Park Se-jun
South Korean esports player
Park Se-jun (Korean: 박세준), also referred to as Sejun Park, is a Pokémon video game and Pokémon Trading Card Game player. He is best known for winning the Masters Division of the Video Game Championships (VGC) at the 2014 Pokémon World Championships.
In November 2019, Park was picked up by esports team T1 as a player for the Pokémon Video Game, Pokémon Trading Card Game and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He announced on Twitter that he left the team in March 2022.
Pokémon career
Park is highly regarded as one of the best players in the world and has consistently made Top 8 finishes as a video game player at the Pokémon World Championships. He made his debut on the international stage in 2011 by finishing 2nd in the Senior Division of the 2011 Pokémon World Championships losing to Kamran Jahadi (2011, 1st place), and as a fresh Masters Division player in 2012, finished 5th at the 2012 Pokémon World Championships after losing to Wolfe Glick (2012, 2nd place) in the quarterfinals.
In 2013, Park repeated history and placed 4th again at the 2013 Pokémon World Championships in Vancouver, losing to Ryosuke Kosuge (2013, 2nd place) in the quarterfinals.
In the following year, Park won the 2014 South Korea Video Game National Championships. He then proceeded to win the 2014 Pokémon World Championships in Washington, D.C., defeating Jeudy Azzarelli in the Master's Division finals.
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