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| Nationality |  Canadian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 2000 Markham, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 318 cm (125 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Block | 303 cm (119 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| College / University | Stanford University | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | VK Dukla Liberec | |||||||||||||||||
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Justin Lui (born 8 May 2000) is a Canadian volleyball player. He is a member of the Canada men's national volleyball team and a participant in 2024 Summer Olympics. [1]
Lui competed for the Stanford University men's volleyball team while in university, from 2018 to 2023. [2] In 2020, he trained with the Volleyball Canada National Excellence Program in Gatineau. [3]
He signed for Finnish professional volleyball club Vantaa Ducks in 2023, playing with them for the 2023-2024 season. [4] In 2024, he signed for Czech club VK Dukla Liberec. [5]
Lui has competed for Canada at the FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League during the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons. [1] In July 2024, Lui was named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team. [6] [7]
In 2020, Lui came out as gay by writing an email to his university volleyball team. [8]
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