Kim Soo-hyuk (born May 5, 1984) is a Korean curler from

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. He currently skips the Gyeongbuk Athletic Association curling team out of

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Career

At just 17 years old, Kim was a member of the Korean team at the 2001

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, playing third for the team, skipped by Lee Dong-keun. The team finished fourth. He was the alternate on the Korean team at the , and played in the

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as the third for Lee's team. They would finish last (10th). As a junior curler, Kim was the skip of the Korean junior men's team, competing at the

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in 2004 and 2005, finishing fourth and eighth respectively. He also led Korea to a gold medal at the inaugural Pacific Junior Curling Championships in 2005. Kim also won a bronze medal at the

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, playing second for Lee. After juniors, Kim would remain playing with Lee as his third. The team won a silver medal at the 2010 Pacific Curling Championships, qualifying Korea for the

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. There, they finished 11th, with just two wins. Kim began skipping the Korean men's team in 2013, winning a bronze medal at the renamed 2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. He won another bronze at the

2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships The 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships were held from November 8 to 15 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan. The top two finishers in the men's tournament, Japan and China, earned berths to the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Cham ...

, a gold at the

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and another bronze at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. The gold medal in 2015 qualified South Korea for the

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, where Kim would once again skip the Korean national team. There, Kim would lead his country to just two wins and nine losses, settling for 11th place. Kim returned to the Pacific-Asia Championships in 2018, winning a bronze medal. This put the team into the

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for a chance to make it to the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship. They won the event, qualifying them for the Worlds. However, at the World Championship, they struggled, finishing with a 1-11 record in last place. On the

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, Kim has played in one

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event, the 2014 Syncrude National. Kim's rink won two games at the event, including beating the world champion

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rink. Since then he has won five World Curling Tour events, the 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel, the 2015 Uiseong International Curling Tour, the 2015 Avonair Cash Spiel, the 2017

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Personal life

Kim is married and has one daughter.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Soo-hyuk Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea Living people 1984 births South Korean male curlers Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in curling Pacific-Asian curling champions People from Uiseong County Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2003 Winter Universiade