Ma Xiuyue
{{short description|Chinese curler}}
{{family name hatnote|Ma|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Ma Xiuyue
马秀玥
| image =
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|21}}
| Curling club = Harbin CC,
Harbin, CHN
| Skip = Ma Xiuyue
| Third = Zou Qiang
| Second = Wang Zhiyu
| Lead = Tian Jiafeng
| Alternate = Li Zhichao
| Mixed doubles partner = Dong Ziqi
| Member Association = {{CHN}}
| Pacific Championship appearances = 1 ({{PACC|2015}})
| Pan Continental Championship appearances = 1 ({{PCCC|2023}})
| Olympic appearances = 1 (2022)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Curling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pacific-Asia Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2015 Almaty | }}
}}
Ma Xiuyue ({{zh|c=马秀玥|p=Mǎ Xiùyuè}}; born May 21, 1991) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/6147|title=Xiuyue Ma Profile|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=January 25, 2022}} He currently skips the Chinese men's curling team. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and represented China at the 2022 Winter Olympics, skipping the men's curling team.
Career
Ma represented China twice at the World Junior Curling Championships in 2011 and 2012. On both occasions, his team finished with a 4–5 record. Also in 2011 and 2012, Ma won back-to-back Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldcurling.info/pacific-asia-junior-curling-championships-2012|title=Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships 2012|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
Ma skipped the Chinese team at the 2013 Winter Universiade. Representing the Harbin Institute of Physical Education, his team finished in ninth with a 2–7 record.{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/503|title=XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
In 2015, Ma was the alternate on the Chinese team skipped by Zang Jialiang at the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. The team finished the round robin in second place with a 6–1 record before dropping their semifinal match to South Korea's Kim Soo-hyuk. They rebounded against New Zealand's Peter de Boer to claim the bronze medal.{{Cite news|url=http://wcf.rethink3.com/pacc2015/korea-men-gold|title=Korea men take Gold at PACC 2015; Japan and Korea qualify for Women's Worlds|publisher=World Curling Federation|author=Alina Pavlyuchik|date=November 14, 2015|access-date=January 25, 2022}} Ma next represented China internationally at the third leg of the Curling World Cup event. There, he skipped his team of Ling Zhi, Cheng Kuo and Wang Jingyuan to a 1–5 record.
After taking a few seasons off, Ma returned to curling when he was appointed as skip of the Chinese men's team for the 2022 Winter Olympics, held in Beijing.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-mw-preview/|title=Spotlight turns to team curling at the Olympic Winter Games|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=February 9, 2022|access-date=August 29, 2022}} His team consisted of Zou Qiang, Wang Zhiyu, Xu Jingtao and Jiang Dongxu. 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, Norway's Steffen Walstad, and Italy's Joël Retornaz.{{Cite news|url=https://worldcurling.org/2022/02/beijing-m-s11/|title=Great Britain in good form after win over ROC|publisher=World Curling Federation|date=February 16, 2022|access-date=August 29, 2022}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/702|title=XXIV. Olympic Winter Games 2022|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
Teams
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! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate |
| scope="row"| 2010–11{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=22206&view=Teams#1|title=Ma Xiuyue Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
| Huang Jihui || Ma Yongjun || Wang Linbo || Ma Xiuyue || Zhang Rongrui |
|---|
| scope="row"| 2011–12
| Ma Xiuyue || Xiao Shicheng || Jiang Dongxu || Shao Zhilin || Zhang Zhongbao |
| scope="row"| 2012–13
| Ma Xiuyue || Ma Yanlong || Xiao Shicheng || Wang Jinbo || Pan Jiaqi |
| scope="row"| 2016–17
| Ma Xiuyue || Wang Jinbo || Wang Jingyuan || Zhang Tianyu || Shao Zhilin |
| scope="row"| 2017–18
| Ma Xiuyue || Ma Yanlong || Wang Jinbo || Wang Jingyuan || |
| scope="row"| 2018–19
| Ma Xiuyue || Jiang Dongxu || Ling Zhi || Wang Jingyuan || |
| scope="row"| 2021–22
| Ma Xiuyue || Zou Qiang || Wang Zhiyu || Xu Jingtao || Jiang Dongxu |
| scope="row"| 2022–23
| Ma Xiuyue || Cheng Kuo || Yuan Mingjie || Nan Jiawen || |
| scope="row"| 2023–24
| Ma Xiuyue || Zou Qiang || Wang Zhiyu || Tian Jiafeng || |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Sports links}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220302212011/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/curling/athlete-profile-n1057626-xiuyue-ma.htm Ma Xiuyue] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)
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Category:Curlers at the 2022 Winter Olympics