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Born | (1979-10-20) October 20, 1979 (age 45) South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Kyung Gido Council, Gyeonggi-do | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member Association | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship appearances | 2 (2002, 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances | 8 (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kim Mi-yeon (born October 20, 1979) is a South Korean curler. She was the skip of the South Korean National Women's Curling Team at the 2002 and 2009 World Curling Championships.
Career
Kim skipped the Korean team to a Pacific Curling Championships gold medal in 2001, earning the Korean team their first ever appearance at the World Curling Championships. At the 2002 Worlds, the team finished last and without a single win, going 0-9.
Kim had a successful 2008–09 season which began with a Strauss Crown of Curling victory in October, and a silver medal at the Pacific Championships. They would play in the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship as the host team, finishing this time with a 3–8 record.
References
- "Canada's Jones prepares to defend world curling title". TSN. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2010.