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Lee Jin-gyu

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Lee Jin-gyu
Born (2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 (age 24)
Boulder, CO
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
NCAA team
Former teams
Yale Bulldogs
Phoenix
National team  South Korea and
 Korea
Playing career 2017–present

Grace Lee (Lee Jin-gyu) (born 13 January 2000) is an American-South Korean ice hockey player. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as a member of the unified Korea women's national ice hockey team.[1] She also plays for the Yale University women's hockey team.

Career

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Korean National Team

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She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics 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, Japan and Sweden.[2]

Following her Olympic appearance, Lee competed with the South Korean team at the 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament,[3] where she contributed 4 points (2 goals and 2 assists).[4]

NCAA

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Lee began her college ice hockey career with the Yale University women's ice hockey program in the 2019-2020 season.[5] During her rookie season, she was named ECAC Rookie of the Week for the first week of November scoring 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists), and was also named ECAC Rookie of the month of November for tallying 9 points on 5 goals and 4 assists. [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Athlete Profile: LEE Jingyu – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. 2019-04-10. Archived from the original on 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. ^ "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. ^ "2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group B, Team Roster: Korea" (PDF). IIHF. 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ "2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group B, Team Statistic: Korea" (PDF). IIHF. 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  5. ^ "2019-20 Women's Ice Hockey Roster". Yale University Athletics.
  6. ^ "2022-23 Women's Ice Hockey Roster - Grace Lee". Yale University Athletics.