Yuta Matsumura (curler)

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Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, 2019-02-16ct.jpg
Born (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 34)
Team
Curling club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Curling Team, Hokkaido, Japan
Skip Yusuke Morozumi
Third Yuta Matsumura
Second Ryotaro Shukuya
Lead Masaki Iwai
Alternate Kosuke Morozumi
Mixed doubles
partner
Yurika Yoshida
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
World Championship
appearances
3 (2015, 2019, 2021)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances
1 (2021)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
3 (2007, 2018, 2019)
Medal record
Curling
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pacific-Asia Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gangneung
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Shenzhen
Pacific-Asia Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Nayoro
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Jeonju City
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Naseby
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Naseby

Yuta Matsumura is a Japanese curler from Kitami. He was the skip of the Consadole curling team until 2022 when he joined TM Karuizawa skipped by Yusuke Morozumi.

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Career

Matsumura competed at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as alternate for the Japanese team, which placed sixth in the tournament. [3] [4]

Matsumura won the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic, [5] his first career World Curling Tour title. A month later he would also win the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashpiel.

Matsumura represented Japan in the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in South Korea, which his team would end up winning, defeating China's Zou Qiang in the final. [6] Later in the season he went on to win the 2019 Janapense Men's Championship and represented Japan at the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship as the team's skip. There, he led his team to a fourth place finish, after losing the bronze medal game to Switzerland.

Matsumura began the 2019-20 curling season by winning the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. [7] That season, he also won the Driving Force Decks International Abbotsford Cashspiel, the Kamloops Crown of Curling and the Karuizawa International. Team Matsumura represented Japan at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. After going 8-1 through the round robin and defeating China in the semi-final, they lost the final 11-2 to South Korea's Kim Chang-min. He then had to skip Japan at the 2020 World Qualification Event in order to qualify for the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship. There, the team only finished third, and did not qualify for the Worlds. However, the World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 World Men's Curling Championship did occur in a fan-less bubble, and the field was increased to 14 teams, allowing Japan a spot. Matsumura skipped Japan at the World Championship, and led his team to a 6–7 record, in 9th place overall. [8]

Personal life

Matsumura is employed as a market researcher for Nagayama Unsou. He is married. [9]

Grand Slam record

Key
CChampion
FLost in Final
SFLost in Semifinal
QFLost in Quarterfinals
R16Lost in the round of 16
QDid not advance to playoffs
T2Played in Tier 2 event
DNPDid not participate in event
N/ANot a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Tour Challenge DNPDNPN/AN/ADNP T2
The National DNP Q N/ADNPDNPDNP
Masters DNPDNPN/A QF DNP
Champions Cup Q N/ADNPDNPDNPN/A

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References

  1. "Players, Yuta Matsumura". Curling World Cup. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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  3. "Teams". Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015. worldcurling.org. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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