Jeong Yeong-seok (born April 14, 1995) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.[1] He currently plays third on the Gangwon Provincial Office curling team skipped by Park Jong-duk. While playing for the Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation, he skipped his team to victory at the 2020 Korean Curling Championships and later represented South Korea at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship.[2]
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| Born | April 14, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu, KOR[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Park Jong-duk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Jeong Yeong-seok | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Oh Seung-hoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Lee Ki-bok | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Seong Ji-hoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Kim Seon-yeong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (2021, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pan Continental Championship appearances | 1 (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editJeong represented South Korea at the 2014 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships with his team of Kim Seung-min, Oh Seung-hoon, Park Se-won and Noh Chang-hyun. After going 6–2 through the round robin, the team lost to China's Wang Jinbo in the final 8–6, missing out on qualifying for the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships.
In 2020, Jeong skipped his team of Kim San, Park Se-won, Lee Jun-hyung and Kim Seung-min to victory at the 2020 Korean Curling Championships.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] At the Worlds, they finished with a 2–11 record.[6]
Personal life
editJeong is a full-time curler.[1]
Teams
edit| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 2013–14[7] | Kim Seung-min (Fourth) | Jeong Yeong-seok (Skip) | Oh Seung-hoon | Park Se-won | Noh Chang-hyun |
| 2014–15 | Kim Seung-min (Fourth) | Jeong Yeong-seok (Skip) | Oh Seung-hoon | Park Se-won | Noh Chang-hyun |
| 2019–20 | Jeong Yeong-seok | Kim Seung-min | Oh Seung-hoon | Park Se-won | Jeong Min-seok |
| 2020–21 | Jeong Yeong-seok | Kim San | Park Se-won | Lee Jun-hyung | Kim Seung-min |
| Jeong Yeong-seok | Park Se-won | Kim Jeong-min | Lee Jun-hyung | Seo Min-guk | |
| 2021–22 | Jeong Yeong-seok | Kim Jeong-min | Park Se-won | Lee Jun-hyung | Seo Min-guk |
| 2022–23 | Jeong Yeong-seok | Park Jong-duk | Oh Seung-hoon | Seong Ji-hoon | |
| 2023–24 | Park Jong-duk | Jeong Yeong-seok | Oh Seung-hoon | Seong Ji-hoon | Lee Ki-bok |
| 2024–25 | Park Jong-duk | Jeong Yeong-seok | Oh Seung-hoon | Lee Ki-bok | Seong Ji-hoon |
References
edit- ^ a b c "2021 BKT Tires-OK Tires World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "Jeong Yeong-seok Profile". World Curling Federation. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Korean National Men's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Korean National Men's Curling Championship – Final – Kim Chang-min vs Jeong Yeong-seok". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ Donna Spencer (March 31, 2021). "A team-by-team look at the men's world curling championship field". CBC. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ "Jeong Yeong-seok Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
