Caroline Park (ice hockey)
| Dr. Caroline Park | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
November 18, 1989 Brampton, Ontario[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||
| Weight | 125 lb (57 kg; 8 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| National team |
 South Korea and Korea | ||
| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
Caroline Nancy Park (born November 18, 1989) is a physician, and a former actress and hockey player.
She competed in the 2018 Olympic Games as an ice hockey forward for the Unified Korean team.[2] Park is also a former child actress, having played roles in Naturally, Sadie and Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Life
[edit]Park was born in Ontario in 1989. She graduated from Princeton University in 2011 with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. [3]
She became a naturalized citizen of South Korea in 2015.[4][5]
As of 2021 or before, she is a physician.[6]
Career
[edit]She competed in the Olympics[7] as part of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both North and South Korea. The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team was in Group B competing against Switzerland, Japan and Sweden.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ IIHF. "Two Koreans naturalized". www.iihf.com.
- ^ "Team Unified Korea Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics". The Hockey Writers, By Nathaniel Oliver February 2, 2018
- ^ "Med student trades stethoscope for skates in Pyeongchang". ESPN.com. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "Two Ice Hockey Players Become Naturalized Koreans". Chosun Ilbo, March 24, 2015
- ^ "2 N. American ice hockey players become S. Korean citizens for 2018 Winter Olympics". Korean Times US, March 23, 2015
- ^ "S1: Episode 29 - Interview with Ice Hockey Olympian and Physician Dr. Caroline Park, Cardinals vs. Cowboys Analysis, 2020 World Series Breakdown, Two Brothers - Two Picks (Week 7 Edition)". Two Brothers and Their Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Athlete Profile: CHOI Yujung - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ^ "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Caroline Park at IMDb
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
- Canadian people of South Korean descent
- Naturalized citizens of South Korea
- Canadian sportspeople of Korean descent
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey people from Brampton
- Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey players
- South Korean women's ice hockey forwards
- Winter Olympics competitors for Korea
- Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Asian ice hockey biography stubs
- South Korean winter sports biography stubs