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Oh Seung-hoon (curler)

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Oh Seung-hoon
Born (1995-05-11) May 11, 1995 (age 29)
Team
Curling clubGangwon Curling,
Gangwon, KOR[1]
SkipPark Jong-duk
ThirdJeong Yeong-seok
SecondOh Seung-hoon
LeadLee Ki-bok
AlternateSeong Ji-hoon
Mixed doubles
partner
Kim Yeong-mi
Curling career
Member Association South Korea
World Championship
appearances
1 (2024)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances
1 (2023)
Medal record
Men's Curling
Representing  South Korea
Pan Continental Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kelowna
Pacific-Asia Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Harbin
Representing Gyeonggi
Korean Men's Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jincheon
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gangneung
Representing Gangwon
Korean Men's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gangneung
Silver medal – second place 2021 Gangneung
Silver medal – second place 2024 Uijeongbu
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Jincheon

Oh Seung-hoon (born May 11, 1995, in Uijeongbu) is a South Korean curler from Gangwon Province.[1] He currently plays second on the Gangwon Provincial Office curling team skipped by Park Jong-duk.

Career

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Oh represented South Korea at the 2014 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships with his team of Jeong Yeong-seok, Kim Seung-min, Park Se-won and Noh Chang-hyun. After going 6–2 through the round robin, the team lost to China's Wang Jinbo in the final 8–6, missing out on qualifying for the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships.[2]

In 2018, Oh joined the Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation curling team skipped by Kim Seung-min. At the 2018 and 2019 national championships, the team won bronze medals but never managed to qualify for the final.[3] He left the team after the 2019–20 season to join the Gangwon Provincial Office team led by Park Jong-duk. At the 2020 Korean Curling Championships, the team missed the playoffs with a 3–3 record.[4]

In 2021, Lee Ki-jeong took over as skip of the Gangwon rink with Park moving to third. At the 2021 Korean Curling Championships, the team made it to the finals of the second round but lost to Gyeongbuk Athletic Association's Kim Soo-hyuk, ultimately finishing in second place.[5] The following year, the team, now led by Jeong Yeong-seok, finished 5–2 in the round robin but dropped their semifinal game to Seoul City Hall's Jeong Byeong-jin. They would bounce back in the bronze medal game to defeat Gyeonggido Curling Federation's Kim Jeong-min.[6] Also during the 2022–23 season, Gangwon Provincial Office finished third at the 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic.[7]

For the 2023–24 season, the Gangwon team again revised their lineup with Park Jong-duk taking over as skip. This proved to be a successful move for the team as they went on to run the table at the 2023 Korean Curling Championships to secure the national title, Oh's first time on the national team.[8] After an 8–0 record in the first and second rounds, the team beat Seoul City Hall 7–4 in the final. This qualified the team to represent South Korea at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships and the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, as well as compete in tour events. After a second-place finish at the 2023 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic, Gangwon Province reached the quarterfinals in four straight Canadian tour events.[9] At the Pan Continental Championship, they had a strong start by notably defeating Canada's Brad Gushue 8–5 in the opening draw.[10] They went on to finish the round robin with a 5–2 record, qualifying for the playoffs where they narrowly beat Japan 8–7. This earned them a spot in the gold medal game where, despite a strong start, they gave up key steals in the back half to concede 8–3 to the Canadian team.[11] At the end of the season, Gangwon Provincial Office represented the country at the World Championship where they were unable to replicate their success from earlier in the year, finishing in twelfth place with a disappointing 2–10 record.[12]

Personal life

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Oh attended Soongsil University.

Teams

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2013–14[13] Kim Seung-min (Fourth) Jeong Yeong-seok (Skip) Oh Seung-hoon Park Se-won Noh Chang-hyun
2014–15 Kim Seung-min (Fourth) Jeong Yeong-seok (Skip) Oh Seung-hoon Park Se-won Noh Chang-hyun
2018–19 Kim Seung-min Chung Young-seok Oh Seung-hoon Jeong Min-seok
2019–20 Jeong Yeong-seok Kim Seung-min Oh Seung-hoon Park Se-won Jeong Min-seok
2020–21 Park Jong-duk Seo Min-guk Kim Jeong-min Oh Seung-hoon
2021–22 Lee Ki-jeong Park Jong-duk Lee Ki-bok Oh Seung-hoon Seong Yu-jin
2022–23 Jeong Yeong-seok Park Jong-duk Oh Seung-hoon Seong Ji-hoon
2023–24 Park Jong-duk Jeong Yeong-seok Oh Seung-hoon Seong Ji-hoon Lee Ki-bok
2024–25 Park Jong-duk Jeong Yeong-seok Oh Seung-hoon Lee Ki-bok Seong Ji-hoon

References

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  1. ^ a b Jim Morris (March 29, 2024). "A capsule look at the teams competing at the world men's curling championship". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships 2014". World Curling Federation. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  3. ^ "2019 Korean Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "2020 Korean Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  5. ^ "2021 Korean Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "Jeong claim men's Korean Curling Championships title". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "Park goes undefeated to claim Korean Curling Championships men's title". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  9. ^ "Team Jongduk Park: 2023–24". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  10. ^ "Canada's Einarson goes 1-1, Gushue drops opener at Pan Continental Curling Championships". TSN. October 29, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  11. ^ "Gushue's crew beats Korea to win gold again at Pan Continental Curling Championship". TSN. November 4, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  12. ^ "Play-off field complete in Schaffhausen". World Curling Federation. April 5, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  13. ^ "Oh Seung-hoon Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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