Mei Jie Explained

Mei Jie
Birth Date:4 February 1994
Birth Place:Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Curling Club:Harbin CC,
Harbin, Heilongjiang
World Championship Appearances:1 (2019)
World Mixed Doubles Championship Appearances:1 (2015)
Pacific Championship Appearances:3 (2014, 2015, 2016)

Mei Jie (born February 4, 1994) is a Chinese curler.

Career

Mei was the alternate for the Chinese women's team at the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, but did not play in any games. She was paired up with Huang Jihui at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, but failed to make the playoffs after posting a 5-4 record. On the World Curling Tour, Mei and her rink won the Avonair Cash Spiel.[1] Mei skipped the Chinese team at the 2017 Winter Universiade, finishing the event with a 5-4 record, missing the playoffs.

Mei began skipping the Chinese women's team in 2019, debuting at the 2019 World Qualification Event, which she won with teammates Wang Rui, Yao Mingyue and Ma Jingyi.[2] This qualified China for the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, which the team played in.[3] There, she led her rink to a 7-5 round robin record, and then lost in their quarterfinal match up against Switzerland.

Personal life

Mei married Xu Jingtao, a curler in Chinese Men's Curling National Team in 2022.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CHAMPION: Mei Wins 2015 Avonair Cash Spiel .
  2. Web site: Women's World Qualification Event. CurlingZone. July 26, 2020.
  3. News: A capsule look at teams competing at the world women's curling championship National Post. National Post. 15 March 2019. Strong. Gregory.