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2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 7 to 14 at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The top two teams from the men's and women's tournaments qualified for the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, respectively. Men Teams Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin results All draw times are listed in Asia/Almaty Time (UTC+06). Draw 3 ''Monday, November 9, 14:30'' Draw 4 ''Tuesday, November 10, 9:00'' Draw 5 ''Tuesday, November 10, 14:30'' Draw 6 ''Wednesday, November 11, 9:00'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday, November 11, 14:30'' Draw 8 ''Thursday, November 12, 9:00'' Draw 9 ''Thursday, November 12, 14:30'' Tiebreaker ''Friday, November 13, 14:30'' Playoffs Semifinals ''Friday, November 13, 19:00'' Bronze-medal game ''Saturday, November 14, 9:00'' Gold-medal game ''Saturday, November 14, 9:00'' Women Teams Roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Astana, Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and back to Astana in 2022). Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Palangio
Ian "Ice Nut" Palangio (21 November 1972 – 2020) was a Canadian–Australian curler. He represented Australia at four World Curling Championships and was a two-time Pacific Curling Champion. Palangio began curling in 1986. While living in Canada, he won the OVCA Mixed Bonspiel in 1998. He worked for the Australian Curling Federation as board member and Federation's web site main editor. Personal life Palangio was born in Orangeville, Ontario. Outside of curling he was a software developer. He lived in Brisbane, Queensland and Narrabeen, New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es .... He was married to Lisa and had two children. Teammates and events Men's Mixed Mixed doubles References External links * * Video: 1972 births 2020 deaths Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Li
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Lin Ting-li
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Nicholas Hsu
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Randolph Shen
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Ma Xiuyue
Ma Xiuyue (; born May 21, 1991) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. 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 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. 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. 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. Ma next represented China inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Jinbo
Wang Jinbo (, born May 15, 1995) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. He competed at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ..., Canada, as lead for the Chinese team, which placed 8th in the tournament. He was member of the Chinese team that won gold medals at the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. References External links * 1995 births Living people Chinese male curlers Sportspeople from Harbin Curlers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Pacific-Asian curling champions {{PRChina-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ba Dexin
Ba Dexin (; ; born 14 June 1990 in Harbin) is a Chinese curler. He competed at the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017 World Curling Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where the Chinese team placed fourth. He also competed in the mixed doubles tournament of the 2018 Winter Olympics with partner Wang Rui, placing fourth. Personal life Ba was educated at Harbin Sport University Harbin Sport University () is a university in Harbin, China, working with research on health and sports. In 2015, the announcement of a new Olympic winter sports center was made, to be set up at Harbin Sport University. The Harbin Sport Universit .... References External links * 1990 births Living people Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Chinese male curlers Olympic curlers of China Sportspeople from Harbin Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Xiaoming
Xu Xiaoming (; born September 14, 1984 in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is an internationally elite curler from China. Career His team won bronze in the Curling at the 2007 Asian Winter Games and he competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Vancouver he will throw Second stones for the Chinese team. He represented China at the 2014 Winter Olympics as the third for the Chinese team. Personal life Xu is married to Kim Ji-sun Kim Ji-sun (born June 27, 1987) is a South Korean curler from Gyeonggi Province. She was the skip of the 2014 South Korean Olympic Curling Team. Career Kim was a member of the silver medal-winning Korean team that won a silver medal at the 2 ..., the skip of South Korea's women's national team. They have one child.2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team China References External links * 1984 births Chinese male curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic curlers of China Sportspeople f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zang Jialiang
Zang Jialiang (; born January 12, 1988, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese curler who trains in Harbin. He made his world championship debut at the 2008 Grand Forks World Championships. Team China achieved their best result to date. In the round robin portion they achieved upset wins over Team Canada and Team Norway. They would finish in third after the round robin and for the first time a men's team from the Pacific region would qualify for the Playoffs. In the 3 vs. 4 Playoff match, they lost to Team Norway, and again in the Bronze Medal Match. Team China was less successful at the 2009 Moncton World Championships, where it placed ninth overall. Zang Jialiang represented Team China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Teammates 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *Wang Fengchun, ''Skip'' *Liu Rui, ''Third'' *Xu Xiaoming, ''Second'' *Li Hongchen Li Hongchen (; born October 29, 1975, in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang) is an internationally elite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
