Ling Zhi (; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.

Career

Ling represented China at the

2014 World Junior Curling Championships The 2014 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 26 to March 5 at the Waldhaus Arena in Flims, Switzerland, Flims, Switzerland. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' ...

, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to-back

Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships The Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships (formerly known as the Pacific Junior Curling Championships) was an annual curling bonspiel held in the World Curling Federation's Pacific zone. The championships featured curlers under the age of 21 co ...

. Ling represented China internationally at the men's level at the third leg of the

Curling World Cup The Curling World Cup was a curling tournament that was held as part of the 2018–19 curling season, organized by the World Curling Federation and Kingdomway Sports. The tournament had four legs: three qualifying legs and a Grand Final. Histor ...

event. He played third on Team

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, which finished with a 1–5 record. In mixed play, Ling competed at the 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship as third for

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. The team reached the round of 16, where the Czech Republic eliminated them. Ling played

mixed doubles Mixed doubles or mixed pairs is a form of mixed-sex sports that consists of teams of one man and one woman. This variation of competition is prominent in curling and racket sports, such as tennis, table tennis and badminton (where it is known as ...

with partner Yang Ying but now plays with Fan Suyuan. At the

2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event The 2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event was held December 2–7, 2019 at the Greenacres Curling Club in Howwood, Scotland. It was the inaugural qualification event for the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, which was previously ...

, Yang and Ling teamed up to secure China a spot in the

2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was scheduled to be held from April 18 to 25 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, Canada. On March 14, 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled to be h ...

, defeating Turkey in the qualification final. The 2020 World Championship, however, was cancelled due to the

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. Yang and Ling did get a chance to represent China at the

2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from May 17 to 23 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Because of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the first of two events for mixed doubles teams to qualify for the 2022 Olympics ...

, where they finished in ninth place with a 4–5 record. On February 7, 2022, in the 13th round of the curling mixed doubles round-robin competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team Ling Zhi/ Fan Suyuan lost 6-8 to

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players

Tomáš Paul Tomáš Paul (born 3 April 1988 in Prague) is a Czech curler. Curling career Men's Playing of Charles University, Paul has played in two Winter Universiades. The first was the 2011 Winter Universiade, where Paul threw second stone ...

/Suzanne Paulova, who suffered 7 consecutive games. In the end, Ling Zhi/ Fan Suyuan ended the Winter Olympics with 9th place.

Teams

Men's

Mixed doubles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ling, Zhi 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Harbin Chinese male curlers Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of China