Gim Eun-ji also known as Gim Un-chi (born January 23, 1990) is a
Korean
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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
** ...
curler from
Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Its name, ''Gyeonggi'', means "京 (the capital) and 畿 (the surrounding area)". Thus, ''Gyeonggi-do'' can be translated as "Seoul and the surrounding areas of Seoul". Seoul, the na ...
.
She currently
skips the Gyeonggi Province curling team.
Career
Gim played as lead in her first world championship at the
2011 Capital One World Women's Curling Championship
The 2011 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Capital One World Women's Curling Championship 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was held in Esbjerg, Denmark at the Granly Hockey Arena from March 19–27, 2011. The Swedish rink skipped by Anet ...
along with skip
Kim Ji-sun
Kim Ji-sun (born June 27, 1987) is a South Korean curler from Gyeonggi Province. She was the skip of the 2014 South Korean Olympic Curling Team.
Career
Kim was a member of the silver medal-winning Korean team that won a silver medal at the ...
. The team struggled finishing in last place with a 2–9 record. At the
2012 World Women's Curling Championship, South Korea made history by making the playoffs for the first time with a 8–3 record. They defeated Canada to advance to the semifinal, but lost a close game against eventual champions Switzerland. They then lost another close game to the Canadians in the bronze medal game, finishing in fourth place. Their fourth-place finish ensured them a spot in the
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...
, even though South Korea did not qualify for the 2013 World Championships. At the Olympics, Gim played in the third and fourth positions, and the Korean team finished in eighth place with a 3–6 record. A month after the Olympics, Gim and her team represented South Korea at the
2014 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2014 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was held from 15 to 23 March at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Qualification
The following nations ...
in
Saint John, New Brunswick
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. Like in 2012, the team had a successful run finishing round robin play with an 8–3 record and winning the tiebreaker 7–5 over Sweden's
Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson (born 28 January 1976) is a Swedish curler who in 2009 was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.
Curling career
Early career
Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships ...
to qualify for the playoffs. They defeated Russia's
Anna Sidorova
Anna Vladimirovna Sidorova (russian: А́нна Влади́мировна Си́дорова; born 6 February 1991) is a Russian curler. She currently skips her own team on the World Curling Tour. Sidorova was the skip of the Russian team tha ...
in the 3 vs. 4 game but then lost the semifinal to, once again, Switzerland who went on to win the event. Gim missed her final shot of the Bronze medal game and the Russian's stole the win 7–6.
The
2014–15 season was not a good season for the team. They won a
World Curling Tour
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
History
The World Curling Tour was founded by former World Champion Ed Lukowich, with later assistance from J ...
, the
Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic but they didn't play in the
2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 8 to 15 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan.
The top two finishers in the men's tournament, Japan and China, earned berths to the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Champio ...
and South Korea did not qualify for the
2015 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2015 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 14 to 22 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Japan. It marks the second time that a worl ...
. The
2015–16 season was successful for the team. They won the
Hub International Crown of Curling, finished second at the
2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 7 to 14 at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The top two teams from the men's and women's tournaments qualified for the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship ...
and qualified for the
2016 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2016 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2016 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ford World Women's Curling Championship presented by Meridian for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 19 to 27 at the Credit Union iPlex in Swift ...
. Gim and her team struggled during the World's, finishing in seventh place with an 5–6 record. Gim finished off the season with a third-place finish at the Korean National Championship.
Gim played in a number of events in the
2016–17 season and made the playoffs in a few as well. The team finished second at the inaugural
Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic
The Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is held annually in early August at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 with ...
, third at the
Hub International Crown of Curling and the
Medicine Hat Charity Classic
The Medicine Hat Charity Classic is an annual bonspiel on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. It is held every October at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Event names
*Medicine Hat Super 8 Motel Charity Classic (199 ...
and fifth at the
Crestwood Ladies Fall Classic. They also won the
Karuizawa International
The Karuizawa International Curling Championships is a curling bonspiel held annually since the Olympic Games in Nagano at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Kariuzawa, Japan. The bonspiel is held to commemorate the curling event at the 1998 Nagano ...
7–4 over
Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson (born 28 January 1976) is a Swedish curler who in 2009 was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame.
Curling career
Early career
Sigfridsson skipped the Swedish team at the 1997 World Junior Curling Championships ...
. For the
2017–18 season they didn't play as many events but still found success finishing runner-up at the
Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic to
Rachel Homan
Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Can ...
and qualifying for the quarterfinals at the
Colonial Square Ladies Classic
The Colonial Square Ladies Classic is an annual women's curling tournament held at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The tournament has run since 1983 and is part of the Women's World Curling Tour. From 2012 to 2014, the Colo ...
,
Karuizawa International
The Karuizawa International Curling Championships is a curling bonspiel held annually since the Olympic Games in Nagano at the SCAP Karuizawa Arena in Kariuzawa, Japan. The bonspiel is held to commemorate the curling event at the 1998 Nagano ...
and the
Glynhill Ladies International
The Glynhill Ladies International (formerly the Braehead Ladies International) is an annual bonspiel
A bonspiel is a curling tournament, consisting of several games, often held on a weekend. Until the 20th century most bonspiels were held o ...
.
The team had a full schedule for the
2018–19 season with more than ten events and qualifying for the playoffs in five of them. They finished runner-up at the
Gord Carroll Curling Classic and even played in the
2018 Tour Challenge
The 2018 Tour Challenge was held from November 6 to 11 at the Tournament Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of the 2018–19 curling season.
In the men's Tier 1 competition, Brad Jacobs defeated Brendan Bottcher in ...
Tier 2, losing the quarterfinal game.
In summer 2019, Team Gim would win the 2019 Korean National Women's Curling Championship after stealing two in the tenth end of the final against
Kim Min-ji. To start their tour season, her team had a quarterfinal finish at the
2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. They followed this by missing the playoffs at the 2019
Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, a semifinal finish at the
2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and winning the 2019
KW Fall Classic
The KW Fall Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the KW Granite Club in Waterloo
Waterloo most commonly refers to:
* Battle of Waterloo, a battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat
* Wat ...
posting a perfect 7–0 record en route to capturing the title. At the
2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships was held from November 2 to 9 at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center in Shenzhen, China. The top men's team and the top two women's teams qualified for the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship and 2 ...
, Gim and her team had a disappointing finish. After going 6–1 in the round robin, they lost the semi-final to China's
Han Yu
Han Yu (; 76825 December 824), courtesy name Tuizhi (), and commonly known by his posthumous name Han Wengong (韓文公), was a Chinese essayist, poet, philosopher, and politician during the Tang dynasty who significantly influenced the devel ...
. This performance meant they didn't qualify Korea for the 2020 World Championship through the Pacific region and would have to play in the
World Qualification Event
The World Qualification Event was an annual curling tournament first held in 2019 by the World Curling Federation. Eight men's and women's teams who had not already qualified for the World Curling Championships competed for the final two spots ...
for their spot in the World's. Next Team Gim competed in the 2019
Boundary Ford Curling Classic
The Boundary Ford Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place every November at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. The tournament, started in 2007 as part of the women's Wor ...
where they lost in the final to Kim Min-ji. Two weeks later, they played in the
Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, the same city where the team had success in 2014 at the World's. It was another successful run for the rink as they went 7–0 through the tournament to capture the title. Gim's rink went undefeated at the World Qualification Event, going 7–0 in the round robin and defeating Italy in the 1 vs. 2 playoff game to qualify South Korea for the World Championship. The team was set to represent South Korea at the
2020 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2020 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship presented by Nature's Bounty for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 14 to 22 at the CN Centre in Prince George, Canada. On ...
before the event got cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The World Qualification Event would be their last event of the season as the remaining two events (the
Players' Championship
The Players' Championship is one of the final events on the World Curling Tour (WCT) and is a part of the Grand Slam of Curling.
From 2016 to 2019, it was the penultimate slam of the curling season, and the last of the four "majors". The even ...
and the
Champions Cup Grand Slam events) were also cancelled due to the pandemic.
Team Gim was not able to defend their national title at the 2020 Korean Women's Curling Championship in November 2020. After going 4–2 through the round robin, they defeated
Um Min-ji
Um Min-ji (born February 1, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu.[WCF ...](_blank)
8–6 in the 3 vs. 4 game and then beat
Kim Min-ji 9–4 in the semifinal. They then lost in the final to the undefeated Team
Kim Eun-jung, meaning Team Kim won the right to represent Korea at the
2021 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2021 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2021 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held 30 April to 9 May at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
The event was orig ...
.
The
2021–22 season began in June for Team Gim as they competed in the
2021 Korean Curling Championships
The 2021 Korean Curling Championships (branded as the 2021 KB Financial Korean Curling Championships), Korea's national curling championships, were held from June 23 to July 3 at the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea. The winnin ...
to decide who would get the chance to represent Korea at the
2022 Winter Olympics
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in
Beijing
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,
China. In the first of three rounds, the team went 3–1 in the round robin and then defeated the Kim Min-ji rink in the semifinal. They then lost to Kim Eun-jung in the final game. In the second round, they went 3–3, however, because Team Kim Eun-jung won both the first and second rounds, they became the national champions. Gim later competed in the
2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with partner
Jeong Yeong-seok
Jeong Yeong-seok (born April 14, 1995) is a South Korean curling, curler from Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. He currently plays Third (curling), third on the Gangwon Provincial Office curling team skipped by Park Jong-duk ...
, however, failed to qualify for the playoff round. On tour, Team Gim won three events at the
Chairman's Cup, the
Boundary Ford Curling Classic
The Boundary Ford Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place every November at the Lloydminster Golf and Curling Centre in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. The tournament, started in 2007 as part of the women's Wor ...
, and the
Ladies Alberta Open
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. They also reached the quarterfinal round of the
2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic
The 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 8 to 11 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The event was held in a triple-knockout format with a purse of $44,000.
After dropping into the C Event, the Unit ...
and the final of the
Red Deer Curling Classic
The Prism Flow Red Deer Curling Classic is an annual bonspiel
A bonspiel is a curling tournament, consisting of several games, often held on a weekend. Until the 20th century most bonspiels were held outdoors, on a frozen freshwater loch. To ...
where they lost to
Satsuki Fujisawa
is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. As a skip, she has won the Japanese national championship six times. Fujisawa skipped the bronze medal-winning Japanese team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and the silver medal-winning team at the ...
. Team Gim also competed in all four Grand Slam events of the season, however, finished winless at the first three. In March 2022,
Kim Min-ji moved to Gyeonggi Province to join Team Gim at third. The team competed in two Grand Slams at the end of the year, the
2022 Players' Championship
The 2022 Princess Auto Players' Championship was held April 12–17 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the fourth Grand Slam and final major of the 2021–22 curling season, following the cancellation of the Meridia ...
and the
2022 Champions Cup. After missing the playoffs at the Players', the team made it all the way to the final of the Champions Cup where they lost to
Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vi ...
.
Teams
Grand Slam record
Former Grand Slam events
Notes
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
South Korean female curlers
Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic curlers of South Korea
Universiade medalists in curling
Pacific-Asian curling champions
Universiade silver medalists for South Korea
Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea
Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province