Seol Ye-eun

Seol Ye-eun (born August 26, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She currently plays lead for the South Korean National Women's Curling Team skipped by Gim Un-chi.[1]

Seol Ye-eun
Curler
Born (1996-08-26) August 26, 1996
Seoul, South Korea
Team
Curling clubGyeonggi-do CC, Uijeongbu
SkipGim Un-chi
ThirdSeol Ye-ji
SecondKim Su-ji
LeadSeol Ye-eun
AlternatePark Yoo-bin
Career
Member Association South Korea
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		1 (2019)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Pacific-Asia Championships
2019 Shenzhen

Career

Seol joined the Gim Un-chi rink in 2017. They didn't play that many events during the 2017–18 season but still found success finishing runner-up at the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic to Rachel Homan and qualifying for the quarterfinals at the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, Karuizawa International and the Glynhill Ladies International.

The team had a full schedule for the 2018–19 season with more than ten events and qualifying for the playoffs in five of them. They finished runner-up at the Gord Carroll Curling Classic and even played in the 2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2, losing out in the quarterfinals.

In summer 2019, Team Gim would win the 2019 Korean National Curling Championship after stealing two in the tenth end of the final against Kim Min-ji.[2] To start their tour season, her team had a quarterfinal finish at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. They followed this by missing the playoffs at the 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, a semifinal finish at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and winning the 2019 KW Fall Classic posting a perfect 7–0 record en route to capturing the title.[3][4][5] At the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Seol and her team had a disappointing finish. After going 6–1 in the round robin, they lost the semifinal to China's Han Yu. This performance meant they didn't qualify Korea for the 2020 World Championship through the Pacific region and would have to play in the World Qualification Event for their spot in the World's. Next Team Gim competed in the 2019 Boundary Ford Curling Classic where they lost in the final to Kim Min-ji. Two weeks later, they played in the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick. It was another successful run for the rink as they went 7–0 through the tournament to capture the title. The Gim rink went undefeated at the World Qualification Event, going 7–0 in the round robin and defeating Italy in the 1 vs. 2 playoff game to qualify South Korea for the World Championship. The team was set to represent South Korea at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7] The World Qualification Event would be their last event of the season as the remaining two events (the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events) were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[8]

Personal life

Her twin sister Seol Ye-ji is the third on her team.[1]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2014–15[9] Jeong Yu-jinSeol Ye-jiSeol Ye-eunKim Cho-hiKim Jih-yeon
2017–18 Gim Un-chiUm Min-jiSeol Ye-eunYeom Yoon-jungLee Seul-bee
2018–19 Gim Un-chiUm Min-jiSeol Ye-eunKim Su-jiSeol Ye-ji
2019–20 Gim Un-chiUm Min-jiKim Su-jiSeol Ye-eunSeol Ye-ji
2020–21 Gim Un-chiSeol Ye-jiKim Su-jiSeol Ye-eunPark Yoo-bin

References
  1. "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. Video (full game): 2019 Korean National Women's Curling Championship - Final - Kim Min-ji vs Gim Un-chi on YouTube
  3. "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  4. "2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  5. "2019 KW Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  6. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  7. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  8. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  9. "Seol Ye-eun Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
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