Zhou Yan (curler)
Zhou Yan (Chinese: 周妍; pinyin: Zhōu Yán; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂóu jɛ̌n]; 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.
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Born | September 30, 1982 37) (age |
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) |
Medal record
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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
Wang Bingyu, Skip
Liu Yin, Third
Yue Qingshuang, Second
Liu Jinli, Alternate
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 26, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- 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; et al. "Zhou Yan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.