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Kim Ji-yoon
Curler
Kim at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born	(2002-07-02) July 2, 2002 (age 22) Uijeongbu, South Korea
Team
Curling club	Seoul CC, Seoul
Skip	Lee Eun-chae
Third	Park Yu-bin
Second	Yang Seung-hee
Lead	Kim Ji-yoon
Mixed doubles partner	Jeong Byeong-jin
Curling career
Member Association	South Korea
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances	3 (2021, 2023, 2024)
Medal record Representing Gyeonggi Korean Mixed Doubles Championship 2020 Gangneung Representing Seoul Korean Mixed Doubles Championship 2022 Jincheon 2023 Uijeongbu

Kim Ji-yoon (Korean: 김지윤; born July 2, 2002, in Uijeongbu) is a South Korean curler from Seoul. She currently plays lead on the Seoul City Hall curling team skipped by Lee Eun-chae. She also plays mixed doubles with Jeong Byeong-jin and has participated in three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships (2021, 2023, 2024).

Career

In 2020, Kim competed in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics with teammates Park Sang-woo, Park Yu-bin and Moon Si-woo. In the mixed team competition, the team finished with a 3–2 record, narrowly missing the playoffs following losses to Canada and Russia. The next week, she played in the mixed doubles event with Denmark's Jonathan Vilandt. The pair lost their first game and were eliminated in the round of 48.

During the 2020–21 season, Kim and her mixed doubles partner Moon Si-woo finished third at the 2020 Korean Mixed Doubles Championship. Later in the season, the pair won the qualification event for the right to represent South Korea at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The duo, both eighteen at the time, defeated 2018 Olympian Jang Hye-ji and her partner Seong Yu-jin 2–0 in the best-of-three series. At the World Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Kim and Moon finished ninth in their pool with a 3–6 record, forcing them to play a relegation game to retain Korea's berth in the championship. Facing Japan's Yurika Yoshida and Yuta Matsumura, the Korean pair lost 8–6, relegating Korea to the 2021 Qualification Event. At the 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, which doubled as the Olympic Trials for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Kim and Moon finished in fourth place, failing to defend their spot as the national mixed doubles team.

At the conclusion of the 2021–22 season, Kim moved from Gyeonggido to Seoul, forming a new mixed doubles team with Jeong Byeong-jin for the 2022–23 season. At the 2022 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the team won all four of their games to win the national title, defeating Kim Eun-bi and Yoo Min-hyeon 7–5 in the championship game. This once again earned Kim a spot on the national team. On tour, she and Jeong won the Goldline Victoria Mixed Doubles, her first tour event victory. They also reached the final of the Walker Industries Mixed Doubles Spiel and the semifinals of the second Alberta Curling Series Doubles event. Despite their successes throughout the season, they could not continue their impressive performance at the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, finishing 2–7 in the round robin. This forced them into a relegation playoff where they defeated Austria 8–6 to maintain Korea's position in the championship.

For the 2023–24 season, Kim joined the Seoul City Hall women's team, however, they failed to qualify at the 2023 Korean Curling Championships. This drought continued into the 2023 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship where she and Jeong lost two of their first three games. After this, however, the pair turned things around, winning their next five games to finish first in their pool and qualify for the playoffs. Once there, they won both the semifinal and final series' 2–0 and 2–1 respectively to defend their title as national champions. On tour that season, they reached two semifinals and one quarterfinal against stacked fields at Super Series events, boosting their world ranking to nineteenth. In April, Kim had her best showing at the 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, finishing 5–4 and just missing the playoffs.

Personal life

Kim is originally from Gyeonggi Province but moved to Seoul in 2022. She previously attended Hoeryong Middle School and Songhyun High School.

Teams

References

1. ^ "세계 선수권 대회에 출전하는 믹스더블 컬링 국가대표 선수를 소개합니다(2)🇰🇷". Instagram. 4stones_curling_. April 18, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
2. "Germany grab last Lausanne 2020 play-off spot". World Curling Federation. January 14, 2020. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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4. "2020 Korean National Mixed Doubles Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
5. "Curling doubles team to compete for spot at Beijing Games". Korea JoongAng Daily. May 16, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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8. '19연승' 컬링 믹스더블 국가대표 된 김민지·이기정 [Kim Min-ji and Ki-jung Kim become national curling mix doubles in '19 win streak']. OhmyStar (in Korean). August 9, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
9. "2022 KB금융 한국컬링선수권대회 : 믹스더블 결승전 경기결과". Instagram (in Korean). curling1spoon. July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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12. "Live Blog: Play-offs at the #WMDCC2023". World Curling Federation. April 28, 2023. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
13. "Kim / Jeong defend Korean Mixed Doubles title". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
14. "Team Kim / Jeong: 2023–24". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
15. "Play-off field complete at World Mixed Doubles". World Curling Federation. April 25, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
16. "Team Youbeen Park: 2023–24". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
17. "Kim Ji-yun Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

External links

• Kim Ji-yoon at World Curling
• Kim Ji-yoon at Olympedia

• 2002 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Uijeongbu
• Curlers from Seoul
• South Korean female curlers
• 21st-century South Korean sportswomen