Kim Seon-yeong (curler)

Kim Seon-yeong, nicknamed "Sunny"[2] (born May 18, 1993) is a South Korean curler. She currently plays second on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won a silver medal.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Seon-yeong
Curler
Born (1993-05-18) May 18, 1993
Uiseong, South Korea[1]
Team
Curling clubUiseong CC,
Uiseong, KOR
SkipKim Eun-jung
ThirdKim Kyeong-ae
SecondKim Seon-yeong
LeadKim Yeong-mi
AlternateKim Cho-hi
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
Women's Curling
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Junior Championships
2014 Flims
Asian Winter Games
2017 SapporoTeam
Pacific-Asia Championships
2016 Uiseong
2017 Erina
2014 Karuizawa
2012 Naseby
Pacific-Asia Junior Championships
2014 Harbin
2010 Nayoro
2011 Naseby
2012 Jeonju
2013 Tokoro
Kim Seon-yeong
Hangul
김선영
Revised RomanizationGim Seonyeong
McCune–ReischauerKim Sŏnyŏng

Career

Juniors

Kim played in five straight Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships playing for South Korea, from 2010 to 2014. She played second for the team which was skipped by Kim Eun-jung in 2010 and 2012, and was the alternate in 2011 (but played no games). In 2013 and 2014, she played third for the team, which was skipped by Kim Kyeong-ae. She won silver medals at the event from 2010 to 2013 inclusive, a bronze medal in 2013 and a gold in 2014.

The gold at the 2014 Pacific Juniors qualified the team to represent South Korean at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships. There, the team finished the round robin with a 7–2 record, tied with Canada for first place. After losing the 1 vs. 2 game to Canada (skipped by Kelsey Rocque), the team beat Sweden in the semifinal before once again losing to Canada in a rematch in the gold medal final.

Kim has represented South Korea's Gyeongbuk Science College in two Winter Universiades, playing second for Kim Eun-jung at both the 2015 and 2017 Winter Universiades, finishing 5th and 6th respectively.

Women's

While still a junior curler, Kim first represented her country at the women's level at the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, playing second 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. 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. The next month, the team then played in the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship where they lost in the quarterfinals.

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.[3] 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 Kim 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. They made it to the final of the 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite and finished fourth at the 2019 China Open in December 2019. In the new year, they had a quarterfinal finish at the International Bernese Ladies Cup and they won the Glynhill Ladies International. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Grand Slam record
Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Masters DNP DNP Q QF DNP DNP DNP
Tour Challenge N/A N/A SF DNP T2 DNP DNP
The National N/A N/A Q Q DNP DNP DNP
Canadian Open N/A DNP Q DNP SF DNP DNP
Players' DNP DNP DNP DNP Q DNP N/A
Champions Cup N/A N/A DNP DNP DNP DNP N/A

Former events
Event 2013–14 2014–15
Autumn Gold DNP Q
Colonial Square QF DNP

References
  1. 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
  2. "Team EunJung Kim". Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  3. "South Korean curling official leaves sport over alleged abuse of 'Garlic Girls'". CBC Sports. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
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