Birth Date: | March 1990 |
Death Place: | Baiyin, Gansu, China |
Sport: | Ultramarathon runner |
Liang Jing (; March 1990 – 22 May 2021) was a Chinese ultramarathon runner; he died in the Gansu ultramarathon disaster.
Liang won several ultramarathons, including the Ultra Gobi—a 400km (200miles) race through the Gobi Desert—in 2018.[1] He died on 22 May 2021, at the age of 31, when high winds and freezing rain struck a long-distance race in Baiyin, Gansu, China. Twenty other runners died in the tragedy.[2]
He was nicknamed "Liang God" and "General Liang" and was considered "one of China's most accomplished ultramarathoners".