Liu Rui (; born March 13, 1982, in

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 ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...

; sometimes known as Rui Lui) is a Chinese curler. He was the skip of the Chinese men's Olympic Curling Team at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

. Liu played in his first

World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and Doubles curling, mixed doubles championships, as ...

in 2008, playing third for Fengchun Wang. The team lost in the bronze medal game to Norway, settling for fourth place. After a slow start in the

2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship The 2009 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship presented by Atlantic Lottery for sponsorship reasons) was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from April 4–12, 2009, at the Moncton Coliseum ...

, Liu switched to throw 4th stones while skip Fengchun Wang continued to call the game and throw 3rd stones. The team struggled, placing 9th. The team represented China at the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

, with Liu throwing last rocks and Wang continuing to skip. The team finished 8th with a 2–7 record. After the Olympics, Liu took over skipping the team, leading China at the 2010 World Men's Curling Championship, placing 11th. He led China to a 6th place finish at the 2012 World Men's Curling Championship, the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship and at the

2014 World Men's Curling Championship The 2014 World Men's Curling Championship was held from March 29 to April 6 at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Norway's Thomas Ulsrud defeated Sweden's Oskar Eriksson in the final with a score of 8–3, securing his first world titl ...

Personal life

He is married.2017 Ford Worlds Media Guide: Team China

Teams

Liu was also part of the 2008 Continental Cup of Curling.

Grand Slam record

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* 1982 births Living people Chinese male curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for China Curlers from Harbin Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Curlers at the 2017 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 Pacific-Asian curling champions Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games gold medalists for China FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade {{PRChina-curling-bio-stub