Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet toward the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.
World Curling, formerly the World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. The name was changed in 1990 to the WCF and then to World Curling in 2024.
The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the World Championships, where the top eight nations qualify.
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The World Wheelchair Curling Championship is an annual world championship held to determine the world's best team in wheelchair curling. It is held every non-Paralympic year.
The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
Gim Eun-ji also known as Gim Un-chi is a Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently skips the Gyeonggi Province curling team.
Um Min-ji is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She was the alternate on the Kim Ji-sun team that represented South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
The World Mixed Curling Championship is the world championship for mixed curling. It is held annually in the autumn, and replaced the European Mixed Curling Championship.
Women's curling is the participation of women in the sport of curling. In casual play and at tournaments, women may participate in mixed curling competitions with men or in a separate women's competition. Women have competed at the World Curling Championships since 1973. Women competed in the official Olympic debut of curling at the 1998 games in Nagano and in every Winter Olympic Games since.
Zou Qiang is a Chinese curler from Harbin.
Jiang Xindi, nicknamed "Cindy" is a Chinese female curler. She was part of the Chinese women's curling team on 2018 Winter Olympics.
Seina Nakajima is a Japanese curler from Nagano. She is the third on the Chubu Electric Power curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in both 2017 and 2019. At the international level, she has represented Japan twice at the World Women's Curling Championship and the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, where she won a silver medal.
Yao Mingyue is a Chinese curler.
Ikue Kitazawa is a Japanese curler from Saku, Nagano. She is the skip of the Chubu Electric Power curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in both 2017 and 2019. At the international level, she has represented Japan twice at the World Women's Curling Championship and the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, where she won a silver medal.
Han Yu is a Chinese female curler. She currently plays third on Team Wang Rui.
Yu Jiaxin is a Chinese female curler from Changchun. She currently plays lead on Team Han Yu. At the international level, she is a 2019 Pacific-Asia champion.
Dong Ziqi is a Chinese female curler. She currently plays second on Team Wang Rui. She is a 2018 Pacific-Asia bronze medallist at the international level.
Fan Suyuan is a Chinese curler from Dunhua. She lives in Beijing.
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