LEE Soyoung

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.76/5'9''

Place of birth: ASAN

Birth Country:

Republic of Korea

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Volleyball	Women KOR Republic of Korea	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #06 BRA Brazil 3 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished
Finish On: Jul 28	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #12 KOR Republic of Korea 3 KEN Kenya 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #14 KOR Republic of Korea 3 DOM Dominican Rep. 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #23 JPN Japan 2 KOR Republic of Korea 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #25 SRB Serbia 3 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinals #32 KOR Republic of Korea 3 TUR Turkey 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinals #35 BRA Brazil 3 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Bronze Medal Match #37 KOR Republic of Korea 0 SRB Serbia 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Women	2018	Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2019	Japan

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Republic of Korea

Sso Sso (news.joins.com, 21 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Korea Ginseng Corporation [KGC] [Republic of Korea] since 2021/22

Lee Young-Taek [club], KOR; Stefano Lavarini [national], ITA

Position style:

Wing spiker (gsvolleyball.com, 02 Jan 2021)

2015 for Republic of Korea (news1.kr, 14 Sep 2015)

In November 2019 she tore ligaments in her right ankle and foot during a match against Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders in the Korean V-League. She returned to competitive action in January 2020. (nocutnews.co.kr, 17 Nov 2019; news.joins.com, 28 Dec 2019; news.joins.com, 21 Jan 2020)

In July 2017 she underwent surgery after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her left knee during training with the national team. She was sidelined for 10 months. In April 2018 she underwent another surgery in order to remove a pin from her left knee. (news1.kr, 03 Jul 2017; yna.co.kr, 11 May 2019; chosun.com, 17 Jan 2018; news.sbs.co.kr, 07 Nov 2018)

National league:

V-League [KOR] (kovo.co.kr, 31 Dec 2020)

She took up volleyball competitively in grade seven of middle school in Jeonju, Republic of Korea. (chosun.com, 05 Dec 2012)

She initially trained in athletics but was encouraged to try volleyball by her athletics coach, who recognised her talent while training in the high jump. (chosun.com, 05 Dec 2012)

She was named in the Best Seven team of the Year for the 2020/21 V-League in the Republic of Korea. (sports.khan.co.kr, 19 Apr 2021)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2020/21 V-League playoffs in the Republic of Korea. (hani.co.kr, 14 Apr 2021)

She was named Most Important Player [MIP] at the 2014 and 2018 Korea Volleyball Federation [KOVO] Cup. (naver.com, 15 Nov 2020; gsvolleyball.com, 02 Jan 2021)

She was named Best Outside Spiker at the 2015 Asian U23 Volleyball Championship in Pasig, Philippines. (asianvolleyball.net, 05 Mar 2015; news1.kr, 14 Sep 2015)

She was named Spike Serve Queen in the 2015/16 Korean V-League All-Star Game. (gsvolleyball.com, 02 Jan 2021)

She received the Rookie Award for the 2012/13 Korean V-League. (naver.com, 15 Nov 2020)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/so02_1/

Legend

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

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