Kim Won-jun (ice hockey player)

Kim Won-jun
Date of birth	May 4th 1991
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	180 cm
Weight	81 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2006-2010	Tampereen Ilves
2010-2011	Jokerite
2011-2013	Yonsei University
2013-2014	Kiekko-Vantaa
since 2014	Anyang Halla

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김원준
Revised Romanization	Gim Won-jun
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Wŏnjun
See also : Korean name

Kim Won-jun (born May 4, 1991 in Seoul ) is a South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2014 .

Career

Kim Won-jun began his career as a hockey player on the Kwangwoon Junior High School team . At the age of 15 he moved to Finland, where he played for four years in the various youth teams at Tampereen Ilves and then for one year in the U20 at Jokerit . In 2011 he returned to South Korea and spent two years on the ice for the Yonsei University team . He then played another season in Finland, this time at Kiekko-Vantaa in the Mestis , the second highest division in the country. Since 2014 he has been playing for Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey . With his team, he won the main round of the Asia League in 2015. The playoff final was then however smoothly lost with three defeats against the Tōhoku Free Blades from Japan. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 he won the Asia League with his team.

International

Kim Won-jun already took part in the 2011 U20 World Cup for South Korea in Division II. However, he made his debut in the men's selection of the East Asian country at the 2015 World Cup , when, as the top scorer among the defensive players, he made a significant contribution to the promotion of his team from the B to the A group of Division I. In the A group he then played at the World Championships in 2016 and 2017 , when he was promoted to the top division for the first time. There he played at the 2018 World Cup .

At the Winter Asian Games 2017 he finished second with the South Koreans behind Kazakhstan . He also represented his colors at the 2018 Winter Olympics in his own country.

Achievements and Awards

• 2015 Promotion to Division I, Group A, at the World Championship of Division I, Group B
• 2016 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2017 win the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla
• 2017 silver medal at the Asian Winter Games
• 2017 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I, Group A.
• 2018 win the Asia League Ice Hockey with Anyang Halla

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	4th	153	11	58	69	66
Playoffs	4th	28	3	12	15th	4th

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Kim Won-jun at eliteprospects.com (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Won-jun is the first name.