Lee So-young (volleyball)

Lee So-young (Korean: 이소영; Hanja: 李素英; born (1994-10-17)17 October 1994) is a South Korean volleyball player. She is part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The team finished at fourth place in 2020.

Lee So-young
Personal information
Nickname	So-young senior
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Height	176 cm (69 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Spike	280 cm (110 in)
Block	265 cm (104 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside, Opposite, Libero
Number	1 (national team) 1 (club team)
Career
Years Teams 2012-2021 GS Caltex Seoul KIXX 2021 - Daejeon KGC
National team
2014-2022 South Korea

Lee So-young

Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing South Korea
Asian Championship
	2019 Seoul
U-23 Asian Championship
	2015 Metro Manila

Lee So-young
Hangul	이소영
Hanja	李素英
Revised Romanization	I So-yeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ri So-yŏng

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. On club level she was rostered to GS Caltex in 2012, before signing for Daejeon KGC in 2021.

Education

• Jeonju Geunyoung Girls High School
• Jeonju Keunyoung Middle School

International career

National Team

• Summer Olympics
  • 2020 – 4th Place
• FIVB World Championship
  • 2018 - 17th Place
• FIVB World Cup
  • 2019 – 6th
• FIVB Volleyball Nations League
  • 2019 – 15th Place
  • 2021 – 15th Place
• Asian Championship
  • 2019 – 3rd
• U23 Asian Championship
  • 2015 – 3rd

Awards

• 2014 KOVO Cup – "Most Important Player"
• 2015 U23 Asian Championship – "Best outside spiker"
• 2018 KOVO Cup – "Most Important Player"
• 2018–19 Korean V-League – "MVP of the Round" (Round 1)
• 2020–21 Korean V-League – "MVP of the Round" (Round 5)
• 2020-21 Korean V-League - "Best outside spiker"
• 2020–21 Korean V-League Finals – "Most valuable player"

Filmography

TV Show

• Running Man – (guest, 572)

External links

• Profile at FIVB.org