Yue Qingshuang (; born October 7, 1985, in

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; usually referred to in the media as Qingshuang Yue) is a

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curler. She previously played second on the Chinese national team, skipped by

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. Currently as a coach, Yue guided the Chinese

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team to gold medals at the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic ...

and

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Biography

Yue played in her first international tournament at the

2002 Pacific Curling Championships The 2002 Pacific Curling Championships were held from November 4 to 10 in Queenstown, New Zealand. South Korea's Lee Dong-keun won the men's event over Australia's Hugh Millikin (it was the first Pacific title for the South Korean men's team). ...

. Yue skipped the Chinese team, despite having just curled for two years. The team finished the tournament with an 0–8 record. Yue played in her second Pacific Championships in , this time as the team's second. The team had a much better showing, winning a silver medal. After that, she was promoted to the third position on the team, and subsequently won the 2005

Pacific 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 ...

. They then finished 9th at the but improved on their record at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship where they finished 7th. At the , the team won another silver, followed by another gold medal at the 2006 Pacific Juniors. However, their poor record at the 2005 World Juniors disqualified the team from returning to the 2006 tournament. The team was still in the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship where it had a best ever 5th-place finish. Yue was back playing second on the team at this point. The team won their first Pacific Curling Championships in , followed by an

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bronze medal in 2007. The team failed to improve on their 5th place World Championship performance of 2006, placing in 7th place at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship. They won another gold medal at the , with Yue temporarily playing third. This was followed by a silver medal at the

2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2008 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 22 to March 30, 2008 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. This championship ...

, with Yue back at her normal second position. The team won gold at the 2008 Pacific Curling Championships and at the

2009 Winter Universiade The 2009 Winter Universiade, the XXIV Winter Universiade took place in Harbin, China. Student athletes from 44 countries took part in the games. Selection Harbin was selected by FISU on January 10, 2005 over future 2011 Winter Universiade host c ...

and they became World Champions at the

2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship The 2009 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held in Gangneung, South Korea from March 21 to 29. Qualification * (Host country) * (Defending champion) * ...

. 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 ...

Yue and her teammates won the bronze medal, the first ever Olympic medal in curling for China.

Teammates

2009 Gangneung World Championships 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

, ''Skip'' Liu Yin, ''Third'' Zhou Yan, ''Lead''

Liu Jinli Liu Jinli (; ; born March 16, 1989 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is an internationally elite curler from China.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling/athletes/jinli-liu_ath1015314Za.html She curls out of the club in Heilongjiang and is c ...

, ''Alternate''

References

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