CHAMPION: Gim Wins 2023 KIOTI National

SKIP
Eun ji
Gim

Third
Min Ji
Kim

Second
Su ji
Kim

Lead
Ye eun
Seol

Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) won 7-6 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the KIOTI National, held November 7 - 12, 2023 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Gim won 7-3 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 KIOTI National in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won 9-3 over Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 KIOTI National in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;

Gim finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gim defeated Delaney Strouse (Traverse City, MI) 12-4, then won 6-5 against Tirinzoni and 4-1 against Constantini. Gim won 6-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KIOTI National Championship title, Gim earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $42,000CDN first prize cheque. Gim move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 36.296 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with 387.312 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gim ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 232.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	95	29	0	0.766	31-8	10-6	9-9	3-1	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	984	827	524	8.40	5.33	3.08	4.87	3.76	1.73	1.42	1.37

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	480	594	98	67	14-0	43-3	132-11	1.24	0.20	0.46	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	504	233	426	68	8-2	13-16	35-99	0.46	0.85	0.60	0.29

2023: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min Ji Kim, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol, Dong ho Shin
Uijeongbu, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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