Sonia Ursu-Kim

Sonia Ursu-Kim (born 24 July 1993 in Suceava, Romania) is a Romanian professional basketball player. She plays as a shooting guard for the Romanian women's national basketball team and for Sleza Wroclaw in the Basket Liga Kobiet.Ursu was born to a South Korean engineer father who was working at a shipyard in Romania and a Romanian mother. She spent the first years of her life in South Korea before returning to Romania when she started school in Suceava. In fourth grade she moved to the capital Bucharest, where her mother opened a Korean restaurant. Ursu took piano lessons and went swimming. Later, she became interested in fashion and of course, in basketball. She can also speak fluently Korean.