Ling Zhi
| Ling Zhi 凌智 | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 6, 1994 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Harbin CC, Harbin, CHN |
| Mixed doubles partner | Fan Suyuan |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  China |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2021) |
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) |
Ling Zhi (Chinese: 凌智; pinyin: Líng Zhì; born April 6, 1994) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.[2]
Career
[edit]Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record. In 2013 and 2014, he won back-to-back Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships.[3]
Ling represented China internationally at the men's level at the third leg of the Curling World Cup event. He played third on Team Ma Xiuyue, which finished with a 1–5 record.
In mixed play, Ling competed at the 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship as third for Liu Sijia. The team reached the round of 16, where the Czech Republic eliminated them.[4]
Ling played mixed doubles with partner Yang Ying but now plays with Fan Suyuan. At the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event, Yang and Ling teamed up to secure China a spot in the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, defeating Turkey in the qualification final.[5] The 2020 World Championship, however, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Yang and Ling did get a chance to represent China at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they finished in ninth place with a 4–5 record.[7]
On February 7, 2022, in the 13th round of the curling mixed doubles round-robin competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan lost 6-8 to Czech players Tomáš Paul/Suzanne Paulova, who suffered 7 consecutive games. In the end, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan ended the Winter Olympics with 9th place.[8][9]
Teams
[edit]Men's
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13[10] | Zou Qiang | Shao Zhilin | Zhang Tianyu | Liang Shuming | Ling Zhi |
| 2013–14 | Wang Jinbo | Ling Zhi | Zhang Tianyu | Shao Zhilin | Liang Shuming |
| 2018–19 | Ma Xiuyue | Jiang Dongxu | Ling Zhi | Wang Jingyuan |
Mixed doubles
[edit]| Season | Female | Male | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Yang Ying | Ling Zhi | Tomi Rantamäki | WMDQ 2019 
|
| 2020–21 | Yang Ying | Ling Zhi | Tomi Rantamäki | WMDCC 2021 (9th) |
| 2021–22 | Fan Suyuan | Ling Zhi | Tomi Rantamäki | WOG 2022 (9th) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Zhi LING". results.beijing2022.cn. Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022.
- ^ "Zhi Ling". results.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships 2013 Reports". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "World Mixed Curling Championship 2017". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Richard Gray (December 7, 2019). "China and Korea complete World Mixed Doubles line-up for 2020". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "World Mixed Doubles and World Senior Curling Championships 2020 cancelled in Kelowna, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ Céline Stucki (May 21, 2021). "United States claim fourth place in Group B to progress to Olympic Qualification game". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ^ "百度安全验证" [Baidu Security Verification]. wappass.baidu.com (in Chinese). Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^ 网易 (February 7, 2022). "七连败!冬奥冰壶混双组合范苏圆失误 6-8被捷克逆转" [Seven consecutive losses! Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles pair Fan Suyuan made mistakes and was reversed by the Czech Republic 6-8]. www.163.com (in Chinese). Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^ "Ling Zhi Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
