- Wang Bingyu
Wang Bingyu (Chinese: 王冰玉;
pinyin : Wáng Bīng Yù; bornJuly 7 ,1984 inHarbin ; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu Wang) is a Chinesecurler . She is the skip of the national team, and throws last rocks.Wang began curling in 2001 when she was selected by the Chinese government to play the sport of curling. In China, the national team curls as their profession. 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 firstWorld 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 the2007 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 the2007 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.Teammates
= 2008 Vernon =*Liu Yin (柳荫) (b.
August 19 ,1981 inHarbin )
*Yue Qingshuang (岳清爽) (b.October 15 ,1985 inHarbin )
*Zhou Yan (周妍) (b.September 30 ,1982 inHarbin )
*Liu Jinli (刘金莉) (b.August 16 ,1989 inQiqihar )
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