Eom Su-yeon (; born 1 February 2001) is a South Korean
ice hockey player and member of the
South Korean national team, playing with the
St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey
The St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program represents St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. The Saints play at Appleton Arena and are part of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. In 2001, St. Lawrence participated in the inaugu ...
program in the
ECAC Hockey conference of
NCAA Division I.
Career
Korean National Team
Eom represented South Korea in the
ice hockey girl's individual skills challenge at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. She qualified for the finals ranked 5th, after finishing in the top 3 each of the Fastest Lap, Shooting Accuracy, and Skating Agility events during the preliminary rounds.
She competed in the
2018 Winter Olympics
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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
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, Japan and Sweden.
In 2019, she was a member of the inaugural South Korean Women's U18 team that participated in the
2019 IIHF World Women%27s U18 Championship
The 2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was the 12th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. It was played at the Obihiro Arena in Obihiro, Japan from 6 to 13 January.
Top Division
Preliminary round
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in the Group 1B Qualification Tournament. The South Korean team went undefeated en route to winning the gold medal and Eom was named Best Defender of the tournament.
NCAA
Eom began her
college ice hockey career with the
St. Lawrence Saints
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program in the
2021–22 season. After making a midseason switch from playing defence to
forward
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** Power forward (basketball)
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, she scored her first collegiate goal on 4 February 2022 in a 3–0 victory against
Princeton University.
References
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2001 births
Living people
Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Ice hockey players at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
South Korean women's ice hockey defencemen
St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey players
Winter Olympics competitors for Korea
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