Kim Won-jung

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Kim Won-jung
Date of birth 18th December 1984
place of birth Seoul , South Korea
size 180 cm
Weight 83 kg
position striker
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2001-2002 Kyung Bok High School
2003-2006 Korea University
2006-2013 Anyang Halla
2013-2014 Daemyung Sangmu
2014-2019 Anyang Halla
Korean spelling
Hangeul 김원중
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Won-jung
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim wnchung

Kim Won-jung (born December 18, 1984 in Seoul ) is a former South Korean ice hockey player who has been under contract with Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2014 .

Career

Kim Won-jung began his career as a hockey player on the Kyung Bok High School team . At the age of 19, he joined the Korea University team for three years . There the Anyang Halla , one of the two South Korean teams at the time in the Asia League Ice Hockey , noticed him and signed him in 2006. After he was not used at all in the first year, he ran more than 200 times for his team in the since 2007 Asia League on. Both in 2010 and 2011 he was able to win the championship of this league with his team with teams from China, Japan and South Korea. In 2013 he left Anyang Halla and played one season for Daemyung Sangmu , the newly formed third South Korean team in the Asia League Ice Hockey. After only one season he returned to Anyang and won the Asia League again with the club in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2018 he was the most valuable player in the playoffs of the Asia League.

International

For South Korea Kim Won-jung took part in the U18 World Cup in 2002 , which the South Koreans won undisputed with four double-digit victories in four games, in Division III and the U20 World Cup in 2004 in Division II.

At the 2008 World Cup, Kim made his debut in the South Korean men's team , but could not prevent relegation from Division I. But just a year later , his two goals contributed to the rise. This time things went better for the Asians, who managed to stay in Division I for the first time in the 2010 title fights with a 5-2 in the final game against Croatia , to which Kim also contributed a goal . In 2011 and 2012 , Kim again represented his country at the World Championships. In 2012 he was the second top scorer behind the Dutchman Diederick Hagemeijer together with the two Poles Marcin Kolusz and Leszek Laszkiewicz . After the rise through a 3-2 win against hosts Poland , in which Kim scored the 1-2 goal for his colors, South Korea played in the following World Cup in 2013 for the first time in A-Group Division I. One of his two goals he scored during the game against Hungary , which the South Koreans were able to win after a 1: 4 deficit after two thirds with 5: 4 after penalty shootouts. His second goal came in the 2: 4 defeat against the later promoted Kazakhstan . At the 2014 home World Cup in Goyang , he was also on the ice, but had to accept relegation to the B group of Division I with his team after five defeats in five games. After the resurgence in 2015, in which Kim was not involved, he and his team managed to stay in the A group of Division I at the 2016 World Cup thanks to successes against Poland and Japan . In 2017 , he even made his first promotion to the top division , in which Kim played with his team at the 2018 World Cup and had to accept immediate relegation.

At the Asian Games in 2011 he won the bronze medal with the South Korean team behind Kazakhstan and Japan . He also participated in the in November 2012 in Nikko discharged the Olympic qualifying first round for the games in Sochi in part, 2014. There the South Koreans succeeded in kicking off a 5-4 win after a penalty shootout against Great Britain , to which Kim contributed three goals, but the British reached the next round, as South Korea lost 3-2 in their second game against Asian opponents Japan Had to accept extension. At the Winter Asian Games 2017 he finished second with the South Koreans behind Kazakhstan . He was also on the ice for his colors at the 2018 Winter Games in his native Pyeongchang .

Achievements and Awards

International

Asia League statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 11 357 116 135 251 148
Playoffs 9 53 9 19th 28 51

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

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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-jung is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, won-young
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김원중 (Korean, Hangeul); Gim, Won-jung (Revised Romanization); Kim, Wŏnchung (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea