Kim Chang-min (born September 4, 1985 in

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) is a South Korean curler. Kim was the

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of the South Korean men's team at the

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Career

Juniors

Kim's curling career began quickly, with a trip to the 1998

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in just his first year of curling. Kim played third for the Korean team, which was skipped by Song He-dong. The team was outmatched in the tournament, and they would go winless in six games. With a few more years of experience, Kim would play on the Korean junior men's team, going to the

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in 2004, 2005 and 2006. At the

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, Kim played third for skip Kim Soo-hyuk. After a 5-4 round robin record, the team beat Canada in a tiebreaker match to make the playoffs. There, the team would lose in both the semifinal and the bronze medal final, settling for fourth place. At the

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, the team found less success, finishing the round robin with a 2-7 record, and missed the playoffs. At the

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, Kim was promoted to skip the Korean team. He led his rink of Kim Min-chan,

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, Park Jin-oh and Choi Byung-rok to a 4-5 record, again missing the playoffs. During his junior career, Kim won a gold medal at the 2005

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, a silver medal in 2007 and a bronze medal in 2006. Kim has played in four

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s for the Korean team, while attending

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. Kim skipped the team in all four of his appearances. He won the gold medal at the

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with teammates Kim Min-chan,

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, Seo Young-seon and

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. He would lead Korea to a fourth-place finish at the

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, fifth place at the

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and 8th place at the

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Men's

After a premature trip in 1998, Kim returned to the Pacific Curling Championships in 2009. Kim skipped the Korean team of Kim Min-chan,

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, Jeong Tac-yeon and

to a bronze medal. Kim returned to the event in 2011, which was renamed to the Pacific-Asia Championships. He skipped the Korean team of Kim Min-chan, Seong Se-hyeon, Seo Young-seon and Oh Eun-su to another bronze medal. Kim also skipped the Korean team at the

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. He would be less successful there, as his team would finish in 4th place. On the

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, Kim won two events early in his career, the 2013

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and the 2016 KKP Classic. Kim and his rink of Seong, Oh, and Lee Ki-bok were named as South Korea's Olympic team for the

. In their Olympic season, the team won the

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and were the runners-up in their first career

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event, the

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. They became the first Asian based team to make it to a men's Grand Slam final. Kim and his rink won the 2019 Korean Curling Championships in July 2019. To begin the 2019–20 season, Kim and his team of Lee Ki-jeong,

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and Lee Ki-bok finished runner-up at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. Kim skipped the South Korean national men's team to a gold medal at the

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following a perfect 11-0 record through the tournament. That season, the team also won the 2019 China Open on the tour. The team was supposed to represent South Korea at the

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, but it was cancelled due to the

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. After finishing second in 2020, Kim won the Korean national championship again in 2021, with his new teammates Kim Soo-hyuk throwing last rocks, Jeon Jae-ik throwing second, and

playing lead. On the Tour, they won the Avonair event of the Alberta Curling Series and the

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, and played in the season ending Champions Cup Grand Slam event, where they failed to qualify for the playoffs. He led the Korean team to a 5–1 round robin record at the

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, and won both their playoff games to claim the gold medal. A month later, the team faltered at the Olympic Qualification event, missing the playoffs with a 2–6 record. The team represented South Korea at the

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(with

throwing second in place if Jeon), where he led Korea to a 6–6 record. Seong remained as the team's second for the remainder of the season.

Grand Slam record

References

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