Kim Yeong-mi
Kim Yeong-mi | |
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Born | 10 March 1991 |
Team | |
Curling club | Uiseong CC, Uiseong, KOR |
Skip | Kim Eun-jung |
Third | Kim Kyeong-ae |
Second | Kim Seon-yeong |
Lead | Kim Yeong-mi |
Alternate | Kim Cho-hi |
Curling career | |
Member Association | South Korea |
World Championship appearances | 2 (2017, 2018) |
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 4 (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017) |
Olympic appearances | 1 (2018) |
Medal record |
Kim Yeong-mi | |
Hangul | 김영미 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Yeongmi |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏngmi |
Kim Yeong-mi, nicknamed "Pancake"[3] (born 10 March 1991) is a South Korean curler. Currently she plays lead for Kim Eun-jung rink.
Women's career
While still a junior curler, Kim first represented her country at the women's level at the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, playing third for Kim Eun-jung, who she also played with in juniors. There, the team won a bronze medal. The team returned to the event in 2014, where they won a bronze medal. This would've qualified them for the 2015 World Championships, but the Worlds were held in Japan who qualified over South Korea as hosts. The team would however win a gold medal at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, earning them the right to play in the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in China, where they finished sixth. Also in 2017, the team won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games.
Team Kim won the 2017 South Korean championship, qualifying the team to represent South Korea on home ice at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The team began the 2017-18 curling season by winning the 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. As the host nation, the team received celebrity status in Korea as the "garlic girls", as their hometown of Uiseong is known for its garlic production. The team had an impressive run, making it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg rink.[4] The next month, the team then played in the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship where they lost in the quarterfinals.[5]
The garlic girls did not play much in the 2018-19 season, amidst a coaching scandal, which involved the country's sport federation vice president verbally abusing the team.[6] The team did play in the final event of the season, the 2019 WCT Arctic Cup where they finished with an 1-3 record, missing the playoffs.
Team Kim returned to the World Curling Tour for the 2019–20 season but with her sister Kyeong-ae skipping. They qualified for the playoffs at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic, the 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and finished runner-up at the inaugural WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup. Kim Eun-jung rejoined the team at the 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic where she would throw second stones. They had a quarterfinal finish. Team Kim also had a quarterfinal finish the following week at the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic where Kim Eun-jung returned to throwing skip stones.
Personal life
Her younger sister is also an international curler, Kim Kyeong-ae.
References
- ^ 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
- ^ "[올림픽] 여자컬링 김영미 "국민 이름 영미, 개명하려 했다"". Yonhap News (in Korean). 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/curling/team-eunjung-kim/
- ^ "South Korea's curling silver brings Olympic spirit to life | News | CBC Olympics | PyeongChang 2018". 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ^ "Canada-U.S. rematch set for semifinal at Ford World Women's Championship". Curling Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/curling/south-korea-olympic-garlic-girls-abuse-1.4932821
External links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- South Korean female curlers
- Asian Games medalists in curling
- Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
- Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic curlers of South Korea
- Olympic silver medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in curling
- People from Uiseong County
- Pacific-Asian curling champions
- Curling biography stubs
- South Korean winter sports biography stubs