Yumi Suzuki

Yumi Suzuki (鈴木 夕湖, Suzuki Yūmi, born 2 December 1991) is a Japanese curler. She plays second for the Team Satsuki Fujisawa rink.

Yumi Suzuki
Curler
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Born (1991-12-02) December 2, 1991
Hokkaido, Japan
Team
Curling clubLoco Solare CC,
Kitami, Japan
SkipSatsuki Fujisawa
ThirdChinami Yoshida
SecondYumi Suzuki
LeadYurika Yoshida
Career
Member Association Japan
World Championship
appearances		1 (2016)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2018)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2016 Swift Current
Pacific-Asia Championships
2015 Almaty
2017 Erina
2018 Gangneung
2016 Uiseong

Career

Suzuki was a member of a team, "Tokoro Junior High school Robins", with Chinami Yoshida, Yurika Yoshida and Kaho Onodera. They were the Hokkaido representative for Japan Curling Championships and ranked third place in 2006[1] and 2007.[2]

During the 2015-16 season, they had success internationally as Japan's national team, winning a gold at the 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and a silver at the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship, which was Japan's first-ever world championship medal.[3][4] Meanwhile, domestically, Suzuki with the team won her first national championship title at the 2016 Japan Curling Championships. The team would win a bronze medal at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and a silver at the 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. They also won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

Suzuki was part of the Japanese team that won the 2018 Olympics women curling bronze medal.[5]

Suzuki again represented Japan at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. Her team went an undefeated 6–0 record in the round robin, but lost to the Koreans (skipped by Kim Min-ji) in the final. The next month, she represented Japan in the second leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup in Omaha, United States, which her team would end up winning, this time defeating Kim and her South Korean rink in the final.[6]

Team Fujisawa began the 2019–20 season, at the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic where they lost in the final to Jiang Yilun. Next they won the ADVICS Cup. They had two more playoff appearances at their next two events, the Booster Juice Shoot-Out and the 2019 Colonial Square Ladies Classic where they had semifinal and quarterfinal finishes respectively. Next, they had a semifinal finish at the 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. In Grand Slam play, they made the quarterfinals at the Masters and the semifinals of the Tour Challenge, National and Canadian Open. They had two more playoff appearances on tour at the Red Deer Curling Classic where they lost in the quarterfinals and the Karuizawa International where they lost the final to Anna Sidorova. For the first time in four seasons, Team Fujisawa won the Japan Curling Championships, defeating Seina Nakajima in the final. The team was set to represent Japan at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] The Canadian Open would be their last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[9]

Personal life

Suzuki was born in Kitami, Hokkaido.[10] She started curling when she was at elementary school.[11] She was educated at Asahikawa National College of Technology and Kitami Institute of Technology where she gained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 2014.[12]

Suzuki was hired by Abashiri Trust Bank but then transferred to Kitami City Physical Education Association to concentrate on curling full time.[11] She is currently employed as an office worker.[13]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
2011–12[14] Mari MotohashiMegumi MabuchiYumi SuzukiAkane EdaYurika Yoshida
2012–13 Mari MotohashiYurika YoshidaMegumi MabuchiYumi Suzuki
2013–14 Mari MotohashiYurika YoshidaYumi SuzukiMegumi Mabuchi
2014–15 Mari MotohashiChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaMegumi Mabuchi
2015–16 Satsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaMari MotohashiPACC 2015, WWCC 2016
2016–17 Satsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaMari MotohashiPACC 2016, AWG 2017
2017–18 Satsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaMari MotohashiJOCT 2017, PACC 2017, 2018 OG
2018–19 Satsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaKotomi IshizakiCWC,[15] PACC 2018[16]
2019–20 Satsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika Yoshida

References
  1. "Japan Curling Championship 2006" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  2. "Japan Curling Championship 2007" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  3. "Ford World Women's Curling Championship Gold for Switzerland". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. "Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2016 Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. Keating, Steve (February 24, 2018), "Curling: Japan win bronze to claim first Olympic medal", Reuters
  6. "Japan clinch women's final after last-stone dram". Curling World Cup. 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  7. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  8. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  9. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  10. "Profile:Japan" (PDF). Eye Opener. World Women's Curling Swift Current 2016. No. 2. Curling Canada. 2016. p. 15. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  11. "「もぐもぐ」鈴木夕湖、亡き恩師とクリームソーダ" ["Munching" Yumi Suzuki, deceased former teacher and cream soda]. Nikkan Sports News (in Japanese). 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  12. "LS北見銅メダル獲得おめでとうございます" [Congratulations on winning LS Kitami bronze medal]. Kitami Institute of Technology (in Japanese). 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  13. "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  14. "Yumi Suzuki past teams". Curling Zone. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  15. "Teams, First Leg - Suzhou, China Events". Curling World Cup. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  16. "Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2018 - Teams". World Curling Federation. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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