Yu HAN

People's Republic of China

Curling

Date of Birth: 6 Oct 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BEIJING

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Residence: BEIJING

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Curling	Women CHN People's Republic of China	7

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 1 DEN Denmark 7 CHN People's Republic of China 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 2 CHN People's Republic of China 5 SUI Switzerland 7	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 3 USA United States of America 8 CHN People's Republic of China 4	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 5 SWE Sweden 6 CHN People's Republic of China 9	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 6 KOR Republic of Korea 5 CHN People's Republic of China 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 7 CHN People's Republic of China 2 JPN Japan 10	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 9 CHN People's Republic of China 5 ROC ROC 11	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 10 CHN People's Republic of China 8 GBR Great Britain 4	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 11 CAN Canada 9 CHN People's Republic of China 11	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Doubles	2016	Lillehammer, NOR
11	Curling	2016	Lillehammer, NOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Women	2021	Calgary, AB, CAN

Pacific-Asia Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019	Shenzhen, CHN

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2019	Liverpool, NS, CAN

Nickname:

Genius Girl, Little Han Yu

Hobbies:

Basketball, watching movies, playing games, embroidery.

Occupation:

Athlete, Accountant

Education:

Attended Beijing Sport University/China Ice Training Academy. (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Languages spoken:

Mandarin Chinese

Coach:

Team: Marco Mariani (ITA)
National: Peja Lindholm (SWE)

Position style:

Fourth

Hand:

Right

Debut:

2017 World Mixed Championships in Champery vs. Brazil (10-2 Win)
2019 Pacific-Asia Championships in Shenzen vs. Hong Kong (12-4 Win)

Start:

Began curling at age 12, while in junior high school. “When I first started, I didn’t know what curling was, and I was very curious, so I voluntarily signed up. The first time on the ice, it looked very simple.” After just one class, she was designated by the coach as the captain of the first team. (Beijing Daily, 20 May 2021)

Ambition:

Win the curling World Championships. (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Training:

Chinese teams normally spend months in Canada training and competing on the World Curling Tour. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese curlers trained at two facilities in Beijing - the National Training Centre located in the west and the “challenger’s training centre” in the southern suburbs.

“The arrangement of having to shift between two venues also gives us a feel for adapting to different ice conditions, lighting and acoustics within the building, which all make a difference in this sport of concentration.” (chinadaily.com, 9 Dec 2021)

Hero:

Basketball player Kobe Bryant (USA), two-time Olympic gold medallist, and five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers. (wyog2016.sportresult.com)

Influence:

His mother. (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Ritual:

“I have some little superstitions during the game.” (Athlete, Feb 2022)

Philosophy:

“Look straight ahead, charge forward, fight forward, and hit every base with determination.” (Beijing Daily, 20 May 2021)

General Interest

NEW GENERATION
Following in the footsteps of China’s top curler, Wang Bingyu (Betty), leading the next generation of female Chinese curlers. (scmp.com, 19 Jan 2022)

DOMESTIC SERIES FOR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
A six-leg domestic series was created where two teams of Olympic hopefuls faced challenger teams comprised of veterans and former international players. The hopefuls were ranked after every two legs of the series, with the top-ranked athlete in each position selected for the Olympic roster. She described the trials as a steep learning curve. “A competition like this that offers open and equal chances for everybody to go for the Olympic spots works pretty well to focus my mind tactically.” (chinadaily.com, 9 Dec 2021; chinadaily.com.cn, 9 Dec 2021)

Milestones

Made her international debut at the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games. Her mixed team finished 11th, but her mixed doubles pairing with Ross Whyte of Great Britain (alternate for Team Mouat) resulted in a silver medal.

Competed at the 2021 World Championships in Calgary, where she lead the team to a respectable 6-7 win/loss record, finishing 10th out of 14 teams. Her victories were a 5-2 win over PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games bronze medallists Japan (led by skip Satsuki Fujisawa), a 7-6 win over Scotland’s Eve Muirhead, and a 7-5 victory over the defending Olympic champions from Sweden (skipped by Anna Hasselborg).

Threw fourth stones for Jiang Jiayi at the 2019 World Junior Championships. The team went 8-1 through the round-robin and were the number one seed in the playoffs where they lost in the semi-final to Russia's Vlada Rumiantseva and the bronze medal game to Switzerland, finishing fourth.

Was surprised by her selection to skip at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Championships, which resulted in the gold medal. “I didn’t think I would be chosen because of the more experienced teammates on the team. I was afraid I would not do well.” (Beijing Daily, 20 May 2021)

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