Wang Zhiyu (; born August 24, 1996, in

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) is a Chinese curler. He currently plays

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on the Chinese men's curling team skipped by

Xu Xiaoming Xu Xiaoming (; born September 14, 1984, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese curler from Beijing. Career His team won bronze in the Curling at the 2007 Asian Winter Games and he competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Vancouver he ...

Career

Juniors

As a junior curler, Wang threw last rocks for the Chinese junior men's team at the

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and

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the team in 2018. In 2017, Wang, skip Yuan Ming Jie, and front end Li Hong Bo and Kang Xin Long finished with a 2–7 record. In 2018, Wang led his team of Tian Jiafeng, Wang Xiangkun, and Zhang Zezhong to a 3–6 record. The team missed the playoffs in both tournaments.

Mens

After juniors, Wang joined the Chinese men's national team in 2018, playing

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on the team, which was skipped by

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. The team first played in the

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, where they won a silver medal. The team qualified for the

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, finishing with a 2–10 record. Also that season, Wang played in the

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leg of the Curling World Cup as second for

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. The team lost in the event's final to Canada's

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. Team Zou represented China at the

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. There, the team finished with a 7–2 round robin record. Following the round robin, the team lost in the semifinal to Japan but won the bronze medal game against New Zealand. The team then had to play in the

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to qualify for the World Championship, which they won. This secured China a spot at the cancelled

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. On the

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that season, Team Zou won the 2019 Black Diamond / High River Cash event. Because of the

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, most of the

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was cancelled. However, the

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took place in a fan-less bubble in

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, with the teams qualifying for the 2020 Worlds qualifying for the event. At the 2021 Worlds, the team finished in last place with a 2–11 record. The next season, Wang was selected to be the second on the Chinese men's team for the

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, held in

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. The team also included skip Ma Xiuyue,

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and

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. 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

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, Norway's

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, and Italy's

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. 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.

Mixed doubles

Wang teamed up with

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to compete in mixed doubles during the

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. The pair would find immediate success, representing China as the home team at the

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where they finished 3rd, beating the Philippines 6–5 in the bronze medal game.

References

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(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Zhiyu Living people 1996 births Chinese male curlers Curlers from Harbin Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers for China Curlers at the 2025 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2025 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in curling Asian Games bronze medalists for China Pan Continental curling champions