Qi Xueting

Qi Xueting
Born (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 (age 37)
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height 155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Right
Played for
Current WCIHL coach Shenzhen KRS
National team  China
Playing career 2003–2021
Coaching career c. 2017–present
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Astana-Almaty Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Changchun Ice hockey
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2009 Harbin Ice hockey
Qi Xueting
Traditional Chinese齊雪婷
Simplified Chinese齐雪婷
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQí Xuětíng

Qi Xueting (Chinese: 齐雪婷; born 7 November 1986), also known by the Western name Snow Qi,[1] is a Chinese ice hockey coach and retired defenseman. She is the head coach of Shenzhen Kunlun Red Star (Shenzhen KRS) in the Chinese Women's Ice Hockey League (WCIHL).

Playing career

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Qi was a member of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team during 2003 to 2015.[2] During her time with the national team, she won bronze medals at the Asian Winter Games in 2007 and 2011, a silver medal at the 2009 Winter Universiade, and represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. [3][4][5][6]

Qi was last active as a player with the KRS Vanke Rays (renamed Shenzhen KRS in 2022) in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) during the 2020–21 ZhHL season.

Coaching career

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Qi served as assistant coach to the Chinese women's national team for the IIHF Women's World Championship Division 1B tournaments in 2018 and 2019.[2]

She was named head coach of Shenzhen KRS ahead of the 2024–25 WCIHL season.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Kemmerer, Gillian (17 March 2020). "Ice Diaries: Notes on a Championship". KHL. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Aykroyd, Lucas (17 September 2020). "Holding on to the Olympic dream". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ "2010 Winter Olympics - Athletes: China > Hockey". nbcolympics.com. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  4. ^ Berkman, Seth (16 November 2020). "While Training Continues, China's Prized Women's Hockey Players Are in Russia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (22 July 2020). "Chinese women's hockey team makes history amid COVID-19 crisis". Global Sport Matters. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Qi Xueting". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  7. ^ Shenzhen KRS [@kunlunredstar] (26 August 2024). "KRS Shenzhen announced that Xueting Qi has been hired as Head Coach". Shenzhen, Guangdong. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via Instagram.
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