Liu Yin (curler)

Liu Yin 柳荫
Curler
Born	(1981-08-19) August 19, 1981 Harbin, Heilongjiang
Team
Curling club	Harbin CC, Harbin, Heilongjiang
Skip	Wang Bingyu
Third	Liu Yin
Second	Yue Qingshuang
Lead	Zhou Yan
Alternate	Liu Jinli
Career
World Championship appearances	8 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	9 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Grand Slam victories	1 (Autumn Gold: 2010)
Medal record Curling Representing  China Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver World Championships 2009 Gangneung 2008 Vernon 2011 Esbjerg Pacific-Asia Championships 2006 Tokyo 2007 Beijing 2008 Naseby 2009 Karuizawa 2012 Naseby 2004 Chuncheon 2005 Taipei 2010 Uiseong Asian Winter Games 2003 Aomori 2007 Changchun Winter Universiade 2009 Harbin New Zealand Winter Games 2009 Naseby

Liu Yin (simplified Chinese: 柳荫; traditional Chinese: 柳蔭; pinyin: Liǔ Yìn; born August 19, 1981 in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Yin Liu) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. She plays third on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.

Liu has played internationally for China since 2002, when she was an alternate on the team at the Pacific Curling Championships when she had only been curling for two years.

In 2004, she was a full member of the team. She played third for the team at the 2004 Pacific Championships, and then second at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship- her first. The team finished 7th. The following season, Liu was playing lead for the team for the Pacific Championships, and then she played third once again at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, where the team finished 5th.

For the 2006–07 season, Liu threw last rocks for the team while Wang held the broom as skip. The season included their first Pacific Championship, an Asian Winter Games bronze medal and a disappointing 7th-place finish at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship.

At the 2007 Pacific Championships, Liu was back throwing second stones when the team won their second Pacific Championship. She was promoted to the third position for the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in which she earned a silver medal- China's first medal at a World Championship. Since then, Liu has played third for the team. She won her third Pacific Championship in 2008, which was followed by a gold medal at the 2009 Winter Universiade and, most importantly, by a World Championship gold medal at the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship.

Liu Yin competed for Team China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1] Her team qualified for the playoffs. In the Semifinal match they lost to eventual Gold medalists Team Sweden. In the Bronze medal match they faced Team Switzerland skipped by Torino Silver medalist Mirjam Ott. They Chinese pulled off a 12 -6 victory and became the first curling team from an Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.

Teammates

2009 Gangneung World Championships

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

• Wang Bingyu, Skip
• Yue Qingshuang, Second
• Zhou Yan, Lead
• Liu Jinli, Alternate

References

External links

• Liu Yin on the World Curling Federation database
• Liu Yin on the World Curling Tour database
• Liu Yin on the CurlingZone database
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Liu Yin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.