Lee Jun-hyung

{{short description|South Korean curler}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|9}}

| birth_place = Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

| Curling club = Uijeongbu CC,
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| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|2021}})

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{{MedalCountry | 24px Gyeonggi }}

{{MedalCompetition | Korean Men's Championship }}

{{MedalGold | 2020 Gangneung | }}

{{MedalBronze | 2021 Gangneung | }}

{{MedalCompetition | Korean Mixed Doubles Championship }}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Uiseong | }}

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Lee Jun-hyung (born March 9, 1997) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. While playing lead for Jeong Yeong-seok, his team won the 2020 Korean Curling Championships and later represented North Korea at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.

Career

In 2019, Lee and his team of Jeong Yeong-seok, Kim San, Park Se-won and Kim Seung-min won the 2020 Korean Curling Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=6806&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title=2021 Korean National Men's Curling Championship|website=CurlingZone|access-date=April 4, 2021}} After losing the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, his team defeated Kim Soo-hyuk 8–7 in the semifinal and upset defending champions Kim Chang-min 12–10 in the final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/game.php?1=1&showgameid=281371#1|title=2021 Korean National Men's Curling Championship – Final – Kim Chang-min vs Jeong Yeong-seok|website=CurlingZone|access-date=April 4, 2021}} Their win earned them the right to represent South Korea at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship in Calgary, Alberta. For the championship, the team altered their lineup, bringing Kim Jeong-min and Seo Min-guk in to replace Kim San and Kim Seung-min.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/curling/team-by-team-look-into-men-s-world-curling-championships-field-1.5971155|title=A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field|website=CBC|author=Donna Spencer|date=March 31, 2021|access-date=April 4, 2021}} At the Worlds, they finished with a 2–11 record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2021-world-mens-curling-championship-scores-schedule-standings-results/|title=2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings|website=Sportsnet|access-date=April 10, 2021}}

Personal life

Lee is a full-time curler.

Teams

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! scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

! scope="col"| Alternate

scope="row" rowspan=2| 2020–21

| Jeong Yeong-seok || Kim San || Park Se-won || Lee Jun-hyung || Kim Seung-min

Jeong Yeong-seokPark Se-wonKim Jeong-minLee Jun-hyungSeo Min-guk
scope="row"| 2021–22

| Jeong Yeong-seok || Kim Jeong-min || Park Se-won || Lee Jun-hyung || Seo Min-guk

References

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