Yue Qingshuang (; born October 7, 1985, in Harbin,

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 ...

; usually referred to in the media as Qingshuang Yue) is a Chinese curler. She previously played second on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Bingyu. 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 Olymp ...

and

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Biography

Yue played in her first international tournament at the 2002 Pacific Curling Championships. 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. They then finished 9th at the but improved on their record at the

2005 World Women's Curling Championship The 2005 World Women's Curling Championship was held from March 19–27, 2005 at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland. The tournament was the first since the 1988 event to be held separately from the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Cha ...

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 The 2006 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held March 18–26 at the Canada Games Arena in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Sweden, skipped by Anette Norberg ...

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

Asian Winter Games The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) which features winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of holding a winter ...

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 The 2007 World Women's Curling Championship was held in Aomori, Aomori, Japan from March 17–25, 2007. It was the first world curling championship (men's or women's) to be held in Asia. Team Canada skipped by Kelly Scott won 8-4 over Denmark's ...

. 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, with Yue back at her normal second position. The team won gold at the

2008 Pacific Curling Championships The 2008 Pacific Curling Championships took place in Naseby, New Zealand from 2–9 November 2008. The top two finishers of the men's event competed in the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, while women's winner China and host country S ...

and at the 2009 Winter Universiade and they became World Champions at the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship. 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 Gret ...

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 )'' , 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 ...

Wang Bingyu, ''Skip'' Liu Yin, ''Third'' Zhou Yan, ''Lead'' Liu Jinli, ''Alternate''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yue, Qingshuang 1985 births Living people Chinese female curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic curlers for China Sportspeople from Harbin World curling champions Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Curlers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Universiade medalists in curling Pacific-Asian curling champions FISU World University Games gold medalists for China Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade Chinese curling coaches 21st-century Chinese women