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Liu Zhixin

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Liu Zhixin
Born (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 31)
Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb; 12 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
WCIHL team
Former teams
Shenzhen KRS
National team  China
Playing career 2009–present
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sapporo Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Astana-Almaty Ice hockey
Challenge Cup of Asia
Gold medal – first place 2014 Harbin
Silver medal – second place 2012 Qiqihar
Liu Zhixin
Traditional Chinese劉智新
Simplified Chinese刘智新
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Zhìxīn

Liu Zhixin (Chinese: 刘智新; born 25 April 1993) is a Chinese ice hockey player and member of the Chinese national team, currently[needs update] playing in the Chinese Women's Ice Hockey League (WCIHL) with Shenzhen KRS. A two-time Olympian, she was the youngest member of the Chinese delegation at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she represented the country in the women's ice hockey tournament,[1] and also represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[2] Her participation in 2010 at age 16 years, 294 days made her the second-youngest player to ever participate in the Olympic women's ice hockey tournament, after Anna Prugova (16 years, 85 days) of Russia, who also debuted at the 2010 Olympics.[3]

Liu previously played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) with Kunlun Red Star WIH during the 2017–18 season and with the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays during the 2018–19 season, and in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays/Shenzhen KRS from the 2019–20 season through the 2022–23 season.[4]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2017–18 Kunlun Red Star CWHL 28 3 3 6 12 4 0 0 0 4
2018–19 KRS Vanke Rays CWHL 28 0 2 2 16
2019–20 KRS Vanke Rays ZhHL 28 5 9 14 12 5 0 3 3 4
2021–22 KRS Vanke Rays ZhHL 32 3 5 8 16 5 0 2 2 8
CWHL totals 56 3 5 8 28 4 0 0 0 4
ZhHL totals 60 8 14 22 28 10 0 5 5 12

International

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Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2010 China OG 7th 5 0 0 0 4
2011 China WW D1 5th 4 0 0 0 4
2011 China AWG 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 0 1 1 2
2012 China CCOA 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 0 0 0 2
2012 China WW D1B 2nd 5 2 0 2 4
2013 China OGQ DNQ 6 0 0 0 4
2013 China WW D1B 4th 5 0 1 1 4
2014 China CCOA 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 0 1 1 8
2014 China WW D1B 2nd 5 0 1 1 14
2015 China WW D1B 3rd 5 0 5 5 2
2015 China Uni 4th 5 3 3 6 4
2016 China WW D1B 5th 5 1 0 1 2
2017 China AWG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3 2 5 6
2018 China WW D1B 5th 5 0 1 1 6
2019 China WW D1B 4th 5 1 0 1 4
2022 China OG 9th 4 0 0 0 0
2022 China WW D1B 1st 5 2 9 11 2

Source: [5]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liu Zhixin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "2010 Winter Olympics - Athletes: China > Hockey". nbcolympics.com. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Zhixin LIU, Ice Hockey". Beijing 2022 Olympics. 8 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. ^ Rutherford, Kristina (7 November 2018). "Can the CWHL teach China to love hockey?". Sportsnet. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ "2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games – Official Results Book, Ice Hockey" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 6 March 2017. pp. 107–134. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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