Marissa Brandt (born December 18, 1992), also known by her

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Park Yoon-jung (; also stylized as Park Yoon Jung or Park Yoonjung), is a Korean-American

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player who plays with the South Korean national team. When competing internationally with the South Korean or Unified Korean national teams, she uses her birth name.

Playing career

Brandt played

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with the Golden Gusties ice hockey program at

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in the

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(MIAC). Across four years with the program, she tallied 34

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in 111 games. She competed with the unified Korean national team in the women's ice hockey tournament at

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. Brandt notched an assist on

Randi Griffin Randi Heesoo Griffin ( ko, 랜디 희수 그리핀; born September 2, 1988) is an ice hockey player who competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the Unified Korea women's national team, scoring its first goal on February 14. In 2018, she ...

’s goal against in the preliminary round, one of two goals scored for Korea during the tournament. After the 2018 Olympics, she was named an honorary ambassador to help promote post-adoption services and birth family searches by the South Korean Minister for Health & Welfare Park Neung-hoo. She also competed with the South Korean team at the 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament, where she led the team in total goals scored (5), including a 4 goal hat trick in the team's 9-2 win against

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Personal life

She is the adopted sister of

Hannah Brandt Hannah Brandt (born November 27, 1993) is an American ice hockey centre, currently playing for the Minnesota section of the PWHPA. She was named to the United States women's national ice hockey team, which represented the United States at the 201 ...

, a

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who played with the

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at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and is currently affiliated with the

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(PWHPA). In her youth, she was a

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before switching to hockey.

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* 1992 births Living people American adoptees American sportspeople of Korean descent American women's ice hockey defensemen Gustavus Adolphus College alumni Ice hockey players from Minnesota Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics South Korean adoptees South Korean women's ice hockey defencemen Winter Olympics competitors for Korea Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties athletes {{SouthKorea-icehockey-bio-stub