2018 Winter Olympics team
Sporting event delegation
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A unified team of South Korea and North Korea competed under the title "Korea " at the 2018 Winter Olympics in ice hockey.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the delegations from both the host nation South Korea and North Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag .[3] [4]
Background
In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korea women's national ice hockey team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korea women's national ice hockey team in the tournament.[IOC Media Relations Team 1] They competed under the country code "COR",[5] from the abbreviation of French word Corée .[6] (The country code "KOR" is already used for South Korea; the IOC uses "PRK" for North Korea.) The anthem which played when the Korea team played in international ice hockey is the folk song "Arirang " instead of the national anthems of either South Korea or North Korea. The team's uniform featured the silhouette of the Korean peninsula with the text "Korea".[7] Because of ongoing U.S. sanctions against North Korea , the uniforms were made by a Finnish company instead of official sponsor Nike .[8]
The first match of the unified Korean women's ice hockey team was attended by various dignitaries, including International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach , South Korean President Moon Jae-in , North Korean President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-nam and North Korean Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong .[9]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors who participated in the unified Korean team.
Ice hockey
Summary
Women's tournament
South Korea qualified as the host. From a roster of 35 players, at minimum of three North Korean players were selected for each game.[10]
Team roster
Women's team event – 1 team of 35 players
The following is the Korean roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics .[11]
Head coach: Sarah Murray [12] Assistant coaches: Kim Do-yun , Pak Chol-ho , Rebecca Baker
No.
Pos.
Name
Height
Weight
Birthdate
2017–18 team
1
G
Genevieve Knowles
1.60 m (5.2 ft)
60 kg (130 lb)
25 April 2000
Phoenix
2
F
Ko Hye-in
1.63 m (5.3 ft)
68 kg (150 lb)
18 July 1994
Ice Avengers
3
D
Eom Su-yeon
1.68 m (5.5 ft)
60 kg (130 lb)
1 February 2001
Ice Avengers
4
F
Kim Un-hyang
1.57 m (5.2 ft)
59 kg (130 lb)
10 December 1992
Kanggye
5
F
Caroline Park
1.59 m (5.2 ft)
56 kg (123 lb)
18 November 1989
Phoenix
6
F
Choi Yu-jung
1.56 m (5.1 ft)
56 kg (123 lb)
27 March 2000
Ice Beat
7
F
Danelle Im
1.62 m (5.3 ft)
55 kg (121 lb)
21 January 1993
Phoenix
8
D
Kim Se-lin
1.56 m (5.1 ft)
60 kg (130 lb)
3 April 2000
Ice Avengers
9
F
Park Jong-ah – C
1.60 m (5.2 ft)
59 kg (130 lb)
13 June 1996
Ice Avengers
10
F
Choi Ji-yeon
1.59 m (5.2 ft)
52 kg (115 lb)
21 August 1998
Ice Avengers
11
D
Park Ye-eun
1.62 m (5.3 ft)
54 kg (119 lb)
28 May 1996
Ice Beat
12
F
Kim Hee-won
1.64 m (5.4 ft)
55 kg (121 lb)
1 August 2001
Ice Avengers
13
F
Lee Eun-ji
1.54 m (5.1 ft)
48 kg (106 lb)
8 March 2001
Phoenix
14
F
Ryo Song-hui
1.57 m (5.2 ft)
61 kg (134 lb)
15 January 1994
Taesongsan
15
D
Park Chae-lin
1.58 m (5.2 ft)
52 kg (115 lb)
17 December 1998
Ice Beat
16
F
Jo Su-sie – A
1.62 m (5.3 ft)
55 kg (121 lb)
9 September 1994
Ice Beat
17
F
Han Soo-jin
1.69 m (5.5 ft)
63 kg (139 lb)
22 September 1987
Ice Beat
18
F
Kim Un-jong
1.56 m (5.1 ft)
63 kg (139 lb)
28 October 1992
Taesongsan
20
G
Han Do-hee
1.59 m (5.2 ft)
60 kg (130 lb)
16 November 1994
Ice Avengers
21
F
Lee Yeon-jeong
1.60 m (5.2 ft)
52 kg (115 lb)
2 November 1994
Ice Beat
22
F
Jung Si-yun
1.71 m (5.6 ft)
64 kg (141 lb)
8 September 2000
Ice Avengers
23
D
Park Yoon-jung – A
1.71 m (5.6 ft)
65 kg (143 lb)
18 December 1992
Phoenix
24
D
Cho Mi-hwan
1.60 m (5.2 ft)
58 kg (128 lb)
30 March 1995
Ice Avengers
25
G
Ri Pom
1.63 m (5.3 ft)
62 kg (137 lb)
28 May 1995
Sajabong
26
F
Kim Hyang-mi
1.62 m (5.3 ft)
72 kg (159 lb)
10 February 1995
Taesongsan
27
F
Jong Su-hyon
1.60 m (5.2 ft)
58 kg (128 lb)
10 October 1996
Taesongsan
29
F
Lee Jin-gyu
1.63 m (5.3 ft)
59 kg (130 lb)
13 January 2000
Phoenix
31
G
Shin So-jung
1.65 m (5.4 ft)
63 kg (139 lb)
4 March 1990
Ice Beat
32
D
Jin Ok
1.58 m (5.2 ft)
56 kg (123 lb)
28 January 1990
Kanggye
33
F
Choe Un-gyong
1.52 m (5.0 ft)
52 kg (115 lb)
29 January 1994
Susan
37
F
Randi Griffin
1.65 m (5.4 ft)
58 kg (128 lb)
2 September 1988
Phoenix
39
F
Hwang Chung-gum
1.63 m (5.3 ft)
59 kg (130 lb)
11 September 1995
Taesongsan
41
D
Hwang Sol-gyong
1.60 m (5.2 ft)
60 kg (130 lb)
9 January 1997
Jangjasan
42
D
Ryu Su-jong
1.60 m (5.2 ft)
59 kg (130 lb)
24 July 1995
Kimchaek
47
D
Choe Jong-hui
1.58 m (5.2 ft)
62 kg (137 lb)
12 December 1991
Kimchaek
Preliminary round
5–8th place semifinal
Seventh place game
See also
References
^ a b "Olympics' most powerful moment" . NewsComAu . 10 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018 .
^ a b "Closing Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF) . International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 February 2018 .
^ "Koreas to march under single 'united' flag in Olympic Games" . BBC News . London, United Kingdom. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018 .
^ Stiles, Matt (20 January 2018). "North Korea gets official OK to compete in Winter Olympics, will march with South" . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California, United States. Retrieved 21 January 2018 .
^ "Unified Korean Olympic Team to march at Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018" . International Olympic Committee . 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018 .
^ "Two Koreas' Olympic ice hockey team faces unexpected challenge: language" . The Japan Times . 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2018 . the unified team has been accorded its own country code, COR, from the French word for Korea, Coree.
^ Watson, Ivan; Ko, Stella; McKenzie, Sheena (5 February 2018). "Joint Korean ice hockey team plays for first time ahead of Olympics" . CNN . Retrieved 5 February 2018 .
^ Hyunjoo, Jin; Christine, Kim (2018). "No Samsung phones, Nike uniforms for North Koreans? Sanctions cloud Ol" . Reuters . Retrieved 10 February 2018 .
^ Ortiz, Erik; Abdelkader, Rima. "Despite defeat, unified Korean women's ice hockey team shines" . NBC News .
^ "Winter Olympics 2018: North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang" . BBC News . 20 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018 .
^ "Ice hockey Women – Team Roster – COR - Korea" (PDF) . pyeongchang2018.com. 13 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018 .
^ "Coach Profile: Sarah MURRAY" . Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games . Retrieved 18 February 2018 .
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