Lee Jin-gyu

Not to be confused with Lee Jin-kyu.

Lee Jin-gyu
Born	(2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 (age 25) 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

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

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

Korean National Team

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

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

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.