Kim Yeong-mi

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Kim Yeong-mi
Curler
LG전자, ‘올림픽 銀’ 여자 컬링팀 공식 후원 (Kim Yeong-Mi).jpg
Born (1991-03-10) March 10, 1991 (age 30)
Uiseong, South Korea[1]
Team
Curling clubGangneung CC,
Gangneung, KOR
SkipKim Eun-jung
ThirdKim Kyeong-ae
SecondKim Cho-hi
LeadKim Seon-yeong
AlternateKim Yeong-mi
Career
Member Association South Korea
World Championship
appearances		3 (2017, 2018, 2021)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		5 (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021)
Olympic
appearances		1 (2018)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  South Korea
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Flims
Asian Winter Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sapporo Team
Pacific-Asia Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Uiseong
Gold medal – first place 2017 Erina
Silver medal – second place 2014 Karuizawa
Silver medal – second place 2021 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Naseby
Pacific-Asia Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place
Silver medal – second place
Silver medal – second place 2012 Jeonju
Kim Yeong-mi
Hangul
김영미
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Yeongmi
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏngmi

Kim Yeong-mi, nicknamed "Pancake"[3] (born March 10, 1991) is a South Korean curler. She was the lead, but now is the alternate on Team Kim Eun-jung. The Kim team represented South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics where they won a silver medal.

Career[]

While still a junior curler, Kim first represented her country at the women's level at the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, playing third for Kim Eun-jung, who she also played with in juniors. There, the team won a bronze medal. The team returned to the event in 2014, where they won a bronze medal. This would've qualified them for the 2015 World Championships, but the Worlds were held in Japan who qualified over South Korea as hosts. The team would however win a gold medal at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, earning them the right to play in the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in China, where they finished sixth. Also in 2017, the team won a silver medal at the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

Team Kim won the 2017 South Korean championship, qualifying the team to represent South Korea on home ice at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The team began the 2017-18 curling season by winning the 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. As the host nation, the team received celebrity status in Korea as the "garlic girls", as their hometown of Uiseong is known for its garlic production. The team had an impressive run, making it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg rink.[4] The next month, the team then played in the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship where they lost in the quarterfinals.[5]

The garlic girls did not play much in the 2018–19 season, amidst a coaching scandal, which involved the country's sport federation vice president verbally abusing the team.[6] The team did play in the final event of the season, the 2019 WCT Arctic Cup where they finished with an 1–3 record, missing the playoffs.

Team Kim returned to the World Curling Tour for the 2019–20 season but with her sister Kyeong-ae skipping. They qualified for the playoffs at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic, the 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard and finished runner-up at the inaugural WCT Uiseong International Curling Cup. Kim Eun-jung rejoined the team at the 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic where she would throw second stones. They had a quarterfinal finish. Team Kim also had a quarterfinal finish the following week at the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic where Kim Eun-jung returned to throwing skip stones. They made it to the final of the 2019 Changan Ford International Curling Elite and finished fourth at the 2019 China Open in December 2019. In the new year, they had a quarterfinal finish at the International Bernese Ladies Cup and they won the Glynhill Ladies International. It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

The Kim rink began the abbreviated 2020–21 season by winning their national championship at the 2020 Korean Women's Curling Championship.[8] After finishing 6–0 through the round robin, her team defeated Kim Min-ji 6–5 in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game and won 7–5 over Gim Un-chi in the championship final. Their win qualified them to represent Korea at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. There, the team had a slow start, losing their first four games before going 7–2 in their final nine games. Their 7–6 record placed them seventh after the round robin, not enough to qualify for the playoffs and the 2022 Winter Olympics.[9] The team also changed home clubs during the season, switching from the to the Gangneung Curling Centre after their contract expired with the Gyeongsangbukdo Sports Council.[10]

Personal life[]

Her younger Kim Kyeong-ae is the third on her team. She is married.[11]

Grand Slam record[]

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Masters Q QF DNP DNP DNP N/A SF
Tour Challenge SF DNP T2 DNP DNP N/A N/A
The National Q Q DNP DNP DNP N/A DNP
Canadian Open Q DNP SF DNP DNP N/A
Players' DNP DNP Q DNP N/A DNP

Former events[]

Event 2013–14 2014–15
Autumn Gold DNP Q
Colonial Square QF DNP

References[]

  1. ^ 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide
  2. ^ "[올림픽] 여자컬링 김영미 "국민 이름 영미, 개명하려 했다"". Yonhap News (in Korean). 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  3. ^ "Team EunJung Kim". Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "South Korea's curling silver brings Olympic spirit to life | News | CBC Olympics | PyeongChang 2018". 2018-02-25. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  5. ^ "Canada-U.S. rematch set for semifinal at Ford World Women's Championship". Curling Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  6. ^ "South Korean curling official leaves sport over alleged abuse of 'Garlic Girls'". CBC Sports. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 Korean National Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  9. ^ Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Team Kim curlers find new beginning with Gangneung". Korea JoongAng Daily. March 4, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2021.

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