Marissa Brandt

Marissa Brandt (born December 18, 1992), also known by her birth name Park Yoon-jung (Korean: 박윤정; also stylized as Park Yoon Jung or Park Yoonjung), is a Korean-American ice hockey player who plays with the South Korean national team. When competing internationally with the South Korean or Unified Korean national teams, she uses her birth name.

Marissa Brandt
Personal information
Birth name박윤정  (Korean)
Park Yoon-jung
Born (1992-12-18) December 18, 1992
Seoul, South Korea
Home townVadnais Heights, Minnesota,
United States
Ice hockey career
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 143 kg (315 lb; 22 st 7 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
Played for Phoenix (KWHL)
GAC Golden Gusties
National team  Korea and
 South Korea
Playing career 2011–present
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Playing career

Brandt played college ice hockey with the Golden Gusties ice hockey program at Gustavus Adolphus College in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). Across four years with the program, she tallied 34 points in 111 games.[1]

She competed with the unified Korean national team in the women's ice hockey tournament at 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Brandt notched an assist on Randi Griffin’s goal against Japan in the preliminary round, one of two goals scored for Korea during the tournament.[3]

After the 2018 Olympics, she was named an honorary ambassador to help promote post-adoption services and birth family searches by the South Korean Minister for Health & Welfare Park Neung-hoo.[4]

Personal life

She is the adopted sister of Hannah Brandt, a centre who played with the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and is currently affiliated with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA).[5][6]

In her youth, she was a figure skater before switching to hockey.[7]

References
  1. Ash, Stephanie (February 5, 2018). "Long Shot: Marissa Brandt '15". Gustavus Adolphus College. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  2. "Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games Athlete Profile: PARK Yoonjung". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  3. Kang, Hyun-kyung (February 14, 2018). "Women's ice hockey team makes 1st Olympic goal". The Korea Times. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  4. Eaton, Kristi (March 8, 2018). "Post-Olympics, Korean-American adoptee athletes focus on search for birth families". NBC News. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  5. Elliott, Helene (February 7, 2018). "Marissa and Hannah Brandt are sisters on and off the ice". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  6. Prewitt, Alex (November 16, 2017). "Marissa and Hannah Brandt living Olympic hockey dreams". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  7. Macguire, Eoghan (January 26, 2018). "Hockey sisters Hannah and Marissa Brandt to represent US and Korea in PyeongChang". CNN. Retrieved October 8, 2020.


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