Liu Hongmei Explained

Birth Date:27 December 1973
Birth Place:Shandong, China
Height Cm:162
Weight Kg:58
Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
Played For:Harbin Ice Hockey
Sex:f
Ntl Team:CHN
Career End:2002
Liu Hongmei
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Liu Hongmei (; born 27 December 1973) is a Chinese retired ice hockey player.[1] She competed in the women's tournaments at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.[2]

Biography

Liu Hengmei was born on 27 December 1973 to a security guard and a maintenance worker for the city.[2] [3] Between 1992 and 2002, she represented the China women's national ice hockey team.[4] Liu competed in the 1992 IIHF Women's World Championship.[4] She played in five games at the 1994 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she tallied eight goals.[5] Liu went to Winnipeg in 2001, where she learned how to converse in English.[3] The Hockey News called her "the Chinese women's team's answer to Wayne Gretzky" and said she was a "player to watch" during the 2002 Winter Olympics.[5]

During the Olympics, she competed for China in the forward position and was the team's captain.[3] The shoulder of her uniform during the Olympics bore the Swoosh logo.[3] She earned three goals for her team.[6] During the game against the Germany team, she made two goals.[7] In a game with the Kazakhstan team, she had an injured shoulder. WIth 1 minute 39 seconds left in overtime, Liu scored a close-range goal, giving her team a 2–1 win and seventh place.[6] [8] Liu said in an interview after the game, "I had very complicated feelings at the time. Originally we could win without overtime. After scoring the goal, I thought, we finally won. Yes, it's really not easy."[6] With three goals each, she and Yang Xiuqing were their team's highest scorers.[7]

Liu and four other players retired from the national team after the 2002 Olympics, which China Consumer Daily said hurt the team's strength.[9] During her over a decade tenure on the national team, Liu earned 44 points, completed 27 goals, and had 17 assists.[4] Writing for Sina Corporation in 2015, Xuefeng Wang called Liu "a star player" who has been "highly praised by the international ice hockey community".[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liu Hongmei . Olympedia . 13 November 2020.
  2. Liu Hongmei Olympic Results . 27 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121215044626/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/liu-hongmei-1.html . 15 December 2012 . dead .
  3. News: Weiner . Jay . 2002-01-12 . China's Town - Blaine, with its sod farms and soccer fields, is the perfect home for China's Olympic hockey team . . 2023-11-22 . https://archive.today/20231122092709/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0F10DE199E64935E&f=basic . 2023-11-22 .
  4. News: Fang . Xuefeng 房学峰 . 2015-08-07 . 冬奥史话：冰花的绽放之女子冰球的故事 . Winter Olympics History: The Blooming of Ice Flowers: The Story of Women's Ice Hockey . zh . . 2023-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231122090306/https://sports.sina.com.cn/others/winter/2015-08-07/doc-ifxftkpv6882031.shtml . 2023-11-22 .
  5. 2002-02-15 . China in tough to keep up with the pack . . DiscountMags . 2023-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231122101315/https://www.discountmags.com/magazine/the-hockey-news-february-15-2002-digital/in-this-issue/720917 . 2023-11-22 .
  6. News: 2002-02-21 . 金球险胜哈萨克斯坦 我女冰获冬奥会第七 . Golden ball narrowly beat Kazakhstan, my female ice skater won seventh place in Winter Olympics . zh . . .
  7. News: 2002-02-20 . Golden Goal Gives China 1st Win and 7th Place in Olympic Ice Hockey. Veteran forward Liu Hongmei's golden goal in the over-time awarded the Chinese women a 2-1 victory over Kazakhstan and a seventh place finish in the ice hockey competition of the 19th Winter Olympic Games here on Tuesday. . . 2023-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231122092158/http://en.people.cn/200202/20/eng20020220_90662.shtml . 2023-11-22 .
  8. News: Wang . Jingyu 王镜宇 . Wang . Jianmin 王健民 . 2002-02-21 . 遭遇严冬盼春天--从冬奥会透视中国女子冰球现状 . Encountering a harsh winter and looking forward to spring--A look at the current situation of Chinese women's ice hockey from the perspective of the Winter Olympics . zh . . . 2023-11-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231122090901/https://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2002-02-21/21238576.shtml . 2023-11-22 .
  9. News: 2003-02-13 . 中国女冰急待援兵 . Chinese female ice hockey team urgently awaits reinforcements . zh . zh:中国消费者报 . China Consumer Daily .

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