Moon Si-woo
| Moon Si-woo | |
|---|---|
_26.jpg) Moon at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |
| Born | July 7, 2002[1] |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Uijeongbu CC, Uijeongbu |
| Mixed doubles partner | Kang Na-ra |
Curling career  | |
| Member Association |  South Korea |
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 1 (2021) |
Moon Si-woo (born July 7, 2002) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu.[1] In 2021, he represented South Korea at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship alongside Kim Ji-yoon.[2]
Career
[edit]While attending Uijeongbu High School, Moon competed in the 2018 and 2019 Korean Curling Championships as third and second respectively.[3] In both years, his teams managed to qualify for the playoffs before losing in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff and bronze medal games, finishing in fourth place overall.[4]
In 2020, Moon competed in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics with teammates Park Sang-woo, Park Yu-bin and Kim Ji-yoon. In the mixed team competition, the team finished with a 3–2 record, narrowly missing the playoffs following losses to Canada and Russia.[5] The next week, he played in the mixed doubles event with Czech Republic's Zuzana Pražáková. The pair lost their first game and were eliminated in the round of 48.[6]
During the 2020–21 season, Moon and his mixed doubles partner Kim Ji-yoon finished third at the 2020 Korean Mixed Doubles Championship.[7] Later in the season, the pair won the qualification event for the right to represent South Korea at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[2] The duo, both eighteen at the time, defeated 2018 Olympian Jang Hye-ji and her partner Seong Yu-jin 2–0 in the best-of-three series. At the World Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Moon and Kim finished ninth in their pool with a 3–6 record, forcing them to play a relegation game to retain Korea's berth in the championship.[8] Facing Japan's Yurika Yoshida and Yuta Matsumura, the Korean pair lost 8–6, relegating Korea to the 2021 Qualification Event.[9] At the 2021 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, which doubled as the Olympic Trials for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Moon and Kim finished in fourth place, failing to defend their spot as the national mixed doubles team.[10] Their team dissolved following the championship, with Kim moving to Seoul to compete with Jeong Byeong-jin.
Personal life
[edit]Moon attended Uijeongbu High School.[3]
Teams
[edit]| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19[11] | Kwak Sang-hyun | Lee Tae-hyuk | Moon Si-woo | Park Sang-woo | Choi Jae-hyeok |
| 2019–20 | Park Sang-woo | Moon Si-woo | Choi Jae-hyeok | Seo Ji-hun |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Moon Si-woo Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Curling doubles team to compete for spot at Beijing Games". Korea JoongAng Daily. May 16, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "2019 Korean Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Park 3–5 at 2019 Korean Curling Championships". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Germany grab last Lausanne 2020 play-off spot". World Curling Federation. January 14, 2020. Archived from the original on January 20, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Mixed doubles curling begins at Youth Olympic Games". World Curling Federation. January 18, 2020. Archived from the original on January 19, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "2020 Korean National Mixed Doubles Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Czech Republic claim fourth place in Group A to progress to Olympic Qualification game". World Curling Federation. May 21, 2021. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Canada and Norway progress to World Mixed Doubles semi-final stage". World Curling Federation. May 22, 2021. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ '19연승' 컬링 믹스더블 국가대표 된 김민지·이기정 [Kim Min-ji and Ki-jung Kim become national curling mix doubles in '19 win streak']. OhmyStar (in Korean). August 9, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Moon Si-woo Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
