Choi Ji-yeon (born 21 August 1998) is a South Korean
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...
player and member of the
South Korean national ice hockey team, playing in the
Korean Women's Hockey League
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
** Korean dialects and the Jeju language ...
(KWHL) with the
Suwon City Hall women's ice hockey team
Suwon (, ) is the capital and largest city of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea's most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety". With a popula ...
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Playing career
Choi participated in the
women's ice hockey tournament at the
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
as part of a
unified team of 35 players drawn from both the
North Korean and South Korean national teams. The team's coach was
Sarah Murray and the team played in Group B, competing against , , and .
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1998 births
Living people
Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
South Korean women's ice hockey forwards
Winter Olympics competitors for Korea
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