Yu Shumei

Yu Shumei (born October 20, 1977 in Liaoning ) is a former Chinese biathlete .

Yu Shumei is China's most successful biathlete to date. The sports soldier from Dalian started biathlon in 1994 . Two years later she made her debut in the Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka and immediately achieved her first two World Cup points in 24th place. The second race, a sprint, she finished in third place. In the sprint from Hochfilzen , the next World Cup station, she only had to admit defeat to Soňa Mihoková . Despite participating in only four World Cup races, Yu finished 32nd in the overall ranking of the season. The following season started with a similar success with a second place behind Anna Wolkowa in Östersund . After that, the Chinese woman's performance leveled off at a good, albeit mostly not entirely outstanding, level. At the first summer biathlon world championships in Hochfilzen in 1996 , the Chinese won the sprint race title. Her worst results to date were achieved when Yu took part in her first biathlon world championships in 1997 in Osrblie . In individual, she was only 56. better in the sprint and 50th in the relay 13. Much was Yu's results at the next major event, the 1998 Olympics from Nagano . She finished ninth in the individual, seventh in the relay and fifth in the sprint.

Yu achieved the greatest success at the Biathlon World Championships 2000 at Holmenkollen in Oslo . She won the individual silver medal behind Corinne Niogret , was 22nd in the sprint, tenth in the pursuit and 15th in the mass start. Only the relay race went badly, as China dropped out lapped. The following year the World Cup in Pokljuka was not quite as successful . 17th places in the individual and in the mass start were the best results. The Chinese won the last race of the 2000/01 World Cup season , a mass start in Oslo. It was her only World Cup victory. In the overall ranking of the season, she finished 16th, her best result in this ranking. The 2001/02 season was Yu's last and was geared entirely towards a successful Olympic Games in Salt Lake City . The season was mediocre and she was not able to achieve any success in the games with 46th place in singles, 20th in sprint and 44th in pursuit and ended her active career after the games.

Yu is married to a soldier, but lives separated from him due to the different barracks. In 1996, a toe on her right foot had to be amputated because of frostbite. She was trained by Song Wenbin and was an excellent shooter, but a comparatively weaker runner.

Biathlon World Cup placements

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	team	total
1st place				1			1
2nd place	1	1					2
3rd place		1			1		2
Top 10	6th	11	2	1	11		31
Points	11	25th	15th	5	13	1	70
Starts	18th	37	25th	5	18th	1	94

Web links

• Yu Shumei in the database of the IBU (English)

supporting documents

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