Kim Jeong-min (curler)
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| Born | January 6, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu, KOR[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Jeong Byeong-jin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Lee Jeong-jae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Kim Min-woo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Kim Jeong-min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Park Yu-bin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Jeong-min (born January 6, 1992, in Seoul) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.[1] He currently plays lead on the Seoul City Hall curling team skipped by Jeong Byeong-jin. While playing third for Jeong Yeong-seok, he represented South Korea at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.
Career
[edit]Kim represented South Korea at four Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships from 2010 to 2013 with his teammates Jang Jin-yeong, Kim San, Seo Min-guk and Kim Woorammiroo. After missing the playoffs in 2010, the team won three consecutive silver medals in 2011, 2012 and 2013.[2]
In 2020, Jeong Yeong-seok skipped his Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation team to victory at the 2020 Korean Curling Championships.[3] This earned the team the right to represent South Korea at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship in Calgary, Alberta. For the championship, the team altered their lineup, bringing Kim in play third on the team.[4] At the Worlds, they finished with a 2–11 record.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Kim is a full-time curler.[1]
Teams
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 2009–10[6] | Kim Jeong-min | Jang Jin-yeong | Kim San | Seo Min-guk | Kim Woorammiroo |
| 2010–11 | Kim Jeong-min | Jang Jin-yeong | Kim San | Seo Min-guk | Kim Woorammiroo |
| 2011–12 | Kim Jeong-min | Jang Jin-yeong | Kim San | Seo Min-guk | Kim Woorammiroo |
| 2012–13 | Kim Jeong-min | Kim San | Kim Woorammiroo | Seo Min-guk | Jang Jin-yeong |
| 2018–19 | Park Jong-duk | Nam Yoon-ho | Yoo Min-hyeon | Kim Jeong-min | |
| 2019–20 | Park Jong-duk | Nam Yoon-ho | Yoo Min-hyeon | Kim Jeong-min | |
| 2020–21 | Park Jong-duk | Seo Min-guk | Kim Jeong-min | Oh Seung-hoon | |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | Park Se-won | Kim Jeong-min | Lee Jun-hyung | Seo Min-guk | |
| 2021–22 | Jeong Yeong-seok | Kim Jeong-min | Park Se-won | Lee Jun-hyung | Seo Min-guk |
| 2022–23 | Kim Jeong-min | Kim San | Choi Chi-won | Park Se-won | Kwon Dong-keun |
| 2024–25 | Jeong Byeong-jin | Lee Jeong-jae | Kim Min-woo | Kim Jeong-min |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "Kim Jeong-min Profile". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Korean National Men's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ Donna Spencer (March 31, 2021). "A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field". CBC. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ "Kim Jeong-min Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
