Wikipedia

Seol Ye-ji

Seol Ye-ji (born August 26, 1996 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean curler. She was the third, but is now the alternate on the Gyeonggi Province curling team, skipped by Gim Eun-ji.[1]

Seol Ye-ji
Curler
Born (1996-08-26) August 26, 1996 (age 27)
Seoul, South Korea
Team
Curling clubUijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu
SkipGim Eun-ji
ThirdKim Min-ji
SecondKim Su-ji
LeadSeol Ye-eun
AlternateSeol Ye-ji
Mixed doubles
partner		Park Se-won
Curling career
Member Association South Korea
World Championship
appearances		1 (2024)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		1 (2019)
Pan Continental Championship
appearances		1 (2023)
Grand Slam victories1 (2023 National)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Sydney
Pan Continental Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kelowna
Pacific-Asia Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Shenzhen
Representing Gyeonggi
Korean Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gangneung
Gold medal – first place 2023 Gangneung
Silver medal – second place 2020 Gangneung
Silver medal – second place 2022 Jincheon
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jincheon
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Gangneung

Career edit

Seol joined the Gim Un-chi rink in 2018 as the teams alternate. The team had a full schedule for the 2018–19 season, beginning with the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic where they finished fourth.[2] On tour in Canada, they reached the final of the Gord Carroll Curling Classic where they lost to Chelsea Brandwood.[3] They also made the semifinals of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic and the quarterfinals of the Canad Inns Women's Classic. Team Gim was invited to play in the 2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2 Grand Slam event where they qualified for the playoffs as the number one seed. They then lost to Kristen Streifel 8–6 in the quarterfinals.[4]

In summer 2019, Team Gim would win the 2019 Korean Curling Championships after stealing two in the tenth end of the final against Kim Min-ji.[5] To start their tour season, her team had a quarterfinal finish at the 2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic. They followed this by missing the playoffs at the 2019 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, a semifinal finish at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and winning the 2019 KW Fall Classic posting a perfect 7–0 record en route to capturing the title.[6][7][8] At the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, Seol and her team had a disappointing finish. After going 6–1 in the round robin, they lost the semifinal to China's Han Yu. This performance meant they didn't qualify Korea for the 2020 World Championship through the Pacific region and would have to play in the World Qualification Event for their spot in the World's. Next Team Gim competed in the 2019 Boundary Ford Curling Classic where they lost in the final to Kim Min-ji. Two weeks later, they played in the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick. It was another successful run for the rink as they went 7–0 through the tournament to capture the title. The Gim rink went undefeated at the World Qualification Event, going 7–0 in the round robin and defeating Italy in the 1 vs. 2 playoff game to qualify South Korea for the World Championship. The team was set to represent South Korea at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship before the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] The World Qualification Event would be their last event of the season as the remaining two events (the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events) were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[11]

Team Gim was not able to defend their national title at the 2020 Korean Curling Championships in November 2020.[12] After going 4–2 through the round robin, they defeated Um Min-ji 8–6 in the 3 vs. 4 game and then beat Kim Min-ji 9–4 in the semifinal. They then lost in the final to the undefeated Team Kim Eun-jung, meaning Team Kim won the right to represent Korea at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[13]

The 2021–22 season began in June for Team Gim as they competed in the 2021 Korean Curling Championships to decide who would get the chance to represent Korea at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.[14] In the first of three rounds, the team went 3–1 in the round robin and then defeated the Kim Min-ji rink in the semifinal. They then lost to Kim Eun-jung in the final game. In the second round, they went 3–3, however, because Team Kim Eun-jung won both the first and second rounds, they became the national champions.[15] Seol later competed in the 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with partner Park Se-won, however, failed to qualify for the playoff round. On tour, Team Gim won three events at the Chairman's Cup, the Boundary Ford Curling Classic, and the Ladies Alberta Open.[16] They also reached the quarterfinal round of the 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the final of the Red Deer Curling Classic where they lost to Satsuki Fujisawa.[17] Team Gim also competed in all four Grand Slam events of the season, however, finished winless at the first three. In March 2022, Kim Min-ji moved to Gyeonggi Province to join Team Gim at third, moving Seol to alternate.[18] The team competed in two Grand Slams at the end of the year, the 2022 Players' Championship and the 2022 Champions Cup. After missing the playoffs at the Players', the team made it all the way to the final of the Champions Cup where they lost to Kerri Einarson.[19]

Team Gim had their best season to date during the 2022–23 season as they qualified for the playoffs in fourteen of fifteen events they played in. The team began their run at the 2022 Korean Curling Championships where they went 5–1 in the round robin. After beating Jeonbuk Province in the semifinal, they lost in the championship game 7–4 to Chuncheon City Hall's Ha Seung-youn, meaning they would not be the national team once again.[20] On tour, the team began at the first event of the Alberta Curling Series, where they went undefeated to claim the title.[21] They next played in the 2022 Martensville International where after a 4–1 round robin record, they fell 8–4 in the semifinal to Clancy Grandy.[22] They also reached the semifinals of the 2022 Saville Shoot-Out, the 2022 Alberta Curling Series Major, and the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic. In the first Slam event, the 2022 National, Team Gim finished 2–2 through the round robin, but were able to beat Tabitha Peterson in a tiebreaker to qualify for the playoffs. In the quarterfinals, they lost 7–5 to Satsuki Fujisawa.[23] The team had another quarterfinal finish the following week at the 2022 Western Showdown after a previously undefeated record. At the 2022 Tour Challenge, the team started with two straight losses before winning three straight sudden death games to advance to the playoffs. After defeating Team Kim in the quarterfinals, they lost 4–3 to Team Einarson in the semifinals.[24] Team Gim's next event was the 2022 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic where they qualified for the playoffs through the B side. They then defeated Abby Ackland, Casey Scheidegger and Michèle Jäggi in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship game respectively to win the event, becoming the first Korean team to do so.[25] The team continued their winning momentum into the Stu Sells Brantford Nissan Classic where they captured their third event title of the season.[26] Team Gim wrapped up the 2022 part of their season at the 2022 Masters where they had another semifinal appearance, falling 5–3 to Rachel Homan.[27] They also reached the semifinals of the next Slam, the 2023 Canadian Open, where they were again defeated by Team Fujisawa.[28] The team wrapped up their season at the final two Slams, the 2023 Players' Championship and the 2023 Champions Cup. At the Players', they finished first through pool play with a 4–1 record to earn the top spot in the playoffs. They then lost 6–3 to Silvana Tirinzoni in the semifinal.[29] At the Champions Cup, they missed the playoffs for the only time during the season. After a 3–2 record, they fell 9–4 to Team Hasselborg in a tiebreaker.[30]

After their successful season which saw them rise to fifth in the world, Team Gim had an even better 2023–24 season with the team increasing their world ranking to third. At the 2023 Korean Curling Championships, the team lost just one game en route to claiming the national title, finishing the event with an unmatched 12–1 record.[31] This gave Seol her second Korean title and earned her team the right to represent Korea at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships and the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship. On tour, the team initially struggled to find major success in their first three events. At the 2023 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, however, Team Gim went undefeated to defend their title, defeating Japan's Miori Nakamura 8–3 in the final.[32] At the first Slam of the season, the 2023 Tour Challenge, the team finished as the number one seeds through the round robin before dropping their quarterfinal match to Kaitlyn Lawes.[33] They then played in the Pan Continental Championships where they went 6–1 through the round robin, earning the number one seed in the playoffs. After defeating Canada's Kerri Einarson in the semifinal, they beat Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa in the final to claim Korea's first Pan Continental title.[34] Next was the 2023 National where Team Gim again went undefeated through the round robin before defeating Stefania Constantini and Silvana Tirinzoni in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. This qualified them for the final where they defeated Team Rachel Homan 7–6, becoming the first Korean team to win a Grand Slam of Curling event.[35] They then reached the final of the Uiseong Korean Cup where they lost to Team Kim. At the next two Slams, the 2023 Masters and the 2024 Canadian Open, the team lost in the quarterfinals to Einarson and Homan respectively.[36] In their last event before the world championship, they lost just one game en route to claiming the 2024 International Bernese Ladies Cup, defeating Korean rival Kim Eun-jung in the final.[37] Team Gim then represented Korea at the 2024 World Championship in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Through the round robin, the team lost just two games to Switzerland and Italy, finishing fourth with a 10–2 record. This included defeating Canada's Homan rink, being the only team to do so.[38] After beating Sweden's Anna Hasselborg in the qualification round, they faced Canada again where they lost 9–7. This put them in the bronze medal game where Gim made a double takeout on her last shot to win the game for her team.[39] The team ended their season at the 2024 Players' Championship where they lost in the semifinals to Isabella Wranå.[40]

Personal life edit

Her twin sister Seol Ye-eun is the lead on her team.[1]

Teams edit

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2014–15[41] Jeong Yu-jin Seol Ye-ji Seol Ye-eun Kim Cho-hi Kim Ji-hyeon
2018–19 Gim Un-chi Um Min-ji Seol Ye-eun Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-ji
2019–20 Gim Un-chi Um Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji
2020–21 Gim Un-chi Seol Ye-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Park Yu-bin
2021–22 Gim Un-chi Seol Ye-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Park Yu-bin
2022–23 Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji
2023–24 Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2020 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "2018 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "2018 Gord Carroll Curling Classic – Presented by Winchester Glen Retirement". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Video (full game): 2019 Korean National Women's Curling Championship - Final - Kim Min-ji vs Gim Un-chi on YouTube
  6. ^ "2019 Cameron's Brewing Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "2019 KW Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  9. ^ The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  12. ^ "2020 Korean National Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  13. ^ Richard Gray (April 30, 2021). "Meet the teams competing at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  14. ^ "베이징 올림픽 대표를 포함한 2021-2022 컬링 국가대표를 뽑는 2021 KB금융 한국컬링선수권대회 with 강릉". Instagram (in Korean). curling1spoon. June 19, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  15. ^ "여자부 강릉시청 '팀 킴'은 2차전 5승 1패로 우승해 오는 12월 열리는 베이징 올림픽 자격대회에 출전하게 됐습니다. 축하합니다". Instagram (in Korean). curling1spoon. July 2, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "2021 Boundary Ford Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  17. ^ "2021 Vesta Energy Curling Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  18. ^ "Team Gim Curling". Instagram. curling_team_gim. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  19. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (May 8, 2022). "Einarson earns 4th GSOC women's title with Champions Cup win". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  20. ^ "New Champions in Korea". Sports Illustrated. The Curling News. June 20, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  21. ^ "2022 Curling Stadium Alberta Curling Series: Event 1". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  22. ^ "2022 Martensville International". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  23. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (October 8, 2022). "Lawes, Einarson advance to Boost National semifinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  24. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (October 23, 2022). "Oskar Eriksson skips Team Edin into HearingLife Tour Challenge men's final". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  25. ^ "Players Tour presented by Curling Live: Gim wins Autumn Gold Curling Classic". Sportsnet. October 28, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  26. ^ "Gim wins again at Stu Sells Brantford Nissan Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  27. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (December 10, 2022). "Homan vs. Einarson, Mouat vs. Retornaz set for WFG Masters finals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  28. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (January 15, 2023). "Einarson reaches sixth straight Grand Slam final at Co-op Canadian Open". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  29. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 15, 2023). "Koe claims spot in Princess Auto Players' Championship final with clutch shot". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  30. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (May 6, 2023). "Jones edges Grandy in extra end for KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup playoff spot". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  31. ^ "2023 Korean Curling Championships – Women". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  32. ^ Todd Saelhof (October 9, 2023). "South Korea's Team Gim defends Autumn Gold Curling Classic title". Calgary Sun. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  33. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (October 21, 2023). "Lawes eliminates top-seed Gim in HearingLife Tour Challenge women's quarterfinals". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  34. ^ "Korea women win Pan Continental Curling Championship". World Curling Federation. November 4, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  35. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (November 12, 2023). "Gim wins first career Grand Slam women's title at KIOTI National". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  36. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (December 16, 2023). "Defending champ Einarson steals spot in WFG Masters semifinals from Gim". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  37. ^ "2024 International Bernese Ladies Cup". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  38. ^ "Canada's Homan finishes first in round-robin, moves into world semis". TSN. March 22, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  39. ^ "Korea win World Women's bronze". World Curling Federation. March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  40. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (April 14, 2024). "Wrana, Tirinzoni to face off again for Princess Auto Players' Championship women's title". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  41. ^ "Seol Ye-ji Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seol_Ye-ji&oldid=1220062088"