Han Yu (curler)

Han Yu
Curler
Born (2000-10-06) October 6, 2000
Beijing, China[1]
Team
Curling clubCSO CC, Beijing
SkipWang Rui
ThirdHan Yu
SecondDong Ziqi
LeadJiang Jiayi
AlternateSu Tingyu
Mixed doubles
partner		Yu Sen
Curling career
Member Association China
World Championship
appearances		3 (2021, 2025, 2026)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		2 (2025, 2026)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		1 (2019)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances		2 (2024, 2025)
Olympic
appearances		2 (2022, 2026)
Other appearancesAsian Winter Games: 1 (2025)
World Mixed Championship: 1 (2017),
World Junior Championships: 1 (2019),
Youth Olympic Games: 1 (2016)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  China
World Women's Championship
Bronze medal – third place2025 Uijeongbu
Asian Winter Games
Silver medal – second place2025 HarbinWomen's
Bronze medal – third place2025 HarbinMixed doubles
Pan Continental Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 VirginiaWomen's
Bronze medal – third place2024 LacombeWomen's
Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 ShenzhenWomen's
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 LillehammerMixed doubles
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place2023 Saranac LakeWomen's

Han Yu[2] (Chinese: 韩雨; pinyin: Hán Yǔ, born October 6, 2000, in Beijing) is a Chinese curler. She currently plays third on Team Wang Rui.

Career

Juniors

Han represented China at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships throwing fourth stones for Jiang Jiayi. The team went 8-1 through the round robin, which earned them the number one seed in the playoffs. In the playoffs, they lost the semi-final to Russia's Vlada Rumiantseva and the bronze medal game to Switzerland, settling for fourth place.

Women's

Han, even though she was still of junior age, skipped the Chinese national team to a gold medal at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships following a 10–3 victory over Japan's Seina Nakajima. The victory earned a spot for China at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. A year later, Han skipped China at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing tenth with a 6–7 record.[3] Han would skip the Chinese team on home soil at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where the team would finish 4–5 in the round-robin, finishing 7th.

Han would then return to international curling as third on the Chinese national team, skipped by Wang Rui at 2024 Pan Continental Curling Championships, where the team would win a bronze medal, qualifying them to return for the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship. In preparation for the World Championships, they would also represent China at the 2025 Asian Winter Games, where they won a silver medal, losing to South Korea's Gim Eun-ji 7–2 in the final. At the 2025 Worlds, the team finished the round robin with a 7–5 record, and would go on to win a bronze medal, this time beating Gim 9–4 in the bronze medal game. This bronze medal performance also qualified the Chinese women's team for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

During the 2025–26 season, Team Wang would participate in their first Grand Slam of Curling event at the 2025 Masters. At the event, Wang would finish with a 1–3 record. The team would then go on to represent China at the 2025 Pan Continental Curling Championships, where they would have an impressive week, going undefeated in the tournament and beating Canada's Rachel Homan 7–6 in the final.

Mixed doubles

Han teamed up with Wang Zhiyu to compete in mixed doubles during the 2024–25 curling season. The pair would find immediate success, representing China as the home team at the 2025 Asian Winter Games where they finished 3rd, beating the Philippines 6–5 in the bronze medal game. Han and Wang would also represent China at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.

Personal life

Han attended Beijing Sport University.[4]

Teams

Women's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2018–19 Han Yu (Fourth)Jiang Jiayi (Skip)Zhao RuiyiShang YiningDing YuexinPerry MarshallWJCC 2019 (4th)
2019–20 Han YuZhang LijunJiang XindiZhao RuiyiYu JiaxinMarco Mariani, Sören GrahnPACC 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Han YuZhang LijunJiang XindiYu JiaxinDong ZiqiMarco Mariani
2020–21 Han YuDong ZiqiZhang LijunJiang XindiYan HuiMarco Mariani, Sören GrahnWWCC 2021 (10th)
2021–22 Han YuWang RuiDong ZiqiZhang LijunJiang XindiMarco Mariani, Sören GrahnWOG 2022 (7th)
2023–24 Han YuWang MeiniTian LinyuanYu JiaxinWang Rui (PCCC)PCCCB 2023 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024–25 Wang RuiHan YuDong ZiqiJiang JiayiSu TingyuZang JialiangPCCC 2024 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
AWG 2025 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
WWCC 2025 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mixed

Season Skip Third Second Lead Coach Events
2015–16 Du HongruiZhao RuiyiZhang WenxinHan YuLiu YinWYOG 2016 (11th)
2017–18 Liu SijiaLing ZhiHan YuWang WeihaopingXu LingliWMxCC 2017 (9th)

Mixed doubles

Season Female Male Events
2015–16 Han YuRoss WhyteWYOG 2016 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024–25 Han YuWang ZhiyuAWG 2025 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
WMDCC 2025 (17th)
2025–26 Han YuYu SenWMDCC 2026 (12th)

References

  1. ↑ "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Other writing: Yu Han .
  3. ↑ Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "HAN Yu". Lake Placid 2023 Winter World University Games. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
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