YEUM Hye Seon

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2019	Japan

Asian Championships

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

Athlete

Korean

Korea Ginseng Corporation [KGC] [Daejeon, KOR] since 2019/20

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

Setter (kgcsports.com, 08 Jun 2021)

2007 for Republic of Korea, World Cup in Japan (seoul.co.kr, 07 Aug 2008)

In February 2021 she underwent surgery on her right hand after suffering a fracture and ligament rupture during blocking training. She was out of action for the rest of the 2020/21 Korean V-League season, and required about seven weeks of rehabilitation. (gukjenews.com, 14 Feb 2021; yna.co.kr, 14 Feb 2021, 08 Mar 2021, 16 Feb 2021; kgcsports.com, 17 May 2021)

She damaged a cruciate ligament in her left knee during training in January 2016. (stnsports.co.kr, 07 Jan 2016)

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

She began the sport in grade four of primary school. (thespike.co.kr, 26 Jul 2019)

She was encouraged to take up volleyball by her parents, who were involved in the sport. "My grandmother also played the sport when she was a student. It seemed that my destiny was already decided when I was in my mum's tummy." (thespike.co.kr, 26 Jul 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (chosun.com, 26 Apr 2021)

"Actions, not words." (Instagram profile, 30 Apr 2021)

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

She received the Rookie of the Year Award for the 2008/09 V-League season. (stnsports.co.kr, 02 Nov 2015)