Randi Heesoo Griffin (Korean: 랜디 희수 그리핀; born September 2, 1988) is an ice hockey player who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the Unified Korea women's national team, scoring its first goal on February 14.[1] In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.[2]
| Randi Heesoo Griffin 랜디 희수 그리핀 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 2, 1988 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KWHL team Former teams |
Ice Avengers Harvard University | ||
| National team |
 South Korea and Korea | ||
| Playing career | 2006–present | ||
Background
editGriffin was born in the United States to Tom and Liz Griffin. Her mother, Liz, is Korean.[3] Griffin is a native of Apex, North Carolina.[4]
Griffin aspired to compete at the Winter Olympics after she watched women's hockey make a debut at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Her parents decided to let her play ice hockey in Cary, North Carolina and bought her first set of hockey gear.[3][5]
Playing career
editNCAA
editShe attended Harvard University and played for the university's women's hockey team. She is a letter winner from 2006 to 2010. Griffin played in 125 career games for Harvard and scored 21 goals and made 18 assists for 39 points.[4] After graduating from Harvard, she became a youth ice hockey coach mentoring boys and girls ages 12 to 19.[3] In 2013, she began pursuing a PhD degree in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University.[6]
Korean national team
editShe was contacted by the Korea Ice Hockey Association in 2014. The association was looking for players with Korean heritage which could represent South Korea in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She played in exhibition games against Kazakhstan for South Korea in 2015.[6] In the Olympic tournament, Griffin scored the first of two goals in the entire tournament by the unified Korean team, in the 4–1 defeat to Japan at the group stage[7] (the other being scored by Han Soo-jin in the seventh place match against Sweden).
Professional
editOn July 11, 2018 Griffin signed her first professional contract, agreeing to join the NWHL's Connecticut Whale.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Athlete Profile: Randi Heesoo GRIFFIN – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2018: Who is on the list?". BBC News. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c Brown, Kathyrn (February 14, 2018). "Apex family has mixed emotions as daughter takes the ice for Team Korea". WRALSportsFan.com. Capitol Broadcasting Company. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "Randi Griffin '10 to play for unified women's hockey team at Olympics". The Harvard Gazette. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ Ravindra, Sanjay (February 9, 2018). "Duke doctoral student Randi Griffin ready for Olympics on unified Korean hockey team". Duke Chronicle. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Srivastava, Devin (February 1, 2018). "Fifteen Minutes with Randi H. Griffin '10". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ "North Carolina native Randi Griffin makes history for Team Korea". Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ Press Release (July 11, 2018). "Whale Sign Unified Korea Olympian Randi Griffin". NWHL. Retrieved August 9, 2018.[permanent dead link]
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