Hwang Chung-gum

North Korean ice hockey player (born 1995)

Ice hockey player

Hwang Chung-gum
Born	(1995-09-11) September 11, 1995 (age 28) North Korea
Height	163^[1] cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	59^[1] kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Position	Defence^[1]
Shoots	Left^[1]
team	Taesongsan Sports Club
National team	North Korea and Korea
Playing career	2014–present

Hwang Chung-gum
Chosŏn'gŭl	황충금
Revised Romanization	Hwang Chung-geum
McCune–Reischauer	Hwang Ch'ung-gŭm

Hwang Chung-gum (Korean: 황충금; born 11 September 1995) is an ice hockey player of North Korea representing the Taesongsan Sports Club.^[1]

Career

Hwang began playing in 2005, in the Taesongsan Sports Club.^[1]

Pyeongchang 2018

Hwang was one of the two flag bearers for the Unified Korea team at the 2018 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations with Won Yun-jong.^[2]

Hwang is one of 12 North Korean female ice hockey players chosen to be admitted to the Unified Korea team to accompany South Korean players. Rules set by the International Olympic Committee mandate that for each game, three players of the team must be North Korean. Hwang was picked for all three games against Switzerland, Sweden, and Japan by Sarah Murray, the team's coach.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Ice Hockey | Athlete Profile: HWANG Chung Gum - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ "North Korea's Hwang Chung Gum and South Korea's Won Yun-jong arrive during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)". ABC News. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ Yoo Jee-ho (2018-02-12). "(Olympics) 3 N. Koreans dress for joint hockey team's 2nd game". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
^ "Results - Women's Preliminary Round - Group B". Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-02-14.