Choi Ji-yeon
Born (1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 25)
South Korea
Height 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb; 8 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
KWHL team
Former teams		 Suwon City Hall WIHT
Ice Avengers
National team  South Korea and
 Korea
Playing career c. 2013–present
Choi Ji-yeon
Hangul
최지연
Revised RomanizationChoe Ji-yeon
McCune–ReischauerCh'oe Chi-yŏn

Choi Ji-yeon (born 21 August 1998) is a South Korean ice hockey player and member of the South Korean national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Korean Women's Hockey League (KWHL) with the Suwon City Hall women's ice hockey team.[1]

Playing career

Choi participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics[2] as part of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both the North Korean and South Korean national teams. The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team played in Group B, competing against Switzerland, Japan, and Sweden.[3]

References

  1. ^ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, Division I Group B – Team Roster: KOR - Korea". International Ice Hockey Federation. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Athlete Profile: CHOI Jiyeon - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". Pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

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