Zhixin LIU

People's Republic of China

Ice Hockey

Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.79/5'10''

Place of birth: QIQIHAR

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Residence Country:

People's Republic of China

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Ice Hockey	Women CHN China	9

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #1 CZE Czech Republic 3 CHN China 1	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #5 DEN Denmark 1 CHN China 3	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #11 CHN China 2 JPN Japan 1	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #15 CHN China 1 SWE Sweden 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women	2010	Vancouver, CAN

Women's World Championship Division I - Group B
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2014	Ventspils, LAT
2	Women	2012	Hull, GBR
3	Women	2015	Beijing, CHN
4	Women	2019	Beijing, CHN
5	Women	2018	Asiago, ITA
5	Women	2016	Asiago, ITA

Women's World Championship Division I
Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2011	Ravensburg, GER

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Mandarin Chinese

Club name:

KRS Vanke Rays

Position style:

Defence

Hand:

Left

Debut:

2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver vs. United States (12-1 Loss)

National league:

Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL)

Reason:

She got into the sport because her primary school teacher was a hockey referee. (Boston Globe, Nov 13, 2015)

Memorable:

Making her Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) debut in October 2017, with Red Star losing 2-1 to Markham. “Is making history.” (sportsnet.ca)

Award:

ZhHL All-Star Game (2020)

General Interest

COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT
Gave up ice hockey after the 2015/16 season. With nothing in the way of elite-level coaching or competition, she knew she had to leave her home country to improve. “I think I won’t make any progress in this environment, so I quit.” But when she found out the CWHL was coming to China, she “cried happy tears.” She came out of retirement in 2017, the same year Kunlun Red Star made her the 69th overall pick in the CWHL draft. “I just want to watch and then learn the high-level hockey, and watch Canada how to play the hockey, how to train to get better. I know my level is not too high, is not the same as CWHL, but I really want to watch and open my eyes.” (sportsnet.ca)

CWHL DRAFT
Selected 69th overall by the Kunlun Red Star in the 2017 CWHL Draft.

PLAYING CAREER
Kunlun Red Star, CHN (2017-18); KRS Vanke Rays, CHN (2018- )

Milestones

Become the youngest Chinese ice hockey player to compete at the Olympic Winter Games at Vancouver 2010 (16 years, 294 days). She is also the second-youngest Olympic ice hockey player of all-time behind Russian Anna Prugova (16 years 85 days), who also debuted at Vancouver 2010.

Three-time World Championship Division IB medallist, with two silver (2012, 2014) and one bronze (2015).

Alternate captain during their 2020 Zhenskaya Hockey League championship, contributing three assists during the postseason.

In October 2021, she played her 100th game for the KRS franchise (including games for Kunlun Red Star, Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays, and KRS Vanke Rays)

Social Media

Legend

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