Daniel Raphael 1 1: 2! China's female "pot" girl simply won the runner-up Russian team in the Winter Olympics in Turin, and advanced to the women's curling final of the 24th World Winter Games with her head held high, and at least "locked" a silver medal, which will be China's best achievement in the collective event of the World Comprehensive Winter Games.
Everyone on the slide has left, and a middle-aged man with a flat head is still sitting on the sidelines, staring at other teams' games with a telescope, absorbed.
He is Canadian daniel rafael, the head coach of the China Women's Curling Team in this Universiade. In every competition, Daniel always likes to add an official script-style Chinese character "Dan" after the coach's signature "daniel rafael" on the appearance list.
Europeans and Americans have been playing curling in China for hundreds of years, less than 20 years, and it was six or seven years ago that China people had their first national team. Relying on the national system and the development "shortcut" of going abroad for training and playing more games, China players have made rapid progress. In the 2007 World Championships, the girls in the women's team won the fifth place.
In this Universiade, Daniel mainly leads the women's team, while both men's and women's teams are usually in charge. With the joint efforts of him and coach China, the level "acceleration" of China women's team and men's team has been improved. First, he achieved the best result in history in the 2008 World Championships, second and fourth, and then both won the Pacific curling championship. The women's team, in particular, has firmly grasped the valuable tickets for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, which will be the first time for them to knock on the door of the Olympic Games.
"In September 2007, we have been looking for foreign teachers. The previous three foreign teachers and teams did not adapt very well. At that time, I met Daniel by chance and asked him to try the team for a month. No matter how they treat people, work attitude and work level, Daniel and the China team get along very well, "Li Dongyan, the leader of the China team, told reporters.
Daniel said it was fate that he came to China. "At that time, a candidate could not come to China for some reason, so I came over for him."
In this way, Daniel, who has practiced curling for 40 years and taught curling for more than 20 years, once led the champion team of Quebec, Canada, from the far-off maple leaf country to China on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
Daniel said that curling is second only to ice hockey in his native Canada. In Li Dongyan's words, Canadian curling is like table tennis in China. "The champion of the provincial team must be the world champion".
Curling is an intelligent sport that needs strategizing. Daniel brought a fresh curling concept to China team. "At first, I found that China athletes themselves focused on throwing, ice brushing and other techniques, and their tactical level was not very high. Therefore, I focus on improving athletes' tactical level and teaching them how to play games. "
Wang, captain of the China women's team, said: "Daniel gives people the feeling that when you see him on the court, you will have the confidence to win;" Off the court, Daniel is a very humorous person. "
Daniel told reporters that his meaningful Chinese character "Dan" was taught to write by team members. "They teach me Chinese and I teach them English, but I can't say sentences in Chinese yet." Daniel is a little embarrassed.
Daniel signed a contract with China for two years, from the summer of 2008 to after the 20 10 Winter Olympics.
Wang:
Name: Wang.
Gender: Female
Date of birth:1July 7, 984
Height: 165CM
Weight: 65KG
Engaged in the project: women's curling (captain of the national team) (first base)
School: Harbin Institute of Physical Education
Education: Bachelor's degree
Blood type: O type
Daily dress: casual
Smoking or not: I hate smoking.
Drink or not: Never drink.
Personality characteristics: extroversion, introversion and justice.
Hobbies: fashion, travel, movies, music, sports, food, literature, shopping.
Favorite colors: red, yellow, green, blue, black, white, gray, pink, brown and gold.
Favorite season: summer, autumn.
Favorite sports: badminton and golf.
Favorite dishes: Sichuan cuisine, Northeast cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Korean cuisine, Italian flavor, Mongolian barbecue, and various snacks.
Favorite drinks: juice, tea/tea beverage, cola, coffee.
Favorite music: pop music, rock/heavy metal, HipHop, classical music, country/folk songs, national music, symphony, flying away, red flag fluttering, inseparable from you, happy ending.
Favorite movies: emotional movies, musical movies, war movies, comics, comedies, disaster movies, adventure movies, action movies, traps, white face Bao Qingtian, Huo Yuanjia.
Favorite book: Yu Dan's experience in Analects of Confucius
Favorite celebrities: Wang Leehom, Fish Leong, Avril Ramona Lavigne.
Motto of life: To choose your dreams, choose persistence first!
Personal experience
University: Department of Physical Education, Harbin Institute of Physical Education (Heilongjiang Province) (undergraduate) 2003-2007.
High school:
Junior high school: Harbin No.1 1 13 Middle School (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province) 1997-2000.
Primary school: Jingwei Primary School (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province) 199 1- 1997.
Record:
Fifth place in the 2004 World Curling Youth Championship (Group B)
Second place in 2004 Pan-Pacific Curling Championships.
First place in 2005 Pan-Pacific Curling Youth Championship
The ninth place in the 2005 World Curling Youth Championship.
World curling championship ranked seventh in 2005.
Second place in 2005 Pan-Pacific Curling Championships.
First place in 2006 Pan-Pacific Curling Youth Championship
World curling championship ranked fifth in 2006.
First place in 2006 Pan-Pacific Curling Championship
Third place in 2007 Asian Winter Games
World curling championship ranked second in 2008.
The Universiade was held for the first time in 2009.
2009 world championship champion
Classic moment:
On the evening of February 18, 2009, at the opening ceremony of the 24th winter universiade, when the last torchbearer held the torch high and ran into the ignition site to light the fuse, the combined fireworks showed a rapid flashing of figures symbolizing the 24th Universiade, and the "24 rockets" composed of instantaneous stunt fireworks suddenly rushed into the snowball of fire. At the same time, Wang, the captain of China women's curling team and a college student of Harbin Institute of Physical Education, threw curling. Under the impact of curling, the snowball rushed to the main torch tower along the steel cable. The bottom of the brazier was lit by snowballs, climbed over the five-ring flame step by step, and finally ignited a raging flame in the brazier of the main torch tower.
Yue:
Name: Yue.
Location: second base
Nationality: China.
Weight: 55 kg
Gender: Female
Height:168cm
Place of birth: Heilongjiang
Birth: 1985
Entry: Women's Curling
School: Harbin Institute of Physical Education
Record:
First place in the 10th National Winter Games in 2003.
Third place in 2007 Asian Winter Games
World curling championship ranked second in 2008.
The Universiade was held for the first time in 2008.
The Universiade was held for the first time in 2009.
2009 world championship champion
Liu Yin:
Location: third base
Title: China Curling Team's "Dinghai Shenzhen"
Date of birth:1981/08/19
Gender: Female
Height: 166CM
Weight: 50 kg
Record:
First place in the 10th National Winter Games in 2003.
Third place in 2007 Asian Winter Games
World curling championship ranked second in 2008.
The Universiade was held for the first time in 2008.
The Universiade was held for the first time in 2009.
2009 world championship champion
Zhou Yan:
Sports: Curling
Location: the first base
Record:
First place in the 10th National Winter Games in 2003.
Third place in 2007 Asian Winter Games
World curling championship ranked second in 2008.
The Universiade was held for the first time in 2008.
The Universiade was held for the first time in 2009.
2009 world championship champion
Li Dongyan:
Engage in sports: curling
Location: Team Leader
Interview:
Li Dongyan said that in fact, he has been very worried because the players played a lot of games some time ago and were a little tired. However, judging from the training performance of players on the field today, everyone's mentality and state are still relatively stable. In addition, the players are more excited than before and have more expectations.
When talking about the goal of this competition, Li Dongyan kept a low profile. He said, "We just regard it as a warm-up match to prepare for this year's World Championships, and take this opportunity to give full play to the usual training level of the players, temper the team and accumulate experience in the competition. In fact, our ultimate goal for the whole season this year is to participate in the World Curling Championships. At present, the women's team has qualified for the Winter Olympics, while the men's team is still a little behind the Winter Olympics. At least in this year's World Championships, we have to reach the top eight to qualify for the Winter Olympics, so we must make good use of every opportunity to exercise the team. "
Curling started late in China, and was formally formed in 2003, but it developed rapidly. In world curling championship in 2008, the women's team won the second place, while the men's team won the fourth place in world curling championship for the first time, which made the world sit up and take notice. In this regard, Li Dongyan said, in fact, China's curling athletes are not dominant compared with foreign athletes. They have generally been engaged in curling events for a short period of time, the longest being nine years, while many foreign athletes have been in contact with each other since childhood, and now they may have 15, 6 or even 20 years of sports experience, but our athletes have very limited experience and ability accumulated mainly through large-scale and high-intensity competitions and training in recent years.
When talking about the reason why curling has made such rapid progress in China, Li Dong said that the first reason is that curling has a good team. No matter athletes, coaches or team leaders, everyone can form a joint force, twist into a rope and strive for the same goal. Of course, the smooth development of a project is bound to be inseparable from the strong support of the state. Now we can send teams abroad for training and competition every year, accumulate experience through competition and improve the technical and tactical level of the team; In addition, it is more important to benefit from the foreign teachers hired by the team. In the past two years, the curling team has hired four foreign teachers, and each foreign teacher has brought the team a different fresh knowledge and understanding of this project, which is very helpful for the growth of our team. At present, the foreign teacher in the team is well integrated with the team in terms of personality characteristics, training methods and ways of thinking.
Regarding the sports prospect of the curling project, Li Dongyan said that this project is still a "minority" in China and has not been widely carried out. Many people are unfamiliar with this project, only in the northeast and even in Heilongjiang. Many people call curling "chess on ice", which is a very interesting sport with collective strength and intelligence. He sincerely hopes that this project can be widely carried out in China, but it needs to be widely known, and then it needs venues and equipment to carry out the project, so that it can be widely promoted.
Liu Jinli:
Position: substitute
Exercise: Curling