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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] |
Liu (surname)
/ ( or ) is an East Asian surname. pinyin: in Mandarin Chinese, in Cantonese. It is the family name of the Han dynasty emperors. The character originally meant 'kill', but is now used only as a surname. It is listed 252nd in the classic text Hundred Family Surnames. Today, it is the 4th most common surname in Mainland China as well as one of the most common surnames in the world. Distribution In 2019 劉 was the fourth most common surname in Mainland China. Additionally, it was the most common surname in Jiangxi province. In 2013 it was found to be the 5th most common surname, shared by 67,700,000 people or 5.1% of the population, with the province with the most people being Shandong.中国四百大姓, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 Origin One source is that they descend from the Qí (祁) clan of Emperor Yao. For example the founding emperor of the Han dynasty (one of China's golden ages), Liu Bang ( Emperor Gaozu of Han) was a descendant o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called ''rocks'', across the ice ''curling sheet'' toward the ''house'', a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a ''game''; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each ''end'', which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends. The player can induce a curved path, described as ''curl'', by causing the stone to slowly rotate as it slides. The path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms or brushes, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet and sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Female Curlers
Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of various ethnicities in contemporary China ** Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in the world and the majority ethnic group in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Singapore ** Ethnic minorities in China, people of non-Han Chinese ethnicities in modern China ** Ethnic groups in Chinese history, people of various ethnicities in historical China ** Nationals of the People's Republic of China ** Nationals of the Republic of China ** Overseas Chinese, Chinese people residing outside the territories of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan * Sinitic languages, the major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family ** Chinese language, a group of related languages spoken predominantly in China, sharing a written script (Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1988 Births
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Cloverdale Cash Spiel
The Cloverdale Cash Spiel was an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament on the men's and women's World Curling Tour, that took place at the Cloverdale Curling Club in Cloverdale, British Columbia (in Surrey). The tournament was held in a round-robin format. The tournament was established in 2011 as one of the first events of the season, and was last held in 2016. The event counted toward the Canadian Team Ranking System The Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) is a point system used by Curling Canada to rank men's and women's curling teams across Canada. They are determined through points earned in various curling bonspi ...
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World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world. History The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from John Kawaja. The World Curling Tour commenced in 1992, with men's events only at first. It replaced the "Canadian Curling Tour" held the previous season. The first season consisted of 48 events (with only one outside Canada), and was sponsored by Seagram's distillery. Teams earned points in every event with the top 30 qualifying for the season ending " V.O. Cup", today known as the Players' Championship. Its first president and CEO was Lukowich. The first two events were held on the first weekend of October 1992, the Red Carpet Classic in Regina, Saskatchewan and a qualifier for the Coca-Cola Classic in Winnipeg. In 2001, the WCT introduced a series of Grand Slam events for men which was later followed in 2006 by Grand Slam events for women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. As skip of the Scotland team, Muirhead won the 2011 European Championships in Moscow, the 2013 World Championships in Riga, the 2017 European Championships in St. Gallen and the 2021 European Championships in Lillehammer. She is also a four-time World Junior Champion (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011). A four-time Olympian, she represented Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022 in which she was chosen as one of Great Britain's flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony. In Sochi, she became the youngest-ever skip, male or female, to win an Olympic medal. She curls out of the Dunkeld Curling Club based in Pitlochry. She announced her reti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan. It marks the second time that a world championship has been held in Japan, after the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship in Aomori. Qualification The following nations are qualified to participate in the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship: * (host country) *Two teams from the Americas zone ** ** (given that no challenges in the Americas zone are issued) *Eight teams from the 2014 European Curling Championships ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** (winner of the World Challenge Games) *One team from the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships ** Teams WCT ranking World Curling Tour Order of Merit ranking of national teams (year to date total) Round robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Wang Bingyu
Wang Bingyu (; ; born October 7, 1984 in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Bingyu "Betty" Wang) is a Chinese curler. In 2009, she became the first non Northern American or European skip to win a World Championship. Curling career 2001-2008 Wang began curling in 2001. 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 year's World Junior Curling Championships. At her first World 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 anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2010 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 5 to 14 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams Round Robin Standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round Robin Results Draw 1 ''Saturday, March 6, 14:00'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, March 7, 9:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, March 7, 19:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday, March 8, 14:00'' Draw 5 ''Tuesday, March 9, 9:00'' Draw 6 ''Tuesday, March 9, 18:00'' Draw 7 ''Wednesday, March 10, 14:00'' Draw, 8 ''Thursday, March 11, 8:00'' Draw, 9 ''Thursday, March 11, 17:00'' Tiebreaker ''Friday, April 12, 14:00'' Playoffs 1 vs. 2 Game ''Saturday, April 14, 12:00'' 3 vs. 4 Game ''Saturday, April 14, 12:00'' Semifinal ''Saturday, April 14, 18:00'' Bronze Medal Game ''Sunday, April 14, 13:00'' Gold Medal Game ''Sunday, April 14, 13:00'' Women Teams 1Originally Solène Coulot was to play third until her untimely death on February 20, 2010 Round Robin Standings ''Final R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
