Jong Su-hyon | |||
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Born | North Korea | 10 October 1996||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
National team | North Korea and Korea | ||
Playing career | 2015–present |
Jong Su-hyon (born 10 October 1996) is a North Korean ice hockey player. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics. [1]
Alongside South Korean Park Jong-ah, Jong was the penultimate torchbearer at the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. [2]
She competed in the Olympics [3] 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. [4]
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