Kim Mi-yeon

{{Short description|South Korean curler (born 1979)}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2009}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Kim Mi-yeon

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|20}}

| birth_place = South Korea

| Curling club = Kyung Gido Council, Gyeonggi-do

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| Member Association = {{KOR}}

| World Championship appearances = 2 ({{WWCC|2002}}, {{WWCC|2009}})

| Pacific Championship appearances = 8 ({{PACC|1998}}, {{PACC|2000}}, {{PACC|2001}}, {{PACC|2002}}, {{PACC|2003}}, {{PACC|2004}}, {{PACC|2007}}, {{PACC|2008}})

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's Curling }}

{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pacific Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2001 Jeonju | }}

{{MedalSilver | 2000 Esquimalt | }}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Queenstown | }}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Aomori | }}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Naseby | }}

{{MedalBronze | 2004 Chuncheon | }}

{{MedalBronze | 2007 Beijing | }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Winter Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Aomori | }}

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Kim Mi-yeon (born October 20, 1979) is a South Korean curler. She was the skip of the South Korean National Women's Curling Team at the 2002 and 2009 World Curling Championships.

Career

Kim skipped the Korean team to a Pacific Curling Championships gold medal in 2001, earning the Korean team their first ever appearance at the World Curling Championships. At the 2002 Worlds, the team finished last and without a single win, going 0-9.{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/curling/story/?id=271824&lid=sublink03&lpos=headlines_main|title=Canada's Jones prepares to defend world curling title|date=19 March 2009|publisher=TSN|accessdate=25 December 2010}}

Kim had a successful 2008–09 season which began with a Strauss Crown of Curling victory in October, and a silver medal at the Pacific Championships. They would play in the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship as the host team, finishing this time with a 3–8 record.

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