Park Se-won (born December 20, 1995) is a South Korean curler from

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. He currently plays

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on the Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation men's team skipped by Kim Jeong-min. While playing

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for Jeong Yeong-seok, his team won the 2020 Korean Curling Championships and later represented South Korea at the

2021 World Men's Curling Championship The 2021 World Curling Championships, World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2021 Balkrishna Industries, BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2 to 11 at the Markin MacPhail Ce ...

Career

Park represented South Korea at the

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with his team of

Kim Seung-min Kim Seung-min (; born September 22, 2000), known mononymously as Seungmin, is a South Korean singer. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. Additionally, Seungmin has served as an MC for ''A ...

, Jeong Yeong-seok, Oh Seung-hoon and Noh Chang-hyun. After going 6–2 through the round robin, the team lost to China's

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in the final 8–6, missing out on qualifying for the

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. In 2020, Park and his team of Jeong Yeong-seok, Kim San, Lee Jun-hyung and Kim Seung-min won the 2020 Korean Curling Championships. After losing the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, his team defeated Kim Soo-hyuk 8–7 in the semifinal and upset defending champions

Kim Chang-min Kim Chang-min (born September 4, 1985 in Uiseong County) is a South Korean curling, curler. Kim was the Skip (curling), skip of the South Korean men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Juniors Kim's curling career began quickly, with a t ...

12–10 in the final. Their win earned them the right to represent South Korea at the

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. For the championship, the team altered their lineup, bringing Kim Jeong-min and Seo Min-guk in to replace Kim San and Kim Seung-min. At the Worlds, they finished with a 2–11 record.

Personal life

Park is a full-time curler.

Teams

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Se-won 1995 births Living people South Korean male curlers Curlers from Uijeongbu Curlers from Gyeonggi Province 21st-century South Korean sportsmen