Liu Yin (curler)

Liu Yin (simplified Chinese: 柳荫; traditional Chinese: 柳蔭; pinyin: Liǔ Yìn; born August 19, 1981[1] in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Yin Liu) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. For many years she played third on the Chinese national team skipped by Wang Bingyu.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.
Liu Yin
柳荫
Curler
Born (1981-08-19) August 19, 1981
Harbin, Heilongjiang
Team
Curling clubHarbin CC,
Harbin, Heilongjiang
SkipWang Bingyu
ThirdLiu Yin
SecondYue Qingshuang
LeadZhou Yan
AlternateLiu Jinli
Career
World Championship
appearances		8 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		10 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
Olympic
appearances		2 (2010, 2014)
Grand Slam victories1 (Autumn Gold: 2010)
Medal record
Women's 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
2013 Shanghai
Asian Winter Games
2003 Aomori
2007 Changchun
Winter Universiade
2009 Harbin
New Zealand Winter Games
2009 Naseby

Curling career

2002–2009

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 experience at World's. The team finished 7th.[2] The following season, Liu was playing lead for the team for the 2005 Pacific Championships, and then she played third once again at the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, where the team finished 5th.[3]

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.[3]

At the 2007 Pacific Championships, Liu was back throwing second stones when the team won their second Pacific Championship.[4] She was promoted to the third position for the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in which she earned a silver medal[5]- 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[6], which was followed by a gold medal at the 2009 Winter Universiade[7] and, most importantly, by a World Championship gold medal at the 2009 World Women's Championship.[8]

2010–2014

Liu Yin competed for Team China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.[9] Her team qualified for the playoffs, but 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.[10]

Just a month after the Olympics, Liu and Team China competed at the 2010 World Championship in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where they finished a disappointing 7th out of 12 teams.[11] Later in 2010 Liu returned to the Pacific Curling Championship, losing to Korea in the final to earn a silver medal for the third time.[12]

Liu played in the 2011 World Championship, where Team China defeated Team Denmark for the bronze medal.[13] After World's she took some time away from curling, missing the Pacific Championships in 2011 and the World Championships in 2012.[14] Liu returned to international competition in 2012 at the Pacific Championships, where her team won the gold medal for a fifth time.[15]

At the 2013 World Championship Liu and Team China struggled, finishing 9th with a record of 4–7.[16] In the fall, Team China settled for silver at the 2013 Pacific Championships. Playing Korea in the finals, China was up 8-6 only to give up 3 points in the 10th end.[17]

China failed to automatically qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics and so had to compete in the qualification event to try to earn one of the last two spots. Liu's team won the event, defeating Japan in the final 7–6.[18] At the Olympic games in Sochi Liu failed to make the playoffs, finishing with a record of 4–5.[19]

Personal life

Liu married in 2011. Her husband is an ice hockey coach.[14]

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

2014 Sochi Olympic Games

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References
  1. "Yin LIU - Olympic Curling | People's Republic of China". International Olympic Committee. 2016-06-26. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. "World Women's Curling Championship 2005: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  3. "Liu Yin". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  4. "Pacific Curling Championships 2007: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  5. "Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2008: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  6. "Pacific Curling Championships 2008: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  7. "XXIV. Winter Universiade 2009: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  8. "The Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship 2009: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2010-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Sweden's women win curling gold". 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  11. "Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2010: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  12. "Pacific Curling Championships 2010: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  13. "Capital One World Women's Curling Championship 2011: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  14. "Veteran Liu ruled out returning to curling team|Stars|chinadaily.com.cn". europe.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  15. "Pacific Asia 2012 Curling Championships: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  16. "Titlis Glacier Mountain World Women's Curling Championship 2013: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  17. "Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2013: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  18. "Olympic Qualifying Event 2013: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  19. "Sochi 2014 curling women - Olympic Curling". International Olympic Committee. 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
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