YANG Hyo Jin

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2012	London, GBR
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Women	2010	Japan
17	Women	2018	Japan

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2019	Japan

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2018	Indonesia

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Republic of Korea
3	Women	2017	Philippines

Yangbong, Blockqueen, Yeonbong-queen (Hyundai Engineering and Construction Hillstate YouTube channel, 02 Nov 2020; yonhapnewstv.co.kr, 01 Jul 2020)

Athlete

Korean

Hyundai Engineering and Construction Hillstate [Suwon, KOR] since 2007/08

Kang Sung-Hyung [club], KOR; Stefano Lavarini [national], ITA

Middle blocker (nocutnews.co.kr, 26 May 2016)

2008 for Republic of Korea, Olympic Qualification Tournament (news.chosun.com, 19 Jan 2013)

In March 2019 she underwent surgery on her left finger as she suffered a torn ligament during blocking training. She required four months of rehabilitation. (imnews.imbc.com, 07 Mar 2019; dailysportshankook.co.kr, 04 Aug 2019)

Back pain forced her to withdraw from the 2017 Asian Championship in the Philippines. (chosun.com, 16 Aug 2017)

She suffered from back problems in early 2016. (yonhapnews.co.kr, 18 Mar 2016)

She damaged her right ankle during a match against the Dominican Republic at the 2015 World Cup in Japan. (sports.donga.com, 03 Sep 2015)

In 2014 she injured ligaments in her left hand. (sports.donga.com, 20 Jul 2014)

V-League [KOR] (nocutnews.co.kr, 15 Apr 2014; sports.or.kr, 29 Aug 2014)

She began the sport in grade four of primary school in the Republic of Korea. (hillstate.hdec.kr, 24 May 2021)

She was invited to play for the volleyball team because she was tall for her age. (hani.co.kr, 15 Dec 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (stnsports.co.kr, 14 Jan 2020)

Competing in the bronze medal match at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (sumtimes YouTube channel, 02 Jun 2020)

She was named in the Best Seven for the 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 Korean V-League seasons. (kovo.co.kr, 2021)

She received the Most Valuable Player [MVP] Award for the 2019/20 V-League season. (kovo.co.kr, 2021)

She received the MVP Award for the 2015/16 V-League play-offs. (kovo.co.kr, 2021)

She was given the Best Middle Blocker Award at the 2012 and 2016 world Olympic qualification tournaments. (Hyundai Engineering and Construction Hillstate YouTube channel, 02 Nov 2020)

She received the Best Blocker Award for the 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 V-League seasons. (kovo.co.kr, 2021)

She was named Best Middle Blocker at the 2014 Asian Cup in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. (en.olympic.cn, 15 Sep 2014)

She was presented with the Best Attacking Award for the 2013/14 V-League season. (kovo.co.kr, 2021)

She received a Fair Play Award for the 2012/13 V-League season. (kovo.co.kr, 2021)

She was named Best Blocker at the 2010 Asian Cup in Taicang, People's Republic of China. (Hyundai Engineering and Construction Hillstate YouTube channel, 02 Nov 2020)

She received the Best Blocker Award at the 2009 Grand Champions Cup in Japan. (fivb.org, 23 Nov 2009)