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Han Yu (curler)
Han Yu (, born October 6, 2000 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese female curler. Career Han represented China at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships throwing fourth stones for Jiang Jiayi. The team went 8-1 through the round robin, which earned them the number one seed in the playoffs. In the playoffs, they lost the semi-final to Russia's Vlada Rumiantseva and the bronze medal game to Switzerland, settling for fourth place. Han, still of junior age, skipped the Chinese national team to a gold medal at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships following a 10-3 victory over Japan's Seina Nakajima. The victory earned a spot for China at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. A year later, Han skipped China at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2021 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held 30 April to 9 May at the Markin MacPhai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han (Chinese Surname)
Han () is a common Chinese surname. The spelling "Han" is based on China's pinyin system and so used throughout Mainland China. Spelling can vary from 'Hon' in Cantonese-speaking areas to 'Hang' in Hainan. It is the 15th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. In 2003, Han (韩) is ranked 25th in China in terms of the number of bearers at around 8 million persons. In 2019 it was the 28th most common surname in Mainland China. Less common Chinese surnames romanized as ''Han'' include: 寒 (Hán) and 汉/漢 (Hàn). Four Chinese Origins of '韩' From '姬' surname ' 姬' (Jì) is an ancient Chinese surname. It is an alternate surname of the Yellow Emperor (Gongsun Xuanyuan) and the Zhou ruling family. A descendant of King Wu of Zhou, Wan, was given land in Hanyuan. Wan's descendants created the State of Han during the Warring States period. When the state was conquered by Qin in 230 BC, members of the ruling family adopted Han '韩' as their surname. From the transcrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2019 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 16 to 23 at the Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. Men Teams Men's teams Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Saturday, February 16, 19:30'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, February 17, 15:00'' Draw 3 ''Monday, February 18, 9:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday, February 18, 19:00'' Draw 5 ''Tuesday, February 19, 14:00'' Draw 6 ''Wednesday, February 20, 9:00'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday, February 20, 19:00'' Draw 8 ''Thursday, February 21, 14:00'' Draw 9 ''Friday, February 22, 9:00'' Playoffs Semifinal ''Friday, February 22, 19:30'' Bronze-medal game ''Saturday, February 23, 10:00'' Final ''Saturday, February 23, 10:00'' Women Teams Women's teams Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Sunday, February 17, 9:00'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, February 17, 20:00'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yan Hui (curler)
Yan Hui (born September 23, 1995 in Baishan) is a Chinese female curler from Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c .... She is a . Teams Women's Mixed doubles References External links * * Video: Living people 1995 births People from Baishan Chinese female curlers Sportspeople from Changchun 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sören Grahn
Sören Grahn (born 26 December 1962) is a Swedish curler and curling coach. He participated in the demonstration curling events at the 1988 Winter Olympics and 1992 Winter Olympics, where the Swedish team finished in fifth place both times. Personal life Grahn has two children. He currently lives in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 .... Teams Record as a coach of national teams References External links * Living people 1962 births Sportspeople from Karlstad Swedish male curlers Curlers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for Sweden Swedish curling coaches Swedish expatriate sportspeople in China Sportspeople from Beijing {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Mariani (curler)
Marco Mariani (born 14 June 1968, in Venice) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno, Italy. Mariani competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics inTurin, Italy, where he finished in 7th place. He is currently the coach of the Chinese women's curling team and took them to 7th place at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Personal life Mariani is married and has one daughter. Awards *Collie Campbell Memorial Award The Collie Campbell Memorial Award was created in honour of Canadian Collie Campbell, who served as president of the International Curling Federation The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with ..., 2005 References 1968 births Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Italian male curlers Living people Olympic curlers for Italy Italian curling coaches Sportspeople from Cortina d'Ampezzo {{Italy-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Jiaxin
Yu Jiaxin (born March 26, 1998 in Inner Mongolia) is a Chinese female curler from Changchun. She currently plays lead on Team Han Yu. At the international level, she is a . Career Yu was the alternate for the Chinese team at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships where they won the bronze medal. She also was the alternate on the Chinese team skipped by Han Yu at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. They placed third after the round robin before defeating South Korea's Gim Un-chi in the semifinal and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...'s Seina Nakajima in the final. Teams Women's Mixed doubles References External links * Yu Jiaxin - Curling World Cup profile* Video: Living people Chinese female curlers Pacific-Asian curling champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Marshall (curler)
Perry Sink Marshall is an American business consultant, and author of books on marketing, business strategy, communications technology, and evolution. Life Marshall is the son of a pastor. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Work and publications After graduating, Marshall worked as an acoustical engineer at Jensen, where he designed loudspeaker systems for Honda, Mazda, Ford and Chrysler. Subsequently, he was a national sales manager at Synergetic Micro Systems; he left in 2001 after the company was bought by Lantronix. He started a marketing consultancy, Perry S. Marshall & Associates, and published his first book, ''Industrial Ethernet: A Pocket Guide''. It was followed by second and third editions, co-written with John Rinaldi. Marshall learned to use Google AdWords soon after it was first introduced. In 2002, he released ''Guerrilla Marketing for Hi-Tech Sales People'', an audio CD. With Bryan Todd, he wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ding Yuexin
Ding may refer to: Bronze and ceramics * Ding (vessel), a bronze or ceramic cauldron used in ancient and early imperial China * Ding ware, ceramics produced in Dingzhou in medieval China People * Ding (surname) (丁), a Chinese surname and list of people with the name * Duke Ding of Jin (died 475 BC), ruler of Jin * Duke Ding of Qi, tenth century ruler of Qi * Empress Dowager Ding (died 402), empress dowager of the state of Later Yan * King Ding of Zhou, king of the Zhou Dynasty in ancient China from 606 to 586 BC * Ding Darling (1876–1962), American cartoonist who signed his work "Ding" Arts and entertainment * "Ding" (song), by Seeed * Ding, the nickname of Domingo Chavez, a recurring character in Tom Clancy's novels and video games * ''Ding'', a webcomic by Scott Kurtz * D!NG, a spinoff web channel from Vsauce Places * Dingzhou, formerly Ding County and Ding Prefecture, China * Ding railway station, Haryana, India Other uses * (ding) or Gnus, a news reader * Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shang Yining
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty. The classic account of the Shang comes from texts such as the ''Book of Documents'', ''Bamboo Annals'' and '' Records of the Grand Historian''. According to the traditional chronology based on calculations made approximately 2,000 years ago by Liu Xin, the Shang ruled from 1766 to 1122 BC, but according to the chronology based upon the "current text" of ''Bamboo Annals'', they ruled from 1556 to 1046 BC. Comparing the same text with dates of five-planet conjunctions, David Pankenier, supported by David Nivison, proposed dates of the establishment of the dynasty to 1554 BC. The Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project dated the establishment to c. 1600 BC based on the carbon-14 dates of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Ruiyi
Zhao may refer to: * Zhao (surname) (赵), a Chinese surname ** commonly spelled Chao in Taiwan or up until the early 20th century in other regions ** Chiu, from the Cantonese pronunciation ** Cho (Korean surname), represent the Hanja 趙 (Chinese: Zhao) ** Triệu, a Vietnamese surname which is the equivalent of the Mandarin Chinese surname Zhao (趙) * Zhao County, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China * Zhao family (other) ** Zhao family (Internet slang), based on the surname Zhao, an internet term in China which refers to the ruling elite and the rich * 兆 (zhào), a Chinese numeral which usually represents 106 or 1012 **Mega-, corresponding SI prefix in China, equals to 106 **Tera-, corresponding SI prefix in Taiwan, equals to 1012 * Admiral Zhao, a character in the animated series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' Chinese history * Zhao (state) (403 BC–222 BC), a Warring States period state * Triệu dynasty (204 BC–111 BC), or Zhao dynasty, the ruling house of the Nanyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2021 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held 30 April to 9 May at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. The event was originally awarded to Schaffhausen, Switzerland. In February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local authorities withdrew permission to host the event. On 5 March 2021, the championship was moved to Calgary. The event was held in a centralized "bubble" at Canada Olympic Park, which also hosted the men's world championship, as well as all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds. All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators. Silvana Tirinzoni and her Swiss team defended their title, from 2019 since the 2020 Championship was cancelled, when they defeated Russian Alina Kovaleva (representative of the Russian Curling Federation) in the final, 4–2. During the round-robin against Denmark, the Swiss champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2020 World Curling Championships, World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship presented by Nature's Bounty for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 14 to 22 at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, Prince George, Canada. On March 12, 2020, following the recommendations of Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification, 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification. Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. Qualification The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship: World Ranking The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations. Teams The teams were to be: WCT ranking Year to date World Curling Tour order of mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
