Ma Xiuyue

Ma Xiuyue (Chinese: 马秀玥; pinyin: Mǎ Xiùyuè; born May 21, 1991) is a Chinese curler from Harbin.[1] He currently plays third on Team Zou Qiang. 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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma.
Ma Xiuyue
马秀玥
Curler
Born (1991-05-21) May 21, 1991
Harbin, China
Team
Curling clubHarbin CC,
Harbin, CHN
SkipZou Qiang
ThirdMa Xiuyue
SecondWang Zhiyu
LeadTian Jiafeng
Mixed doubles
partner		Dong Ziqi
Curling career
Member Association China
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		1 (2015)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances		1 (2023)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2022)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  China
Pacific-Asia Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Almaty

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2010–11[8] Huang JihuiMa YongjunWang LinboMa XiuyueZhang Rongrui
2011–12 Ma XiuyueXiao ShichengJiang DongxuShao ZhilinZhang Zhongbao
2012–13 Ma XiuyueMa YanlongXiao ShichengWang JinboPan Jiaqi
2016–17 Ma XiuyueWang JinboWang JingyuanZhang TianyuShao Zhilin
2017–18 Ma XiuyueMa YanlongWang JinboWang Jingyuan
2018–19 Ma XiuyueJiang DongxuLing ZhiWang Jingyuan
2021–22 Ma XiuyueZou QiangWang ZhiyuXu JingtaoJiang Dongxu
2022–23 Ma XiuyueCheng KuoYuan MingjieNan Jiawen
2023–24 Zou QiangMa XiuyueWang ZhiyuTian Jiafeng

References
  1. "Xiuyue Ma Profile". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  2. "Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  3. "XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  4. Alina Pavlyuchik (November 14, 2015). "Korea men take Gold at PACC 2015; Japan and Korea qualify for Women's Worlds". World Curling Federation. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  5. "Spotlight turns to team curling at the Olympic Winter Games". World Curling Federation. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  6. "Great Britain in good form after win over ROC". World Curling Federation. February 16, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  7. "XXIV. Olympic Winter Games 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  8. "Ma Xiuyue Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
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