Jang Hye-ji
{{Short description|South Korean curler (born 1997)}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Jang Hye-ji
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do
| Curling club = Uiseong CC,
Uiseong, KOR
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| Member Association = {{KOR}}
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 3 ({{WMDCC|2016}}, {{WMDCC|2017}}, {{WMDCC|2018}})
| Olympic appearances = 1 (2018)
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{{MedalCountry | 24px Gyeongbuk }}
{{MedalCompetition | Korean Mixed Doubles Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Uiseong | }}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Icheon | }}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Gangneung | }}
{{MedalGold | 2020 Gangneung | }}
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{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=장혜지
|hanja=張惠智
|mr=Chang Hyeji
|rr=Jang Hyeji
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{{family name hatnote|Jang||lang=Korean}}
Jang Hye-ji (born August 7, 1997) is a South Korean curler. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3040812-jang-hyeji.htm|title=Curling - Athlete Profile: JANG Hyeji - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games|website=www.pyeongchang2018.com|access-date=2018-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207173237/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/curling/athlete-profile-n3040812-jang-hyeji.htm|archive-date=2018-02-07|url-status=dead}}
She also represented Korea at three World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships.{{cite web|title="젊음을 무기로" 컬링 믹스더블 이기정-장혜지의 당찬 도전|url=http://www.sports.khan.co.kr/olympic/2018/pg_view.html?art_id=201802062051013&sec_id=530601|website=sports.khan.co.kr|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
Career
She was born in 1997 in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, and went to the Uiseong Girls' High School, a famous curling high school. Since then, she has been on the Korean National Mixed Doubles Team four times.{{cite web|title=남녀 번갈아 밀고 닦고 … "깜짝 메달 기대하세요"[출처: 중앙일보] 남녀 번갈아 밀고 닦고 … "깜짝 메달 기대하세요"|url=http://www.news.joins.com/article/22169027|website=news.joins.com|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
In February 2016, she formed Korea's first mixed doubles national team together with Lee Ki-jeong. At the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the team made it to the round of 16, where they lost.{{cite web|title=쌍둥이 컬링 형제 "평창올림픽도 함께 가겠다"|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2017/02/16/0200000000AKR20170216179200007.HTML|website=yonhapnews.co.kr|accessdate=12 February 2018}} At the 2017 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, they finished sixth overall.{{cite web|title=[올림픽] 컬링 믹스더블 8일 올림픽 데뷔…장혜지-이기정 출격|url=http://m.yna.co.kr/kr/contents/?cid=AKR20180206158900007&site=1000000000|website=m.yna.co.kr|accessdate=12 February 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063242/http://m.yna.co.kr/kr/contents/?cid=AKR20180206158900007&site=1000000000|url-status=dead}}
Jang played in the mixed doubles tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Lee. She was youngest curler in the tournament. On February 8, she played the Finnish team in the first game of the preliminary round and defeated them 9–4, with Finland conceding after 7 ends.{{cite web|title=-올림픽- 믹스더블 장혜지-이기정, 핀란드 꺾고 '대한민국 첫승'(종합)|url=http://m.yna.co.kr/kr/contents/?cid=AKR20180208074451007&site=1000000000|website=m.yna.co.kr|accessdate=12 February 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063245/http://m.yna.co.kr/kr/contents/?cid=AKR20180208074451007&site=1000000000|url-status=dead}} In the second game, they played the Chinese team and after being down 6-1 after four ends, rallied to tie the game, only to lose in an extra end.{{cite web|title=-올림픽- 아쉬운 연장 혈투…컬링 장혜지-이기정, 중국에 패(종합)|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2018/02/08/0200000000AKR20180208212351007.HTML|website=yonhapnews.co.kr|accessdate=12 February 2018}} On February 9, in their third game, they lost 3–8 to Norway, but they beat the US 9–1 in their fourth game.{{cite web|title=[평창] 졌지만 잘 싸웠다. 장혜지-이기정의 첫 올림픽|url=http://isplus.live.joins.com/news/article/article.asp?total_id=22362750&cloc=|website=isplus.live.joins.com|accessdate=12 February 2018}} On February 10, in their fifth game, they lost to the Olympic Athletes from Russia, and lost their sixth match against Switzerland. In their seventh and final game, they 7–3 to Canada. They would finish the event in fifth place.{{cite web|title=이기정-장혜지 컬링 짝…4년 뒤를 기약하다|url=http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/sports_general/831860.html#csidx14b61eaa367f38ca705eb4535a72cd3|website=The Hankyoreh|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
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Category:Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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