Han Yu (curler)
| Han Yu | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 2000 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | CSO CC, Beijing |
| Skip | Wang Rui |
| Third | Han Yu |
| Second | Dong Ziqi |
| Lead | Jiang Jiayi |
| Alternate | Su Tingyu |
| Mixed doubles partner | Wang Zhiyu |
| Curling career | |
| Member Association | China |
| World Championship appearances | 2 (2021, 2025) |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2025) |
| Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 1 (2019) |
| Pan Continental Championship appearances | 1 (2024) |
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) |
| Other appearances | Asian Winter Games: 1 (2025) World Mixed Championship: 1 (2017), World Junior Championships: 1 (2019), Youth Olympic Games: 1 (2016) |
Medal record | |
Han Yu[2] (Chinese: 韩雨, born October 6, 2000, in Beijing) is a Chinese female curler. She currently plays third on Team Wang Rui.
Career
Juniors
Han represented China at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships throwing fourth stones for Jiang Jiayi. The team went 8-1 through the round robin, which earned them the number one seed in the playoffs. In the playoffs, they lost the semi-final to Russia's Vlada Rumiantseva and the bronze medal game to Switzerland, settling for fourth place.
Womens
Han, even though she was still of junior age, skipped the Chinese national team to a gold medal at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships following a 10–3 victory over Japan's Seina Nakajima. The victory earned a spot for China at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. A year later, Han skipped China at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing tenth with a 6–7 record.[3] Han would skip the Chinese team on home soil at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where the team would finish 4–5 in the round-robin, finishing 7th.
Han would then return to international curling as third on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Rui at 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships, where the team would win a bronze medal, qualifying them to return for the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship. In preparation for the World Championships, they would also represent China at the 2025 Asian Winter Games, where they won a silver medal, losing to South Korea's Gim Eun-ji 7–2 in the final. At the 2025 Worlds, the team finished the round robin with a 7–5 record, and would go on to win a bronze medal, this time beating Gim 9–4 in the bronze medal game. This bronze medal performance also qualified the Chinese women's team for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Mixed doubles
Han teamed up with Wang Zhiyu to compete in mixed doubles during the 2024–25 curling season. The pair would find immediate success, representing China as the home team at the 2025 Asian Winter Games where they finished 3rd, beating the Philippines 6–5 in the bronze medal game. Han and Wang would also represent China at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
Personal life
Han attended Beijing Sport University.[4]
Teams
Women's
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | Han Yu (Fourth) | Jiang Jiayi (Skip) | Zhao Ruiyi | Shang Yining | Ding Yuexin | Perry Marshall | WJCC 2019 (4th) |
| 2019–20 | Han Yu | Zhang Lijun | Jiang Xindi | Zhao Ruiyi | Yu Jiaxin | Marco Mariani, Sören Grahn | PACC 2019 |
| Han Yu | Zhang Lijun | Jiang Xindi | Yu Jiaxin | Dong Ziqi | Marco Mariani | ||
| 2020–21 | Han Yu | Dong Ziqi | Zhang Lijun | Jiang Xindi | Yan Hui | Marco Mariani, Sören Grahn | WWCC 2021 (10th) |
| 2021–22 | Han Yu | Wang Rui | Dong Ziqi | Zhang Lijun | Jiang Xindi | Marco Mariani, Sören Grahn | WOG 2022 (7th) |
| 2023–24 | Han Yu | Wang Meini | Tian Linyuan | Yu Jiaxin | Wang Rui (PCCC) | PCCCB 2023 | |
| 2024–25 | Wang Rui | Han Yu | Dong Ziqi | Jiang Jiayi | Su Tingyu | Zang Jialiang | PCCC 2024 AWG 2025 WWCC 2025 |
Mixed
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Du Hongrui | Zhao Ruiyi | Zhang Wenxin | Han Yu | Liu Yin | WYOG 2016 (11th) |
| 2017–18 | Liu Sijia | Ling Zhi | Han Yu | Wang Weihaoping | Xu Lingli | WMxCC 2017 (9th) |
Mixed doubles
| Season | Male | Female | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Ross Whyte | Han Yu | WYOG 2016 |
| 2024–25 | Wang Zhiyu | Han Yu | AWG 2025 WMDCC 2025 () |
References
- ^ "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Other writing: Yu Han .
- ^ Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
- ^ "HAN Yu". Lake Placid 2023 Winter World University Games. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
External links
- Han Yu at World Curling
- Han Yu at Olympics.com
- Han Yu at Olympedia
- Han Yu at the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (archived)
- Han Yu at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)