Ma Xiuyue
| Ma Xiuyue 马秀玥 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 21, 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||||
| Curling club | Harbin CC, Harbin, CHN | ||||||||||||||
| Skip | Ma Xiuyue | ||||||||||||||
| Third | Zou Qiang | ||||||||||||||
| Second | Wang Zhiyu | ||||||||||||||
| Lead | Tian Jiafeng | ||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Li Zhichao | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Dong Ziqi | ||||||||||||||
Curling career  | |||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  China | ||||||||||||||
| Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 1 (2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Pan Continental Championship appearances | 1 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ma Xiuyue (Chinese: 马秀玥; pinyin: Mǎ Xiùyuè; born May 21, 1991) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.[1] He currently skips the Chinese men's curling team. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics, skipping the men's curling team.
Career
[edit]Ma represented China twice at the World Junior Curling Championships in 2011 and 2012. On both occasions, his team finished with a 4–5 record. Also in 2011 and 2012, Ma won back-to-back Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships.[2]
Ma skipped the Chinese team at the 2013 Winter Universiade. Representing the Harbin Institute of Physical Education, his team finished in ninth with a 2–7 record.[3]
In 2015, Ma was the alternate on the Chinese team skipped by Zang Jialiang at the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. The team finished the round robin in second place with a 6–1 record before dropping their semifinal match to South Korea's Kim Soo-hyuk. They rebounded against New Zealand's Peter de Boer to claim the bronze medal.[4] Ma next represented China internationally at the third leg of the Curling World Cup event. There, he skipped his team of Ling Zhi, Cheng Kuo and Wang Jingyuan to a 1–5 record.
After taking a few seasons off, Ma returned to curling when he was appointed as skip of the Chinese men's team for the 2022 Winter Olympics, held in Beijing.[5] His team consisted of Zou Qiang, Wang Zhiyu, Xu Jingtao and Jiang Dongxu. Despite not playing a single international competition before the Games, the team fared quite well, finishing the round robin with a 4–5 record. This included defeating higher-seeded teams such as Switzerland's Peter de Cruz, Norway's Steffen Walstad, and Italy's Joël Retornaz.[6] Ultimately, they finished in a four-way tie for fifth place; however, their head to head wins over Switzerland and Norway placed them alone in fifth place at the end of the competition.[7]
Teams
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11[8] | Huang Jihui | Ma Yongjun | Wang Linbo | Ma Xiuyue | Zhang Rongrui |
| 2011–12 | Ma Xiuyue | Xiao Shicheng | Jiang Dongxu | Shao Zhilin | Zhang Zhongbao |
| 2012–13 | Ma Xiuyue | Ma Yanlong | Xiao Shicheng | Wang Jinbo | Pan Jiaqi |
| 2016–17 | Ma Xiuyue | Wang Jinbo | Wang Jingyuan | Zhang Tianyu | Shao Zhilin |
| 2017–18 | Ma Xiuyue | Ma Yanlong | Wang Jinbo | Wang Jingyuan | |
| 2018–19 | Ma Xiuyue | Jiang Dongxu | Ling Zhi | Wang Jingyuan | |
| 2021–22 | Ma Xiuyue | Zou Qiang | Wang Zhiyu | Xu Jingtao | Jiang Dongxu |
| 2022–23 | Ma Xiuyue | Cheng Kuo | Yuan Mingjie | Nan Jiawen | |
| 2023–24 | Ma Xiuyue | Zou Qiang | Wang Zhiyu | Tian Jiafeng |
References
[edit]- ^ "Xiuyue Ma Profile". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Alina Pavlyuchik (November 14, 2015). "Korea men take Gold at PACC 2015; Japan and Korea qualify for Women's Worlds". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Spotlight turns to team curling at the Olympic Winter Games". World Curling Federation. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "Great Britain in good form after win over ROC". World Curling Federation. February 16, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "XXIV. Olympic Winter Games 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "Ma Xiuyue Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
