Marissa Brandt Explained

Marissa Brandt
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Native Name Lang:ko
Birth Name:
Park Yoon-jung
Birth Date:18 December 1992
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Hometown:Vadnais Heights, Minnesota,
United States
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Height Ft:5
Height In:7
Weight Kg:65
Position:Defense
Shoots:Right
Played For:Phoenix (KWHL)
GAC Golden Gusties
Sex:f
Ntl Team:COR
Ntl Team 2:KOR
Career Start:2011

Marissa Brandt (born December 18, 1992), also known by her birth name Park Yoon-jung (; also stylized as Park Yoon Jung or Park Yoonjung), is a Korean-American ice hockey player who plays with the South Korean national team. When competing internationally with the South Korean or Unified Korean national teams, she uses her birth name.

Playing career

Brandt played college ice hockey with the Golden Gusties ice hockey program at Gustavus Adolphus College in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). Across four years with the program, she tallied 34 points in 111 games.[1]

She competed with the unified Korean national team in the women's ice hockey tournament at 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Brandt notched an assist on Randi Griffin’s goal against in the preliminary round, one of two goals scored for Korea during the tournament.[3]

After the 2018 Olympics, she was named an honorary ambassador to help promote post-adoption services and birth family searches by the South Korean Minister for Health & Welfare Park Neung-hoo.[4]

She also competed with the South Korean team at the 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament,[5] where she led the team in total goals scored (5),[6] including a 4 goal hat trick in the team's 9-2 win against Poland.[7]

In 2023, she again competed for the South Korean team at the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament and helped the South Korean team win 1st place and achieve their first ever promotion to Division I Group A.[8]

Personal life

She is the adopted sister of Hannah Brandt, a centre who played with the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and is currently affiliated with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA).[9] [10]

In her youth, she was a figure skater before switching to hockey.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ash. Stephanie. 2018-02-05. Long Shot: Marissa Brandt '15. 2020-10-08. Gustavus Adolphus College. en.
  2. Web site: Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Athlete Profile: PARK Yoonjung. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180421103831/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n3040930-park-yoonjung.htm. 2018-04-21. 2018-02-12. pyeongchang2018.com.
  3. Web site: Kang. Hyun-kyung. 2018-02-14. Women's ice hockey team makes 1st Olympic goal. 2020-10-08. The Korea Times. en.
  4. Web site: Eaton. Kristi. 2018-03-08. Post-Olympics, Korean-American adoptee athletes focus on search for birth families. 2020-10-08. NBC News. en.
  5. Web site: 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group B, Team Roster: Korea. IIHF. 2018-04-07. 2022-04-14.
  6. Web site: 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group B, Team Statistics: Korea. IIHF. 2018-04-14. 2022-04-14.
  7. Web site: 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group B, Round Robin Game 13 Summary. IIHF. 2018-04-14. 2022-04-14.
  8. Web site: 전승 행진' 한국 女아이스하키, 사상 첫 2부 '승격. 내외경제TV. 2023-04-23. 2024-05-30.
  9. Web site: Elliott. Helene. 2018-02-07. Marissa and Hannah Brandt are sisters on and off the ice. 2020-10-08. Los Angeles Times.
  10. Prewitt. Alex. 2017-11-16. Marissa and Hannah Brandt living Olympic hockey dreams. 2020-10-08. Sports Illustrated.
  11. Web site: Macguire. Eoghan. 2018-01-26. Hockey sisters Hannah and Marissa Brandt to represent US and Korea in PyeongChang. 2020-10-08. CNN.