Hwang Taek-eui (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The le ...

: 황택의; born in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

) is a South Korean male

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player. He is part of the

South Korea men's national volleyball team The South Korea men's national volleyball team ( ko, 대한민국 남자 배구 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Kore ...

. On club level he plays for the

Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars ( ko, 의정부 KB손해보험 스타즈) is a South Korean professional volleyball team. The team was founded in 1976 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Uijeongbu and are members of the Korea Vo ...

Career

While attending

Sungkyunkwan University Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU or simply ''Seongdae'', Hangul: 성균관대학교; Hanja: 成均館大學校) is a private comprehensive research university in South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan, found ...

in 2015, Hwang was called-up to the South Korean collegiate national team for the 2015 U23 World Championship where his team finished in eighth place. Hwang decided to forgo his final two years of collegiate eligibility and declared for the 2016 V-League Draft. Hwang was selected first overall by the Gumi LIG Greaters in the 2016 V-League Draft. Hwang was the first setter ever to be taken with the first overall pick in the V-League Draft. After the 2016–17 V-League season, Hwang was named Rookie of the Year. In May 2017 Hwang was first selected for the South Korean senior national team to compete at the 2017 FIVB World League. He played as the starting setter in Team Korea's final game against

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and led his team to a 3–2 victory, though he was mostly on the bench serving as the third-string setter behind Lee Min-gyu and No Jae-wook during the competition.

Awards

Individual

* 2023: Asian Challenge Cup – Best setter

References

External links

profile
at ''FIVB.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hwang, Taek-eui 1996 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players 21st-century South Korean people