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2014 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2014 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was held from 15 to 23 March at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick. Qualification The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2014 World Women's Curling Championship: * (host country) *One team from the Americas zone ** (given that no challenges in the Americas zone are issued) *Eight teams from the 2013 European Curling Championships ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *Two teams from the 2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ** ** Teams Round robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round robin results All draw times are listed in Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC−4). Draw 1 ''Saturday, 15 March, 14:30'' Draw 2 ''Saturday, 15 March, 19:30'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, 16 March, 9:30'' Draw 4 ''Sunday, 16 March, 14:30'' Draw 5 ''Sunday, 16 March, 19:30'' Draw 6 ''Monday, 17 March, 9:30'' Draw 7 ''Monday, 17 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign of King George III. The port is Canada's third-largest port by tonnage with a cargo base that includes dry and liquid bulk, Breakbulk_cargo, break bulk, containers, and cruise. The city was the most populous in New Brunswick until the 2016 census, when it was overtaken by Moncton. It is currently the second-largest city in the province, with a population of 69,895 over an area of . French explorer Samuel de Champlain landed at Saint John Harbour on June 24, 1604 (the feast of St. John the Baptist) and is where the Saint John River (Bay of Fundy), Saint John River gets its name although Mi'kmaq and Maliseet, Wolastoqiyik peoples lived in the region for thousands of years prior calling the river Wolastoq. The Saint John area was an important area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships took place from November 11 to 19 at the Fei Yang Skating Centre in Shanghai, China. South Korea were the women's champions, their second title after winning the 2010 Pacific Curling Championships, while China won the men's tournament, extending their winning streak to seven years. The championships served as the Pacific zone qualifiers for the World Curling Championships. The top two women's teams, China and South Korea, qualified for the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Saint John, New Brunswick. As the 2014 World Men's Curling Championship will be hosted in Beijing, China, with the hosts as automatic qualifiers, Japan was the single men's team that advanced to the World Championship. Competition format The men's tournament had six teams competing, while the women's tournament had five teams, with both tournaments utilizing a double round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin tournaments, the top four men' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Kubešková
Anna Kubešková (born 30 October 1989) is a Czech curler from Prague. She currently skips the Czech Republic National team. Career Kubešková represented the Czech Republic at four World Junior Curling Championships (2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011) and at the 2011 Winter Universiade. In women's play, Kubešková first represented her country at the 2010 European Curling Championships, where she led her country to a 12–1 record in the "B" Pool. She again played at the Euros in 2012 playing second for Linda Klimova. The team finished with a 3–7 record in eighth place. Kubešková skipped the Czech Republic team at the 2013 European Curling Championships, where they finished the event with a 4–5 record in 6th place. The next month, the team played in the Olympic qualifying tournament in order to play at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The team finished the event with a 2–4 record, which was not enough to qualify. Later that season they played at the 2014 Ford World Women's Curl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Qiutong
She Qiutong (, born March 19, 1993) is a Chinese female curler. Teams References External links * Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Harbin Chinese female curlers Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Jinli
Liu Jinli (; ; born March 16, 1989 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is an internationally elite curler from China.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling/athletes/jinli-liu_ath1015314Za.html She curls out of the club in Heilongjiang and is currently a member of the Chinese National Team. As a member of the National Team she will compete for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Team China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the Alternate for the team. Teammates Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *Wang Bingyu, ''Skip'' *Liu Yin (curler), Liu Yin, ''Third'' *Yue Qingshuang, ''Second'' *Zhou Yan (curler), Zhou Yan, ''Lead'' References External links * 1989 births Living people Chinese female curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic curlers of China Sportspeople from Qiqihar Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2010 Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Rui (curler)
Wang Rui (; ; born February 9, 1995 in Harbin) is a Chinese curler. She currently plays third on Team Han Yu, the Chinese National Women's Curling Team. Career Juniors Wang represented China in four Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships, playing second for the team in 2011 and 2012 and third for the team in 2014 and 2015. The team would finish in 4th place in 2011, win a bronze in 2012, and silver in 2014 and 2015. Women's Wang first represented China at the women's level when she was a team member at the 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship. She played second on that team, skipped by Liu Sijia. The team finished the round robin with a 6-5 record, in 7th place and out of the playoffs. Later that year, she played at the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, throwing lead rocks for the Liu rink. There, they would go on to win the gold medal. This earned the team a spot at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship. The team finished the round robin with a 7-4 re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Yilun
Jiang Yilun (; born 12 February 1993) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide Career She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where the Chinese team participated in the women's curling tournament. She has also competed in three World Curling Championships (, and ), three Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (2013, 2017 and 2018) and the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships. On the World Curling Tour, Jiang has won the 2013 Shamrock Shotgun The Shamrock Shotgun was an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that took place at the Shamrock Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta. The tournament was held in a round robin format. The tournament was started in 2012 as part of the World Curling ... and the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. Teams References External links * 1993 births Living people Chinese female curlers Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of China Sportspeople from Harbin 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Sijia
Liu Sijia (; born July 20, 1988) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. She skipped the Chinese National Women's Curling Team at both the and World Women's Curling Championships. Career As a junior curler Liu won a gold medal at the 2010 Pacific Junior Curling Championships and silvers at the 2008 and 2009 Pacific Juniors. She skipped the Chinese team to a seventh place finish at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing with a 3–6 record. In her first season out of juniors, Liu was the lead for the Chinese team, skipped by Wang Bingyu at the 2010 Pacific Curling Championships, winning a silver medal. Four years later, Liu skipped China at the 2014 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing seventh with a 6–5 record. The following year she also skipped the Chinese team at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship, where they lost in a tiebreaker to Scotland's Eve Muirhead. Liu won her first World Curling Tour The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest city by metropolitan population (urban and rural together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng and Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. Harbin, whose name was originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in Northeast China. Founded in 1898 with the coming of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie LeDrew
Stephanie "Steph" Mumford (née LeDrew; born June 6, 1984 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian curler from Sarnia, Ontario. She currently plays second on Team Lauren Mann. Career As a junior, LeDrew represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships after winning the junior provincial championship five times (1998, 2001, 2002,http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Women_2002.pdf 2003 & 2004). At the 2002 Canadian Juniors, LeDrew's team, skipped by Jennifer Guzzwell, lost in the final to Prince Edward Island. Winning the province's Mixed Curling Championship, LeDrew represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2007 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship (lead) and the 2010 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship (third). Success in 2010 continued as LeDrew's team, skipped by Shelley Nichols, defeated Heather Strong's rink in an extra-end decision to win the Newfoundland and Labrador Scotties Provincial Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Weagle
Lisa Colleen Weagle (born March 24, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa, Ontario. Weagle was the lead on the Rachel Homan team from 2010 until March 12, 2020, when the team announced they would be parting ways with her. She then joined Team Jennifer Jones for two seasons until the team disbanded on March 15, 2022. Weagle is known for her ability to make the eponymous "Weagle" shot (also known as a tick shot), which the Homan rink had used in high frequency while she was a member of the team. Career Weagle began curling at the age of 8 at the Granite Curling Club of West Ottawa. In her youth, she won the 2000 Ontario bantam girls curling championship playing second for the Lee Merklinger rink. Joining Homan (2010–2012) In Weagle's first year with her new rink, the Homan team qualified and won the 2011 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts. At the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Ontario team had a 4th-place finish. She finished the round robin in 3rd place and los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
