Liu Hongmei | |||
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Born |
Shandong, China | 27 December 1973||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Harbin Ice Hockey | ||
National team | China | ||
Playing career | c. 1996–2002 | ||
Medal record |
Liu Hongmei | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 劉紅梅 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刘红梅 | ||||||
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Liu Hongmei ( Chinese: 刘红梅; pinyin: Liú Hóngméi; 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]
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]
Liu Hongmei | |||
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Born |
Shandong, China | 27 December 1973||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Harbin Ice Hockey | ||
National team | China | ||
Playing career | c. 1996–2002 | ||
Medal record |
Liu Hongmei | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 劉紅梅 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刘红梅 | ||||||
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Liu Hongmei ( Chinese: 刘红梅; pinyin: Liú Hóngméi; 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]
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]