Kim Jung-a
South Korean field hockey player
Kim Jung-a (born 1 November 1979) is a South Korean field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the South Korean Team placed third in their group, missing out of the semi-finals.
“Kim Jung-a” enters the record as south Korean field hockey player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jung-a, South and Korean can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q71848163. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979 and 2004.
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