Danelle Im

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Danelle Im
Born (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 (age 30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
KWHL teamPhoenix
National teamFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea and
Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea
Playing career 2016present

Danelle Im (born 21 January 1993) is a South Korean ice hockey player.

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Career

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics [1] as part of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both North and South Korea. The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team was in Group B competing against Switzerland, Japan and Sweden. [2]

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References

  1. "Athlete Profile: CHOI Yujung - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  2. "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Retrieved 2018-04-14.