Zhou Yan (curler)

Zhou Yan
Curler 
Born September 30, 1982 (1982-09-30) (age 36)
Harbin, Heilongjiang
Team
Curling club Harbin CC,
Harbin, Heilongjiang
Skip Wang Bingyu
Third Zhou Yan
Second Liu Jinli
Lead Ma Jingyi
Alternate Jiang Xindi
Career
World Championship
appearances
10 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
11 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
Olympic
appearances
3 (2010, 2014, 2018)

Zhou Yan (Chinese: 周妍; pinyin: Zhōu Yán; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂóu ̌n]; born September 30, 1982;[1] usually referred to in the media as Yan Zhou) is a Chinese curler. She plays lead for the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu.

Zhou curled in her first tournament after having only curled for 2 years, at the 2002 Pacific Curling Championships. At that time she played third for the team. Since then, she has played lead for the team in every tournament except for the 2005 Pacific Championships, when she was the team lead.

Zhou has won 3 Pacific Championships (2006, 2007, 2008), and a World Championship (2009) as a member of the team.

Teammates

2008 Vernon World Championships

2009 Gangneung World Championships

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Wang Bingyu, Skip

Liu Yin, Third

Yue Qingshuang, Second

Liu Jinli, Alternate

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 26, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  • Zhou Yan on the World Curling Federation database
  • Zhou Yan on the World Curling Tour database
  • Zhou Yan on the CurlingZone database
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Zhou Yan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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