Xu Xiaoming (; born September 14, 1984 in

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) is an internationally elite curler from

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Career

His team won bronze in the Curling at the 2007 Asian Winter Games and he competed for

China at the 2010 Winter Olympics China participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending its largest delegation at a Winter Olympics with 94 athletes. China had its best ever Winter Olympics medal finish, winning five gold medals and eleven ...

. In

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he will throw Second stones for the Chinese team. He represented China 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 ...

as the third for the Chinese team.

Personal life

Xu is married to

Kim Ji-sun Kim Ji-sun (born June 27, 1987) is a South Korean curler from Gyeonggi Province. She was the skip of the 2014 South Korean Olympic Curling Team. Career Kim was a member of the silver medal-winning Korean team that won a silver medal at the 2 ...

, the skip of South Korea's women's national team. They have one child.2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team China

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* 1984 births Chinese male curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic curlers of China Sportspeople from Harbin Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Curlers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 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 Universiade medalists in curling Pacific-Asian curling champions Universiade bronze medalists for China Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade {{PRChina-curling-bio-stub