Jiang_Xindi

Jiang Xindi

Jiang Xindi

Chinese curler

In this Chinese name, the family name is Jiang.

Jiang Xindi,[1] nicknamed "Cindy"[2] (Chinese: 姜馨迪; born January 26, 1997, in Harbin, China) is a Chinese female curler. She was part of the Chinese women's curling team on 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Career

Jiang competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, where the Chinese team participated in the women's curling tournament.[3] She competed at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship where her team placed seventh. Jiang also won the bronze medal at the 2017 and 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and the silver medal at the 2013 and 2015 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships.

To start the 2019–20 season, Jiang and her team won the World Curling Tour event, the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. She represented China at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships as second for Han Yu. After going 6–1 in the round robin, they defeated Korea and Japan in the semifinal and final, respectively, to claim the title.[4] It was China's first title since 2014. The victory earned a spot for China at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, which was cancelled due to COVID-19.[5][6] A year later, the team represented China at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing tenth with a 6–7 record.[7]

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Private life

Jiang became involved in curling when her grandfather, middle school physics teacher Jiang Fang opened a curling club after he was inspired watching curling on TV broadcasting from 2006 Olympics in Turin. Many from her family plays curling too.[9][10]

She is niece of competitive Chinese female curler Jiang Yilun,[11] they are teammates for today.

References

  1. [1]
    Also known as Xindi Jiang.
  2. [2]
    "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
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    "Curling - Athlete Profile: JIANG Xindi - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". Archived from the original on February 28, 2018.
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    Tom Rowland (November 9, 2021). "China women win Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2019". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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    The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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    "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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    Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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    "Jiang Xindi past teams". Curling Zone. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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    "Xindi Jiang | Players". Curling World Cup. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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    "A grassroots curling family at China's Winter Games". December 9, 2015. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Yilun JIANG | Curling | China - Sochi 2014 Olympics". sochi2014.arch.articul.ru. Retrieved November 11, 2018.


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