Liu Rui (; born March 13, 1982 in
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 ...
,
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
; sometimes known as Rui Lui) is a Chinese curler. He was the skip of the Chinese men's Olympic Curling Team at the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
.
Liu played in his first
World Curling Championships
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's an ...
in 2008, playing third for
Fengchun Wang
Wang Fengchun (; born February 2, 1982, in Harbin, Heilongjiang; usually referred to in the media as Fengchun Wang) is a Chinese curler. He is the skip of the national team.
Wang was selected by the Chinese government to play the sport of cur ...
. The team lost in the bronze medal game to Norway, settling for fourth place. After a slow start in the
2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, Liu switched to throw 4th stones while skip Fengchun Wang continued to call the game and throw 3rd stones. The team struggled, placing 9th. The team represented China at the
2010 Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
, with Liu throwing last rocks and Wang continuing to skip. The team finished 8th with a 2-7 record.
After the Olympics, Liu took over skipping the team, leading China at the
2010 World Men's Curling Championship, placing 11th. He led China to a 6th place finish at the
2012 World Men's Curling Championship, the
2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and at the
2014 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2014 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 29 to April 6 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.
Norway's Thomas Ulsrud defeated Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 8–3, securing his first world tit ...
.
Personal life
He is married.
[2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team China]
Teams
Liu was also part of the
2008 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2008 Continental Cup of Curling was the 6th edition of this event and was held from December 18–21, 2008 at the EnCana Arena in Camrose, Alberta. It was the first edition of the Continental Cup in which teams outside of North America and E ...
.
Grand Slam record
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Chinese male curlers
Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers of China
Sportspeople from Harbin
Asian Games medalists in curling
Curlers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Pacific-Asian curling champions
Universiade medalists in curling
Universiade gold medalists for China
Universiade bronze medalists for China
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
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