Yu Baiwei Explained

Birth Date:17 July 1988
Birth Place:Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height Cm:166
Weight Kg:65
Position:Defence
Shoots:Right
League:WCIHL
Team:Shenzhen KRS
Sex:f
Ntl Team:CHN
Career Start:2005
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T:於柏巍
S:于柏巍
P:Yú Bǎiwēi

Yu Baiwei (also romanized as Yu Beiwei; born 17 July 1988), also known by the Western name Berry Yu,[1] is a Chinese ice hockey player and captain of the Chinese national team and of Shenzhen KRS in the Chinese Women's Ice Hockey League (WCHIL). A three-time medalist at the Asian Winter Games, she represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver[2] and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Yu previously played for Kunlun Red Star WIH and the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays of the now-defunct Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the Edmonton Chimos of the now-defunct Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL), and in the Naisten SM-sarja with Team China. She signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) for the 2019–20 season.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sadler. Emily. 2020-03-01. The 25 Most Powerful Women in Hockey. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116022751/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/25-powerful-women-hockey/sn-amp/. 16 November 2020. 2020-12-15. Sportsnet.
  2. Web site: 2010 Winter Olympics - Athletes: China > Hockey . nbcolympics.com . . 2010-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100201101621/http://www.nbcolympics.com/nations/nation=CHN/athletes/sport=ih/index.html . 2010-02-01 . dead.
  3. Web site: 2019-09-24. Yu Baiwei, Captain of China's National Team, Joins the Minnesota Whitecaps. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230207215720/http://www.nwhl.zone/news/yu-baiwei-captain-of-team-china-joins-whitecaps. 7 February 2023. 2020-12-15. National Women's Hockey League. Press release.
  4. Web site: Oliver. Nathaniel. 2019-09-24. Minnesota Whitecaps Add Team China Captain Yu Baiwei. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201029162221/https://thehockeywriters.com/minnesota-whitecaps-add-yu-baiwei/. 29 October 2020. 2020-12-15. The Hockey Writers. en-US.