Biographies Athletes

Ma Yibo CHN
Date of birth  05 Aug 1980
Place of birth  Dalian, CHN
Gender  Women
Height  1.74 m
Weight   70 kg

Champions Trophy Totals
 
Goals
Cards
Goals Field Goals Penalty Corner Goals Penalty Stroke Goals Total Cards Green Yellow Red
22 0 22 0 2 2 0 0
Human Interest
Further Personal Information
Occupation Athlete, Student
Languages Mandarin
Higher education Sport Studies - Shenyang Sport University: Shenyang, CHN
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She started playing hockey at age 15 at The Marine School of Liaoning.
Name of coach Kim Sang Ryul [national]
Coach from which country? Korea
Training Regime She trains 30 hours per week.
Preferred position / style / stance / technique Defence
Handedness Right
International / National Debut
Year 2001
Country China
General Interest
Nicknames Old Horse (Athlete 31 Jul 2009)
Hobbies Listening to music, stamp collecting, surfing the internet, watching movies and cross stitching. (NOC Media Guide, 2004; Athlete, 31 Jul 2009)
Memorable sporting achievement Winning silver at the 2008 Oympic Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 31 jul 2009)
Sporting philosophy / motto "It's not scary to lose a match today, but rather it's more scary not to have tomorrow to make up for the loss." (2008.sohu.com, 10 May 2008)
Awards and honours She was named on the International Hockey Federation's [FIH] All Star team in 2007, 2008 and 2009. (fih.ch, 22 Dec 2011)

She was shortlisted for the FIH Young Player of the Year award for 2002 and 2003. (FIH, 22 May 2006)

Competition Highlights (historical)
Asian Games
Rank Year Venue
1 2010 Guangzhou, CHN
1 2006 Doha, QAT
1 2002 Busan, KOR
Olympic Games
Rank Year Venue
2 2008 Beijing, CHN
4 2004 Athens, GRE
World Cup
Rank Year Venue
3 2002 Australia
8 2010 Argentina
10 2006 Spain
Asia Cup
Rank Year Venue
1 2009 Thailand
3 2007 China
Champions Trophy
Rank Year Venue
1 2002 China
2 2006 Netherlands
2 2003 Australia
3 2005 Australia
4 2008 Germany
4 2001 Netherlands
5 2009 Australia
5 2004 Argentina
6 2010 England
7 2011 Netherlands
Champions Challenge
Rank Year Venue
1 2007 Azerbaijan