Fan Suyuan

Chinese curler

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Fan.

Fan Suyuan
范苏圆

Curler

Born|  (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 28)

Dunhua, Jilin, China

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.

## Career Path

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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

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### Women's

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Season  | Skip  | Third  | Second  | Lead  | Alternate  | Events

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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

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Season  | Female  | Male  | Coach  | Events

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2019–20  | Fan Suyuan | Nan Jiawen |  | [16]
2021–22  | Fan Suyuan | Ling Zhi | Tomi Rantamäki | WOG 2022 (9th)

## Personal life

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Fan Suyuan's lover, Chen Zi'ang, is from Harbin. Before retiring, he was also a curling player and played for the national team for many years. After retiring, Chen Zi'ang served as the coach of the Guizhou Liupanshui curling team.[17] Before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Chen Zi'ang revealed that the two had not seen each other for more than 200 days because of the preparations for the Winter Olympics, but they had no regrets. Chen Zi'ang also said that after the game, he would definitely hold the biggest wedding for Fan Suyuan.[18]

## References

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1. ^ "Suyuan Fan". results.worldcurling.org. World Curling.
2. ^ "吉林省7人入选国家冰壶集训队 完善冰壶队体系_体育_腾讯网" [7 people from Jilin Province were selected for the national curling training team to improve the curling team system_Sports_Tencent]. sports.qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
3. ^ "32名冬季运动员获"国际级运动健将"称号 梅杰邵奕俊在列_体育_腾讯网" [32 winter athletes win the title of "International Athlete", including Mei Jie and Shao Yijun_Sports_Tencent]. sports.qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
4. ^ 王铭轩 (25 January 2022). "中国冰壶冬奥阵容出炉 韩雨马秀玥主将王芮出战" [China's curling line-up for the Winter Olympics announced: Han Yu, Ma Xiuyue and Wang Rui to compete]. sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
5. ^ "北京冬奥会中国体育代表团名单_国家体育总局" [List of the Chinese sports delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics_General Administration of Sports of China]. sport.gov.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
6. ^ "冬奥冰壶明日先赛一步，中国混双组合凌智/范苏圆出阵" [Winter Olympics curling competition starts tomorrow, Chinese mixed doubles pair Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan set to compete]. baijiahao.baidu.com (in Chinese).
7. ^ "开门红！" [A good start!]. weixin.qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
8. ^ "凌智/范苏圆两连胜！中国冰壶混双6-5击败澳大利亚队" [Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan win two consecutive games! China's mixed doubles curling team beat Australia 6-5]. baijiahao.baidu.com (in Chinese).
9. ^ "惜败！凌智/范苏圆连胜终结，冰壶混双中国6:7瑞典" [A narrow defeat! Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan's winning streak ends, China wins 6:7 over Sweden in mixed doubles curling]. news.sina.cn (in Chinese). 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
10. ^ "中国冰壶混双队憾负意大利队，无缘晋级复赛" [The Chinese mixed doubles curling team lost to the Italian team and failed to advance to the semi-finals]. baijiahao.baidu.com (in Chinese).
11. ^ "排名第9，凌智/范苏圆6比8不敌捷克选手结束冬奥之旅" [Ranked 9th, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan lost to Czech players 6-8 and ended their Winter Olympics journey]. baijiahao.baidu.com (in Chinese).
12. ^ "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]. 163.com (in Chinese).
13. ^ "Fan Suyuan - Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
14. ^ "Zhang Reaches 2018 Womens Masters Basel Quarters". CurlingZone.
15. ^ "Han - 2020 International Bernese Ladies Cup". CurlingZone.
16. ^ "Fan/Nan3-1 at 2019 ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz". CurlingZone.
17. ^ "冬奥第一口"狗粮"！范苏圆爱人讲述两人爱情故事 陈子昂：我们是"自由恋爱"，这个爱笑的姑娘真的很可爱！" [The first bite of "dog food" in the Winter Olympics! Fan Suyuan's lover tells their love story. Chen Ziang: We are "freely in love". This smiling girl is really cute!]. t.ynet.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
18. ^ "金鸿一瞥丨冰壶混双两连胜！范苏圆老公隔空示爱：冬奥后补办盛大婚礼" [Jin Hong Glimpse丨Curling mixed doubles two consecutive wins! Fan Suyuan's husband expressed his love from a distance: hold a grand wedding after the Winter Olympics]. baijiahao.baidu.com (in Chinese).

## External links

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* Fan Suyuan at World Curling
* Fan Suyuan at Olympics.com
* Fan Suyuan at Olympedia
* Fan SuYuan at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)

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