Park Ji-hyun (curler) explained

Park Ji-hyun
Birth Date:4 August 1979
Birth Place:South Korea
Curling Club:Kyung Gido Council, Gyeonggi-do
World Championship Appearances:1
Pacific Championship Appearances:6

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.

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]

Notes and References

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