OH Jiyoung

Republic of Korea

Date of Birth: 11 Jul 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

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
13	Women	2010	Japan
17	Women	2018	Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2019	Japan

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Republic of Korea

Oh-Ji-Gu-Young ['Ohjiguoyo' is a colloquial term for 'solid' in Korean, which was combined with her name]. (seoul.co.kr, 11 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Korea Ginseng Corporation [KGC] [Daejeon, KOR] since 2017/18

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

Position style:

Libero (kgcsports.com, 01 Jan 2021)

2010 for Republic of Korea (people.search.naver.com, 24 Apr 2014)

In February 2020 she sustained an injury to her left ankle during a match against Hyundai Engineering and Construction Hillstate in the Korean V-League. She returned to competitive action five days later. (inews24.com, 15 Feb 2020; yna.co.kr, 20 Feb 2020)

National league:

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

She began playing volleyball in grade four of primary school. (thespike.co.kr, 23 Aug 2017)

She was encouraged to try the sport by a senior student at primary school. "I followed her and saw the coach. At that time, I didn't join the team because the coach looked scary. However, the following year, I met him again, and he gave me encouragement by saying he was happy to see me. So I realised that he was nice and he made me get involved in the sport." (thespike.co.kr, 23 Aug 2017)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (seoul.co.kr, 11 Jun 2020)

Coach Seo Nam-Won. (seoul.co.kr, 11 Jun 2020)

She was named in the Best Seven team of the year for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 Korean V-League seasons. (seoul.co.kr, 11 Jun 2020)

General Interest

General
BREAK AND RETURN
She took a break from the sport in 2011, before returning to volleyball the following year. She then took a second break following the conclusion of the 2015/16 Korean V-League season, returning to volleyball to join Korea Ginseng Corporation [KGC] ahead of the 2017/18 season. "In 2011, I wasn't mature enough as I just wanted to play more. However, in 2016, I had difficulties adapting to the team [Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass]. During my break I didn't watch any matches. But when I began watching matches again at the end of the 2016/17 season, I had many regrets and wanted to play again. In June 2017 I received an offer from Seo Nam-Won, then head coach of the KGC, and I said, 'Yes' without hesitation." (thespike.co.kr, 23 Aug 2017; star.ohmynews.com, 23 Jan 2018; seoul.co.kr, 11 Jun 2020)

CHANGE OF POSITION
She originally played as a wing spiker, but was encouraged to switch to the libero position due to her height after joining Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass in 2007. She played both positions for a number of years before deciding to focus solely on the libero position ahead of the 2017/18 season. (thespike.co.kr, 23 Aug 2017; seoul.co.kr, 11 Jun 2020; star.ohmynews.com, 23 Jan 2018)

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Legend

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

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