Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| World Championship |
| 4 | Women | 2012 | Lethbridge, AB, CAN |
| 11 | Women | 2011 | Esbjerg, DEN |
| Pacific-Asia Championship |
| 1 | Women | 2013 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 1 | Women | 2010 | Uiseong, KOR |
| 2 | Women | 2011 | Nanjing, CHN |
- Occupation: Athlete, Public Servant
- Family: Husband Xu Xiaoming
- Coach: Chung Young-Sup [national] (KOR) (sports.or.kr, 12 Jan 2014)
- Sporting Relatives: Her husband Xu Xiaoming has been selected to represent China in curling at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (sochi2014.com, 07 Jan 2014; joongboo.com, 10 May 2013)
- Education: Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, KOR
- Languages Spoken: Korean
- Position Style: Skip (worldcurl.com, 12 Jan 2014)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe took up the sport in 2003. (tistory.com, 10 May 2012)
Reason for taking up this sportShe was a speed skater when she was young, but she began curling after being introduced to the sport by a friend. (tistory.com, 10 May 2012)
AmbitionsTo win a medal at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (tistory.com, 10 May 2012)
GeneralFINANCIAL STRUGGLES
Korean curling has substantial funding from a retail company that runs until the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. However, the team struggled financially before the deal was agreed. "Professional curlers don't reuse the brush pads but we had to wash ours over and over again. One time at an international match, we saw our competitors throw away their brush pads after using them only once. So we picked them out of the trash when no one was watching, washed them and used them in the next game," teammate Shin Mi-Sung said. (reuters.com, 02 Dec 2013)
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