Lee Kang-won

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Lee Kang-won
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1990-05-05) 5 May 1990 (age 34)
Daegu, South Korea
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Spike330 cm (130 in)
Block312 cm (123 in)
College / University Kyung Hee University
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite hitter
Current club Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs
Number1 (club)
7 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2013–2018
2018–
LIG / KB Fire
Samsung Fire
National team
2017– Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Honours
Asian Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Gresik

Lee Kang-Won (Korean : 이강원; born 5 May 1990) is a South Korean male volleyball player. He is part of the South Korea men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for the Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs. [1]

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Career

As a junior at Kyunghee University in 2012, Lee was selected for the South Korean collegiate national team to compete at the 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship, [2] where the team finished in fifth place. He competed in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, and was the flag-bearer for his nation during the opening ceremonies of those games.

In 2017 Lee got called up to the senior national squad for the first time and competed at the 2017 FIVB World League where he played as the starting opposite hitter in all nine games.

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References

  1. "Team Roster – South Korea – FIVB Volleyball World League 2017". FIVB. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. "Team Compositions - 3rd AVC Cup for Men" (PDF). Asian Volleyball Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2015.