Lee Sun-kyu
| Lee Sun-kyu | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nationality | South Korean | ||||
| Born | 14 March 1981 Seoul | ||||
| Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||
| Block | 320 cm (126 in) | ||||
| College / University | Hanyang University | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Middle blocker | ||||
| Current club | Uijeongbu KB Stars | ||||
| Number | 9 | ||||
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Lee Sun-kyu (Korean: 이선규; born 14 March 1981) is a South Korean male volleyball player. He currently plays for the Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars.[1]
Career
[edit]Clubs
[edit]Lee began his club career in 2003 after signing a contract with the Hyundai Capital Skywalkers.
Prior to the 2013–14 season, Lee was traded to the Samsung Fire Bluefangs for Yeo Oh-hyun.
Lee remained with the Bluefangs for three years before signing a contract with the KB Insurance Stars as a free agent on May 19, 2016.
Lee recorded his 900th career block on December 17, 2016. Lee is the only player in V-League history to over 900 blocks in a career. Lee also scored his 3,000th career point on November 22, 2017, becoming the only middle blocker in V-League history to over 3,000 points in a career.
National team
[edit]Lee first joined the national team program in 1999 as a member of the South Korean national under-18 team. He helped the team win gold at the 1999 Asian Youth Championship, and qualify for the 1999 World Youth Championship.
In 2003 Lee was a member of the collegiate national team which won the gold medal in the 2003 Summer Universiade defeating Japan in final. He also won the gold medal at the 2003 Asian Championship held in Tianjin, as part of the South Korean national team.
Lee was part of the national team at the 2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan,[2] where the team finished in 17th place.
Lee had consistently participated in the FIVB World League after his debut in 2006 and made his seventh appearance in the tournament in 2017.
Individual awards
[edit]Club
[edit]- 2016 V-League - Best Blocker
National Team
[edit]- 2005 Asian Championship - Best Spiker
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Roster – South Korea – FIVB Volleyball World League 2017". FIVB. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ "Team Roster 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – South Korea". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
External links
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- South Korean men's volleyball players
- Asian Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea
- 21st-century South Korean people
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