Park Jong-ah

Park Jong-ah (born 13 June 1996) is a South Korean ice hockey player. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Park Jong-ah
in 2018
Born (1996-06-13) June 13, 1996
South Korea
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
KWHL team Ice Avengers
National team  South Korea and
 Korea
Playing career 2012present

Career

Alongside North Korean Jong Su-hyon, Park was the penultimate torchbearer at the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.[2]

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as captain of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both North and South Korea. The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team was in Group B competing against Switzerland, Japan and Sweden.[3]

References

  1. "Athlete Profile: PARK Jongah - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com.
  2. "An opening for peace". The Toronto Star.
  3. "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-04-14.


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