Fan Suyuan
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| Fan Suyuan 范苏圆 | |
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| Born | 1 August 1996 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Harbin CC, Harbin, CHN |
| Mixed doubles partner | Ling Zhi |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  China |
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2022) |
Fan Suyuan (Chinese: 范苏圆; pinyin: Fàn Suyuan; born 1 August 1996) is a Chinese curler from Dunhua.[1] She lives in Beijing.
She is competing in the mixed doubles curling event at the 2022 Winter Olympics with Ling Zhi.
On 3 July 2017, the third stage of the national curling team training camp ended at the Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Stadium. There are 3 men and 4 women in Jilin Province selected for this national team. The female players You Yanhui, Fan Suyuan, Wang Meini, and Yu Jiaxin.[2]
In July 2019, she was awarded the title of National Athlete by the Winter Sports Center of the General Administration of Sports.[3]
On 27 January 2022, the list of the Chinese sports delegation for the Beijing Winter Olympics was announced, and Fan Suyuan was selected for the curling team.[4][5]
On 2 February 2022, the curling event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics took the lead in the "Ice Cube". The Chinese curling mixed doubles combination Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan took the lead for the Chinese delegation against the Swiss combination Peret/Rios.[6]
On the evening of 2 February 2022, the first competition day of the Beijing Winter Olympics ended with four curling mixed doubles competitions. The Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan combination, who played as the host, ushered in the first opponent in the round-robin match, the Swiss combination Peret/Rios, on the D track. After an extra round, the Chinese combination narrowly defeated the opponent 7-6 and got a good start.[7]
On 3 February 2022, in the Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles round robin, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan defeated the Australian team 6-5.[8]
On the evening of 3 February 2022, the Chinese team played against the Swedish teams De Waal and Eriksson in the fourth round of the curling round-robin match. Chinese curling mixed doubles players Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan lost 6:7 to Sweden, ending their winning streak.[9]
On 6 February 2022, in the Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles match between China and Italy, the Chinese combination Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi lost 4:8 to the Italian team and missed the semi-finals.[10]
On 7 February 2022, in the 13th round of the Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed doubles round-robin match, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan lost to Czech players Thomas Paul/Suzanne Paulova 6-8. The two-game winning streak started, but then suffered a 7-game losing streak. Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan finally ended the Winter Olympics in ninth place.[11][12]
Teams
Women's
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17[13] | Ma Jingyi | Dong Ziqi | Fan Suyuan | Gao Xue Song | ||
| 2018–19 | Zhang Di | Wang Meini | Fan Suyuan | Yan Hui | [14] | |
| 2019–20 | Han Siyu | Fan Suyuan | Yu Jiaxin | Yan Hui | Zhang Di | [15] |
Mixed doubles
| Season | Female | Male | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Fan Suyuan | Nan Jiawen | [16] | |
| 2021–22 | Fan Suyuan | Ling Zhi | Tomi Rantamäki | WOG 2022 (9th) |
