Kim Min-jung (curler)

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Kim Min-jung
Curler
LGjeonja, 'olrimpig Yin ' yeoja keolringtim gongsig huweon (Kim Min-Jung).jpg
Born (1981-06-09) June 9, 1981 (age 42)
Daegu, South Korea
Team
Curling club Uiseong CC, Uiseong, South Korea
Career
Member AssociationFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		2 (2012, 2014)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Pacific-Asia Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Karuizawa
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Naseby
Representing Flag of Uiseong.svg Uiseong
Korean Women's Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Uijeongbu
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Chongju
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Chuncheon
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Uijeongbu
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Icheon

Kim Min-jung, nicknamed "MJ" [1] is a South Korean curler. She was one of the coaches of the South Korean Women's Olympic Curling Team in 2018, skipped by Kim Eun-jung. After the Olympics, Team Kim accused Min-jung and her father Kim Kyung-doo (who was also the countries sports federation vice president) of abusing the team. [2] [3] She is no longer the coach of the team.

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Career

Kim was the alternate at first for the Kim Eun-jung team. They represented South Korea at the 2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships where they finished in third place after losing the semifinal to Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa, and therefore failed to qualify for the world championships.

Team Kim captured the national championship again in April 2014. At the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, they had an unbeaten 8-0 round-robin record and a semifinal win over New Zealand. However, in the final, they lost against China's Liu Sijia on an extra-end steal, narrowly missing a berth to the world championships.

In April 2016, Team Kim claimed their third national championship by beating in the final a high school curling team skipped by Kim Min-ji, which had earned bronze at the world junior championships the previous month. Kim Min-jung was moved to the coach of the team as Kim Cho-hi came in as their new alternate. At the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, the South Korean team went through the round-robin with a 6–1 record and won the semifinal over New Zealand. Then in the final, they defeated China's Wang Bingyu to capture the Pacific-Asia title. Later that season, they represented South Korea at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship where they finished in sixth with a 5–6 record.

In May 2017, Team Kim defended their national title at the 2017 South Korean Curling Championships, which also served as trials for the 2018 Winter Olympics, by winning the best-of-seven final over Kim Min-ji 4-1 after defeating Gim Un-chi in the best-of-five semifinal 3–2. This qualified the team for the Olympics. Later that year Kim and her team won the gold medal at the 2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.

The 2018 Olympic curling team of skip Kim Eun-jung, vice Kim Kyeong-ae, second Kim Seon-yeong and lead Kim Yeong-mi, coached by Peter Gallant of Canada and herself, received celebrity status for their strong performances despite entering the tournament as underdogs. Korea topped the round robin standings with just one loss while defeating heavily favoured Canada and Sweden, and then advanced to the final where they lost to Sweden to claim the silver medal. [4] The next month, the team then played in the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship where they lost in the quarterfinals.

Team Kim accused the coaching staff of their team (excluding Peter Gallant) of holding back prize money and verbally abusing them. This included trying to get Kim Cho-hi kicked off the team so Min-jung could be the teams alternate and have a chance to get a medal (as the coaches of the teams don't) and trying to exclude skip Kim Eun-jung from team practices after they learned she was planning on starting a family. [2] [3] Kim Min-jung was ejected from being the team's coach.

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References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 - "If sketching is dreaming, participating in the Olympics is colouring" … meet Team Korea". Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  2. 1 2 The Associated Press (November 13, 2018). "South Korea's curling 'Garlic Girls' say they were abused". CBC Sports. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. 1 2 The Associated Press (December 4, 2018). "South Korean curling official leaves sport over alleged abuse of 'Garlic Girls'". CBC Sports. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "South Korea's curling silver brings Olympic spirit to life". CBC. February 25, 2018. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018.
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