Eom Su-yeon

Eom Su-yeon (born 1 February 2001) is a South Korean ice hockey player.

Eom Su-yeon
in 2018
Born (2001-02-01) February 1, 2001
South Korea
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NCAA team St. Lawrence Saints
National team  South Korea and
 Korea
Playing career 2017–present
In this Korean name, the family name is Eom.

Career

Korean National Team

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics[1] 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.[2]

In 2019, she was a member of the inaugural South Korean Women's U18 team that participated in the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in the Group 1B Qualification Tournament.[3] The South Korean team went undefeated in the tournament and Eom was named Best Defenceman of the tournament. [4]

NCAA

Eom is currently a player for the St. Lawrence University Women's Ice Hockey Team. [5] After making a midseason switch from playing defence to forward, she scored her first collegiate goal on February 4th, 2022 in a 3-0 victory against Princeton University. [6] [7]

References
  1. "Athlete Profile: Eom Suyeon - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com.
  2. "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. "2019 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV IBQ: South Korea Team Roster" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  4. "2019 IIHF ICE HOCKEY U18 WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DIV IBQ: Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). iihf.com. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  5. "2021-22 Women's Hockey Roster". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  6. CAREYccarey@wdt.net, C. A. P. "College women's hockey: Eom sparks St. Lawrence past Princeton, 3-0, at Appleton Arena". NNY360. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. Burchfield, Caleigh. "Morgan Records Ninth Career Shutout in 3-0 Win over Princeton". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-02-11.


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