Kim Kyu-min (

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 ...

: 김규민; born 28 December 1990) is a

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 from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

. He currently plays as a middle blocker for the Incheon Korean Air Jumbos club in V-League.

Career

As a senior at

Kyonggi University Kyonggi University (KGU; ) is an accredited, private higher education institution, established in 1947. KGU has over 17,000 students in majors in undergraduate and graduate programs on two campuses. The main campus is in Suwon, located 30 miles f ...

in 2013, Kim completed in the

Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

and

East Asian Games The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic ...

as a member of the collegiate national team. Kim was drafted in the 1st round of the 2013 V-League Draft, 5th overall, by Ansan OK Savings Bank. In the 2013–14 season, Kim averaged 0.44 blocks per set, ranked 10th in the league. The following season, Kim averaged 0.55 blocks per set (10th in the league) and led his team to its first V-League championship win. In the 2016–17 season, Kim was traded to the Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs.

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Kim Kyu-min
profile at 2013 Summer Universiade
profile
at ''FIVB.org'' 1990 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players Kyonggi University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Sportspeople from South Jeolla Province 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub