Eom Su-yeon
Eom Su-yeon 엄 수연 | |||
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Born | 1 February 2001 | ||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NCAA team Former teams |
St. Lawrence Saints Ice Avengers | ||
National team |
South Korea and Korea | ||
Playing career | 2017–present |
Eom Su-yeon (Korean: 엄수연; born 1 February 2001) is a South Korean ice hockey player and member of the South Korean national team, currently[update] playing with the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of NCAA Division I.
Career
Korean National Team
She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics[1] as part of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both North and South Korea. The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team was in Group B competing against Switzerland, Japan and Sweden.[2]
In 2019, she was a member of the inaugural South Korean Women's U18 team that participated in the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in the Group 1B Qualification Tournament.[3] The South Korean team went undefeated en route to winning the gold medal and Eom was named Best Defender of the tournament.[4]
NCAA
Eom began her college ice hockey career with the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the 2021–22 season.[5] After making a midseason switch from playing defence to forward, she scored her first collegiate goal on 4 February 2022 in a 3–0 victory against Princeton University.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Athlete Profile: Eom Suyeon - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "2019 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV IBQ: South Korea Team Roster" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "2019 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV IBQ: Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "2021-22 Women's Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Carey, Cap. "College women's hockey: Eom sparks St. Lawrence past Princeton, 3-0, at Appleton Arena". NNY360. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Burchfield, Caleigh. "Morgan Records Ninth Career Shutout in 3-0 Win over Princeton". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Eom Su-yeon at Olympedia
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Ice hockey players at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- South Korean women's ice hockey defencemen
- St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey players
- Winter Olympics competitors for Korea
- Asian ice hockey biography stubs
- South Korean winter sports biography stubs