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Park Jong-ah
Park Jong-ah
	Park in 2018
Born	13 June 1996 (age 28); Gangneung, South Korea
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Left
KWHL team; Former teams	Suwon City Hall WIHT; Ice Avengers; Phoenix
National team	South Korea and; Korea
Playing career	c. 2011–present

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Park Jong-ah (born 13 June 1996) is a South Korean ice hockey player and the captain of the South Korean national ice hockey team, currently^[update] playing in the Korean Women's Hockey League (KWHL) with the Suwon City Hall women's ice hockey team.^[1] As of November 2021^[update], she was the all time leader in goals (41) and points scored (66) for the South Korean women's national team.^[2]

Alongside North Korean ice hockey player Jong Su-hyon, Park was the penultimate torchbearer at the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.^[3]

Park participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both the North Korean and South Korean national teams.^[4] The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team played in Group B, competing against Switzerland, Japan, and Sweden.^[5]

At the 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament, Park was selected as Best Forward by the tournament directorate and named the top player on the South Korean team by the coaches,

Italics indicate tournament not included in official totals.

Year	Team	Event	Result	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2012	South Korea	CCOA	4th	4	1	0	1	4
2012	South Korea	WW D2B	3rd	5	6	2	8	0
2012	South Korea	OGQ	DNQ	3	1	2	3	2
2013	South Korea	WW D2B	1st	5	7	1	8	4
2014	South Korea	WW D2A	3rd	5	2	0	2	6
2015	South Korea	WW D2A	3rd	5	7	1	8	2
2016	South Korea	WW D2A	2nd	5	2	4	6	4
2017	South Korea	AWG	4th	5	6	4	10	0
2017	South Korea	WW D2A	1st	5	4	6	10	0
2018	South Korea	WW D1B	2nd	5	4	3	7	2
2018	Korea	OG	8th	5	0	1	1	6
2019	South Korea	WW D1B	2nd	5	6	4	10	2
2021	South Korea	OGQ	DNQ	6	1	1	2	4
Totals				58	41	25	66	36

Sources: ^[6]^[7]

^ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, Division I Group B – Team Roster: KOR - Korea". International Ice Hockey Federation. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ "South Korea Top 15 Scoring Leaders" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. November 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ Arthur, Bruce (9 February 2018). "An opening for peace". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ "Athlete Profile: PARK Jongah - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". Pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018.
^ "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ "2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games – Official Results Book, Ice Hockey" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 6 March 2017. pp. 103–135. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Active Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 657. ISBN 9780986796470.

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
Park Jong-Ah at Olympedia

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