LEE Jung Hoo

Republic of Korea

Baseball/Softball

Date of Birth: 20 Aug 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.85/6'0''

Place of birth: NAGOYA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Baseball/Softball	Baseball KOR Republic of Korea	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #2 ISR Israel 5 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Opening Round Group B #6 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 1 #8 DOM Dominican Rep. 3 KOR Republic of Korea 4	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Round 2 #9 ISR Israel 1 KOR Republic of Korea 11	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #13 KOR Republic of Korea 2 JPN Japan 5	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Semifinal #14 KOR Republic of Korea 2 USA United States 7	Finished
	Yokohama Baseball Stadium	Baseball Bronze Medal Game #15 DOM Dominican Rep. 10 KOR Republic of Korea 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Baseball	2019

Grandson of the Wind [the nickname of his father Lee Jong-Beom was Son of the Wind]. (hani.co.kr, 07 Jan 2021; news.chosun.com, 24 Nov 2018; news.joins.com, 06 Nov 2017)

Pilates. (spotvnews.co.kr, 08 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Kiwoom Heroes [Seoul, KOR] since 2017

Hong Won-Ki [club], KOR; Kim Kyung-Moon [national], KOR

Position style:

Outfield (koreabaseball.com, 01 Oct 2019)

Bats left, throws right (koreabaseball.com, 01 Oct 2019)

Sporting relatives:

His father Lee Jong-Beom was a professional baseball player. He was a two-time Korean Series MVP and Korea Baseball Organisation MVP in 1994. He became a coach after his retirement from the sport. (donga.com, 14 Nov 2019; news.joins.com, 21 Nov 2019)

2017 for Republic of Korea (star.mt.co.kr, 05 Nov 2017; hani.co.kr, 17 Nov 2017)

National league:

Korea Baseball Organisation [KOR] (koreabaseball.com, 06 Feb 2020)

His father Lee Jong-Beom was a professional baseball player. "In 2003 I came to the Golden Glove Awards to give flowers to my father who won an award. I was six years old at the time, and since then I wanted to become like him." (news.joins.com, 11 Dec 2019)

To play in Japan and the United States of America. (sisajournal.com, 09 Mar 2019; hani.co.kr, 07 Jan 2021)

His father. (news.joins.com, 11 Dec 2019)

He received a Golden Glove Award as an outfielder at both the 2018 and 2019 Korea Baseball Organisation [KBO] Golden Glove Awards. (koreabaseball.com, 2019; news.joins.com, 11 Dec 2019)

He received the Rookie of the Year Award at the KBO League Awards. (news.joins.com, 06 Nov 2017)

General Interest

General
FAMOUS FATHER
He was born in Nagoya, Japan, while his father Lee Jong-Beom was playing for the Chunichi Dragons from 1998 until 2001. He says that early in his career it bothered him to always be known as his father's son. "I'm glad that the fans are remembering my name [now]. I have been called Lee Jong-Beom's son since I was little. I turned pro early because I wanted to get recognised for my ability, but even once I turned pro I was still frequently called Lee Jong-Beom's son, so I was stressed by that. I think fans are now [2018] recognising me as baseball player Lee Jung-hoo, rather than Lee Jong-Beom's son. Now, I don't have any stress in being Lee Jong-Beom's son." (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, 26 Dec 2018; donga.com, 14 Nov 2019; hani.co.kr, 07 Jan 2021)

Milestones

He and his father Lee Jong-Beom became the first Republic of Korea father and son to have won baseball gold at the Asian Games. His father won gold at the 2002 Games while he won at the 2018 Games in Indonesia. (news.joins.com, 02 Sep 2018)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/hoohoohoo__/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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