG Gymnast Profiles". Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "11th National Games - Gymnastics results (Chinese)". Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Doha 2010 Finals Results (day 1)". FIG. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Doha 2010 Finals Results (day 2)". FIG. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "2010 Internationaux de France results". French Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "2010 Chinese national gymnastics championships results". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Ex China gymnast suffers second social media ban over sexy dance routines". The Star. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  8. 1 2 "中国前世界冠军吴柳芳陷擦边风波 账号被禁止关注". 联合早报 (in Chinese). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  9. 1 2 吕航 (26 November 2024). 从吴柳芳“擦边主播”说起……知名体操运动员退役后有哪些出路. 金羊网. 吴柳芳则在2013年退役后进入了北京体育大学学习，并在毕业后成为了一名老师，此后从事许多体操相关的活动，如青少年比赛裁判、体操教育等。吴柳芳账号近一年直播记录显示，今年3月3日，吴柳芳账号第一次开始直播，后陆陆续续直播上百场，知情人士介绍说，吴柳芳今年才签约了该MCN公司，算起来吴柳芳真正走上主播路线的时间还不到一年。{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. 1 2 "Chinese ex-gymnast returns after sexy dance bans, needs to pay mum's medical bills". South China Morning Post. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Ex-Chinese gymnast Wu blasted by Olympic champion Guan for posting 'sexy' videos". South China Morning Post. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "吴柳芳账号再被禁 抖音副总裁：处理分歧很大". Lianhe Zaobao. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "彻底凉凉！吴柳芳631万粉丝只剩4.4万，账号禁言，平台通报定性". www.msn.com. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "China ex-gymnast posted 'sexy' clips as she 'had nowhere else to go', has changed". South China Morning Post. 27 March 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Retired Chinese world champion gymnast Wu Liufang clears family debt through cultural dance videos - VnExpress International". VnExpress International. Archived from the original on 12 July 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Doha 2010 Qualification Results" (PDF). FIG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  17. ↑ "Ghent 2010 World Cup Results". Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

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