Ling Zhi
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| Ling Zhi 凌智 | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 6, 1994 Harbin, China[1] |
| 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]
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]
