Ma Xiuyue (; born May 21, 1991) is a Chinese curler from

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 ...

. He won a bronze medal at the

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and represented China at the

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, skipping the men's curling team.

Career

Ma represented China twice at the

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in 2011 and 2012. On both occasions, his team finished with a 4–5 record. Also in 2011 and 2012, Ma won back-to-back

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. Ma skipped the Chinese team at the

2013 Winter Universiade The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013. This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universiade ...

. Representing the

Harbin Institute of Physical Education 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 ...

, his team finished in ninth with a 2–7 record. In 2015, Ma was the alternate on the Chinese team skipped by

Zang Jialiang Zang Jialiang (; born January 12, 1988, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese curler who trains in Harbin. He made his world championship debut at the 2008 Grand Forks World Championships. Team China achieved their best result to date. In the ...

at the

. The team finished the round robin in second place with a 6–1 record before dropping their semifinal match to South Korea's

Kim Soo-hyuk Kim Soo-hyuk (born May 5, 1984) is a Korean curler from Gyeongi-do. He currently skips the Gyeongbuk Athletic Association curling team out of Uiseong. Career At just 17 years old, Kim was a member of the Korean team at the 2001 Pacific Curling ...

. They rebounded against New Zealand's

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to claim the bronze medal. Ma next represented China internationally 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. There, he skipped his team of

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 ...

, Cheng Kuo and Wang Jingyuan to a 1–5 record. After taking a few seasons off, Ma returned to curling when he was appointed as skip of the Chinese men's team for the

, held in

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. His team consisted of

Zou Qiang Zou Qiang (; born 13 August 1991 in Yichun) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. Career Juniors Zou skipped the Chinese team (which also consisted of Shao Zhilin, Zhang Tianyu and Liang Shuming), at the 2013 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Champio ...

Wang Zhiyu Wang Zhiyu (; born August 24, 1996, in Harbin) is a Chinese curler. He currently plays second on the Chinese men's curling team skipped by Ma Xiuyue. Career As a junior curler, Wang threw last rocks for the Chinese junior men's team at the 20 ...

Xu Jingtao Xu Jingtao (; born August 5, 1993, in Harbin) is a Chinese curler. Career As a junior curler, Xu played lead for the Chinese men's team (skipped by Jiang Dongxu) at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing with a 1–8 record. He ...

and

Jiang Dongxu Jiang Dongxu (; born March 3, 1993) is a Chinese curler from Harbin. He represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics as the alternate on the Chinese men's team skipped by Ma Xiuyue. He also won a silver medal at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling ...

. Despite not playing a single international competition before the Games, the team fared quite well, finishing the round robin with a 4–5 record. This included defeating higher-seeded teams such as Switzerland's

Peter de Cruz Peter Vincent de Cruz (born 4 January 1990) is a Swiss curler. He is an Olympic bronze medallist for Switzerland, having skipped his Swiss rink to a third place finish at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. While de Cruz is the skip of his ...

, Norway's Steffen Walstad, and Italy's

Joël Retornaz Joël Thierry Retornaz (born 30 September 1983 in Chêne-Bougeries, Genève, Switzerland) is an Italian curler from Cembra. He was the skip of the Italian men's Olympic curling team in 2006, 2018, and 2022. Retornaz gained sudden renown in It ...

. Ultimately, they finished in a four-way tie for fifth place; however, their head to head wins over Switzerland and Norway placed them alone in fifth place at the end of the competition.

Teams

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ma Xiuyue 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Harbin Chinese male curlers Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of China