Fan Suyuan (; born 1 August 1996) is a Chinese
curler from
Dunhua
Dunhua (; Chosŏn'gŭl: 돈화; Hangul: 둔화) is a county-level city of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It has more than 480,000 inhabitants (as of 2002) and was the capital ...
. She lives in
Beijing
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.
She is competing in the mixed doubles curling event at the
2022 Winter Olympics with
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
.
Career Path
On July 3, 2017, the third stage of the national curling team training camp ended at the Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Stadium. There are 3 men and 4 women in Jilin Province selected for this national team. The female players You Yanhui, Fan Suyuan, Wang Meini, and
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 Jun ...
.
In July 2019, he was awarded the title of National Athlete by the Winter Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports.
On January 27, 2022, the list of the Chinese sports delegation for the
Beijing Winter Olympics was announced, and Fan Suyuan was selected for the curling team.
On February 2, 2022, the curling event of the
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics took the lead in the "Ice Cube". The Chinese curling mixed doubles combination
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
/Fan Suyuan took the lead for the Chinese delegation against the Swiss combination Peret/Rios.
On the evening of February 2, 2022, the first competition day of the
Beijing Winter Olympics ended with four curling mixed doubles competitions. The
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
/Fan Suyuan combination, who played as the host, ushered in the first opponent in the round-robin match, the Swiss combination Peret/Rios, on the D track. After an extra round, the Chinese combination narrowly defeated the opponent 7-6 and got a good start.
On February 3, 2022, in the
Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles round robin,
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
and Fan Suyuan defeated the Australian team 6-5.
On the evening of February 3, 2022, the Chinese team played against the Swedish teams De Waal and Eriksson in the fourth round of the curling round-robin match. Chinese curling mixed doubles players
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
/Fan Suyuan lost 6:7 to Sweden, ending their winning streak.
On February 6, 2022, in the
Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles match between China and Italy, the Chinese combination Fan Suyuan and
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
lost 4:8 to the Italian team and missed the semi-finals.
On February 7, 2022, in the 13th round of the
Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles round-robin match,
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
/Fan Suyuan lost to Czech players Thomas Paul/Suzanne Paulova 6-8. The two-game winning streak started, but then suffered a 7-game losing streak.
Ling Zhi
Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Career
Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to ...
/Fan Suyuan finally ended the Winter Olympics in ninth place.
Teams
Women's
Mixed doubles
Personal life
Fan Suyuan's lover, Chen Zi'ang, is from Harbin. Before retiring, he was also a curling player and played for the national team for many years. After retiring, Chen Zi'ang served as the coach of the Guizhou Liupanshui curling team. Before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Chen Zi'ang revealed that the two had not seen each other for more than 200 days because of the preparations for the Winter Olympics, but they had no regrets. Chen Zi'ang also said that after the game, he would definitely hold the biggest wedding for Fan Suyuan.
References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
People from Yanbian
Chinese female curlers
Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers of China
Sportspeople from Beijing
21st-century Chinese women
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