Lee Jae-yeong (; born ) is a South Korean volleyball player. She played as the Outside Hitter for the

South Korea women's national volleyball team The South Korea women's national volleyball team (Korean : 대한민국 여자 배구 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It was one of the leading squads in the world in the 1970s ...

. She is the twin sister of Lee Da-yeong, who was also a member of the South Korea national volleyball team.

Career

2014 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 22nd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 25 July to 24 August 2014. The Group 1 final round was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Brazilian star te ...

placing in eighth place. With the club 2014–2015

Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders ( ko, 인천 흥국생명 핑크스파이더스) is a South Korean women's professional volleyball team. The team was founded in 1971 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Incheon a ...

, Lee ended up in fourth place in the Korean V-League. Lee played the 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup Volleyball ranking in the sixth place, She played with her National team the 2016 World Olympics Qualification Tournament ranking in fourth place and qualifying for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, were her team ended up in fifth place. She ranked in sixth place at the

2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international women's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ...

and played the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification is a series of tournaments to decide teams which will play in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. The 2018 World Championship will feature 24 teams. Two places were ...

Personal life

Lee Jae-yeong was born on 15 October 1996 as one of twin daughters to Kim Gyeong-hui and Lee Ju-hyeong. Her mother is Kim Gyeong-hui who played as a setter for the

at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Lee studied in the Jeonju Jungsan Elementary School, the Jinju Gyeonghae Girls' Middle School and the Jinju Sunmyung Girls' High School. Her twin sister Lee Da-yeong is also a national volleyball player. In February 2021, several people who went to the same school club as the two sisters posted it online, that the twins had committed school violence. It is said that they also assault and threaten people with weapons, confinement, verbal abuse, and swearing at their parents. The sisters were both suspended indefinitely by their club after being anonymously accused of bullying online. The Korean Volleyball Association also issued a disciplinary punishment that they have been banned from participating in the national team indefinitely as well as permanent expulsion so that they cannot be listed on the list as a volleyball coaches even after retirement. They have however claimed that many of the bullying accusations made towards them were false, and plan on taking legal action against the anonymous author of the online post.

Club career

(2014–2021) *

PAOK Thessaloniki PAOK ( el, ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans' ...

(2021–2022)

Team

* Korean V-League ** Simple_cup_icon

Champion (1): 2018–19 ** Simple_silver_cup

Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Individuals

* Korean V-League Final ''"MVP"'' (1): 2018–19 * Korean V-League ''"MVP"'' (2): 2016–17, 2018–19 * Korean V-League ''"Best 7"'' (5): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 * Korean V-League ''"MVP of the Round"'' (5): 2014–15 6R, 2015–16 1R, 2016–17 2R, 2018–19 3R,6R * Korean V-League ''"Rookie of the Year"'' (1): 2014–15 * Korean V-League ''"All-Star MVP"'' (1): 2018–19 * ''Dong-A Sports Awards -"Women's Volleyball Player of the Year"'' (1): 2019

International career

National Team

*Summer Olympics **2016 – 5th *FIVB World Championship **2018 – 17th *FIVB World Cup **2015 – 6th **2019 – 6th *FIVB Volleyball Nations League **2018 – 12th *FIVB World Grand Prix **2014 – 8th *FIVB World Grand Champions Cup **2017 – 6th *Asian Games **2014 – 1st **2018 – 3rd *Asian Championship **2013 – 3rd **2015 – 2nd **2019 – 3rd *AVC Cup ** 2014 – 2nd *Asian Junior Championship **2012 – 5th **2014 – 3rd

Individuals

* '' 2014 Asian Junior Championship "Best outside spiker"''

References

External links

FIVB Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jae-yeong 1996 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in volleyball Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Sportspeople from Jeonju Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for South Korea