Wang Bingyu

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang (王).

Wang Bingyu 王冰玉
Born	October 7, 1984 (1984-10-07) Harbin, Heilongjiang
Team
Curling club	Harbin CC, Harbin, Heilongjiang
Skip	Wang Bingyu
Third	Liu Yin
Second	Yue Qingshuang
Lead	Sun Yue
Alternate	Yu Xinna
Career
World Championship appearances	6 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Pacific Championship appearances	6 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Grand Slam victories	1 (Autumn Gold: 2010)

Medal record
Curling
Competitor for China
Winter Olympics
Bronze	2010 Vancouver
World Championships
Gold	2009 Gangneung
Silver	2008 Vernon
Bronze	2011 Esbjerg
Pacific Championships
Gold	2006 Tokyo
Gold	2007 Beijing
Gold	2008 Naseby
Gold	2009 Karuizawa
Silver	2004 Chuncheon
Silver	2005 Taipei
Pacific Junior Championships
Gold	2005 Tokoro
Gold	2006 Beijing
Asian Winter Games
Bronze	2007 Changchun
Winter Universiade
Gold	2009 Harbin

Wang Bingyu (Chinese: 王冰玉; pinyin: Wáng Bīngyù; born October 7, 1984 in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu "Betty" Wang) is a Chinese curler. She is the skip of the national team, and throws last rocks.

Curling career

Wang began curling in 2001. By 2004, she played in her first international event- skipping the Chinese team at the World Junior B Curling Championships. She skipped China at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships, earning a silver medal.

In 2005, she won gold at the Pacific Junior Curling Championships, but finished in 9th place at that years World Junior Curling Championships. At her first World Curling Championships later that year, she skipped China to a 7th place finish with a 4-7 record. At the 2005 Pacific Curling Championships, she earned another silver medal.

In 2006, she won another gold medal at the Pacific Junior Championships, but the team did not play at the World Juniors that year; instead another Chinese team did. At the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, Wang improved her team's record to 6-5, good enough for 5th place. At the 2006 Pacific Curling Championships, Wang won her first gold medal. At this point, Wang moved from throwing last rocks to throwing third rocks, but still skipping the team.

In 2007, Wang won a disappointing bronze medal at the Asian Winter Games. At the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship, she failed to improve on the previous year, finishing with a 5-6 record in 7th place. However, she won her second gold medal at the 2007 Pacific Curling Championships.

The 2007-08 season was a dream season for the Chinese team, as they had a successful stint on the Women's World Curling Tour. They surprised many by winning their first event of the season, the 2007 Boston Pizza Shoot-Out. Their win-loss record on the tour was a respectable 20-16.

It 2008 her team easily won the gold at the 11th National games of the PRC.

At the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, Wang and the Chinese team surprised many by finishing the round robin in first place with a 9-2 record, including a win against the host Canadian team, skipped by Jennifer Jones. They beat the Canadians once again in the 1-2 playoff game, but they were not able to make it three in a row against the Canadians, as they lost in the final. The team won the silver medal, the first ever medal for Chinese team and Pacific team at the World Curling Championships for either gender.

On February 27, 2009, Wang and her teammates won the gold at the 2009 FISU University Winter Games in Harbin, the city where she was born.

In March 2009, Wang became World Champion at the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship finishing the round robin stage with a 10-1 record and beating Sweden in the final. That title is the first ever World Champions title for China in curling.

Later this year, Wang and her team also became the first non-Canadian team to reach a Grand Slam final, when they lost to Jennifer Jones at the 2009 Trail Appliances Curling Classic.

In February 2010, Wang and her team entered the 2010 Winter Olympics as the defending world champions. Wang skipped her team to a 6-3 record in round robin play, earning a spot in the medal round. After losing to Sweden in the semifinals, China defeated Switzerland to win the bronze medal. The bronze medal was the first Olympic medal for China in curling and the first team medal for China in Winter Olympic history.

In March 2010 at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Wang and her team missed the playoffs with a 6-5 record in the Round Robin stage.

On October 11, 2010, Wang and her team became the first non-Canadian team to win Grand Slam final, beating Desiree Owen at the 2010 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic.

Teammates

2008 Vernon World Championships

2009 Gangneung World Championships

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

• Liu Yin (柳荫) (b. August 19, 1981 in Harbin), Third
• Yue Qingshuang (岳清爽) (b. October 7, 1985 in Harbin), Second
• Zhou Yan (周妍) (b. September 30, 1982 in Harbin), Lead
• Liu Jinli (刘金莉) (b. March 16, 1989 in Qiqihar), Alternate

Event	Skip	3rd	2nd	Lead	Alternate	Result
2010 OG	Wang Bingyu	Liu Yin	Yue Qingshuang	Zhou Yan	Liu Jinli	3rd (6-3)
2009 WCC	Wang Bingyu	Liu Yin	Yue Qingshuang	Zhou Yan	Liu Jinli	1st (10-1)
2008 WCC	Wang Bingyu	Liu Yin	Yue Qingshuang	Zhou Yan	Liu Jinli	2nd (9-2)
2007 WCC	Wang Bingyu(3rd)	Yue Qingshuang(4th)	Liu Yin	Zhou Yan	Sun Yue	7th (5-6)
2006 WCC	Wang Bingyu	Yue Qingshuang	Liu Yin	Zhou Yan	Sun Yue	T-5th (6-5)
2005 WCC	Wang Bingyu	Yue Qingshuang	Liu Yin	Zhou Yan	Yu Xinna	T-7th (4-7)

Grand Slam record

Event	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
Autumn Gold	Q	Q	Q	F	C
Manitoba Lotteries	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Q
Sobeys Slam	N/A	DNP	QF	N/A	-

Key

• C - Champion
• F - Lost final
• SF - Lost semi final
• QF - Lost quarter final
• Q - Did not make playoffs
• DNP - Did not participate in event
• N/A - not a Grand Slam event that season

External links

• Wang Bingyu on the World Curling Federation database