Park Ji-hyun (curler)

Park Ji-hyun (born August 4, 1979) is a South Korean curler. She was the lead on the South Korean National Women's Curling Team for the 2001–02 curling season.

Park Ji-hyun
Curler
Born	August 4, 1979 South Korea
Team
Curling club	Kyung Gido Council, Gyeonggi-do
Career
Member Association	South Korea
World Championship appearances	1 (2002)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
Medal record Women's Curling Representing  South Korea Pacific Championships 2001 Jeonju 2000 Esquimalt 2002 Queenstown 2003 Aomori 2004 Chuncheon 2007 Beijing Asian Winter Games 2003 Aomori

Career

Park was the lead on Team Kim Mi-yeon which won the Pacific Curling Championships gold medal in 2001, earning the Korean team their first ever appearance at the World Curling Championships.[1] At the 2002 Worlds, the team finished last and without a single win, going 0–9.[2]

Park would only win the Pacific Championship one time, with silver medals in 2000, 2002 and 2003 and bronze medals in 2004 and 2007. Park Ji-hyun would skip the South Korean team in 2007, finishing with a 4–4 round robin record and losing the World Championship berth game to Japan's Moe Meguro.[3]

References

1. "2001 Pacific Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
2. "2002 Ford World Women's Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
3. "2007 Pacific Curling Championships". World Curling Federation. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

External links

• Park Ji-hyun at World Curling Federation
• Park Ji-hyun at CurlingZone