Yu Baiwei | |||
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Born |
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | 17 July 1988||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
WCIHL team Former teams |
Shenzhen KRS Kunlun Red Star WIH Edmonton Chimos Team China (NSMs) | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2005–present | ||
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Traditional Chinese | 於柏巍 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 于柏巍 | ||||||
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Yu Baiwei (Chinese: 于柏巍, 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][3] 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.[4][5]
References
- ^ Sadler, Emily (1 March 2020). "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Hockey". Sportsnet. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "2010 Winter Olympics - Athletes: China > Hockey". nbcolympics.com. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yu Baiwei". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Yu Baiwei, Captain of China's National Team, Joins the Minnesota Whitecaps". National Women's Hockey League (Press release). 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (24 September 2019). "Minnesota Whitecaps Add Team China Captain Yu Baiwei". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Yu Baiwei at Olympedia
- Yu Baiwei at Olympedia