Jiang Dongxu (; born March 3, 1993) is a Chinese curler from

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

. He represented China at the

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as the alternate on the Chinese men's team skipped by Ma Xiuyue. He also won a silver medal at the

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Career

Jiang represented China twice at the

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in 2012 and 2013. His team finished 4–5 at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships and 1–8 at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. Also during his junior career, Jiang won the 2012 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships playing second for Ma Xiuyue. Jiang's most successful season was the 2017–18 season when he played second for Team Liu Riu. The team won two tour events, the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic and the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau. They also played in three

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events, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2. At the Olympic Qualification Event, the team was unable to qualify for the

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, posting a 4–3 record. As alternate for the

Zou Qiang Zou Qiang (; born August 13, 1991 in Yichun, Heilongjiang, Yichun) is a Chinese curling, curler from Harbin. Career Juniors Zou skip (curling), skipped the Chinese team (which also consisted of Shao Zhilin, Zhang Tianyu and Liang Shuming), at t ...

rink, Jiang represented China at the

. There, the Chinese rink posted an 8–0 round robin record and won their semifinal 9–6 over South Korea's Kim Soo-hyuk. In the final, the team came up short, losing to Japan's Yuta Matsumura 9–7. The following month, Team Zou posted a 3–3 record at the second leg of the Curling World Cup event. After taking a few seasons off, Jiang was selected to be the alternate on the Chinese men's team for the

, held in

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. The team also included skip Ma Xiuyue,

, Wang Zhiyu and

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. H ...

. 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.

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at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jiang, Dongxu 1993 births Living people Chinese male curlers Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for China