Park Young-soon | |
Hangul | 박영순 |
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Revised Romanization | Bak Yeong-sun |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Yŏng-sun |
Park Young-soon (born 9 August 1985) is a South Korean-born professional hockey player who participated in the 2006 Women's Hockey World Cup in Madrid,Spain playing for South Korea. [1]
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