Xiuyue MA

People's Republic of China

Curling

Date of Birth: 21 May 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: HARBIN

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Residence: HARBIN

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Curling	Men CHN People's Republic of China	5

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Men's Round Robin Session 1 CHN People's Republic of China 4 SWE Sweden 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Men's Round Robin Session 2 CHN People's Republic of China 4 ROC ROC 7	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Men's Round Robin Session 3 DEN Denmark 4 CHN People's Republic of China 5	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Men's Round Robin Session 5 ITA Italy 9 CHN People's Republic of China 12	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Men's Round Robin Session 6 CHN People's Republic of China 6 GBR Great Britain 7	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Men's Round Robin Session 7 CHN People's Republic of China 6 USA United States of America 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Men's Round Robin Session 9 CAN Canada 10 CHN People's Republic of China 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Men's Round Robin Session 10 NOR Norway 6 CHN People's Republic of China 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Men's Round Robin Session 11 CHN People's Republic of China 6 SUI Switzerland 5	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Pacific-Asia Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2015	Almaty, KAZ

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2012	Oestersund, SWE
7	Men	2011	Perth, SCO

Hobbies:

“Delving into new things.” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Attended the Harbin Institute of Physical Education.

Languages spoken:

Chinese

Coach:

Team: Soren Gran (SWE)
National: Peja Lindholm (SWE)

Position style:

Fourth

Hand:

Right

Other sports:

Basketball. (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Debut:

2015 Pacific-Asia Championships in Almaty vs. Kazakhstan (13-3 Win)

Reason:

“It feels good to hit (throw takeouts).” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Ambition:

The team coaching staff said that the goal of the men’s team is to fight every opponent and to win one game at a time. (163.com, 26 Jan 2022)

“Spread the sport of curling across the country.” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Training:

In a normal year, Chinese teams live, train and compete extensively in Canada. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he has trained on home soil, mostly at the National Training Centre in Beijing. (chinadaily.com, 9 Dec 2021)

“Constant repetition.” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Influence:

“Many people.” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Philosophy:

“Persevere.” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

General Interest

NAME
His father named him Ma Xiuyue, which means unique jade and musical instruments. (163.com, 27 Jan 2022)

TUCK SLIDE
Slides in a hybrid tuck delivery, a style largely restricted to the Canadian province of Manitoba. Typically this delivery applies stress to the knee. Ma researched the style and adopted it to minimise the stress on his knee, similar to Danish third Mads Norgaard. (163.com, 27 Jan 2022)

THE ELDER
He is the oldest member of the national team. Apart from appearances at the World Junior Championships and Winter Universiade (2011-13) his only recent high-profile international event prior to Beijing 2022 was a 2018 appearance in one leg of the Curling World Cup series.

LADIES FIRST
The sixth round of the Chinese Olympic Trials saw Ma battle the eventual women’s team selection. Han Yu’s women’s team scored four points in the second end, and Ma’s team replied with two in the third. At the halfway point, Han led 5-4. The see-saw battle continued to the final end, when the women scored one for an 8-7 victory over the men.
(CGTB Sports Scene YouTube, 31 Dec 2021)

STATEMENT
Made a declaration on his athlete survey in February: “It's not over until I win.” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Milestones

Won back-to-back gold medals at the Pacific-Asia Junior Championships (2011-12), at second and skip respectively.

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