Lee Kang-Won (

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 let ...

: 이강원; born 5 May 1990) 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 Summ ...

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

Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs ( ko, 대전 삼성화재 블루팡스) is a South Korean professional volleyball team. The team was founded in 1995 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Voll ...

Career

As a junior at

Kyunghee University Kyung Hee University (abbreviated to KHU) (Hangul: 경희대학교; Hanja: 慶熙大學校) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. Founded in 1949, it is widely regarded as one of the best universities i ...

in 2012, Lee was selected for the South Korean collegiate national team to compete at the

2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship The 2012 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2012 AVC Cup for Men was the third edition of the Asian Cup, played by top eight teams of the 2011 Asian Championship. The tournament was held at Vinh Yen Gymnasium, Vĩnh Yên, Vietnam from 1 to 7 ...

, where the team finished in fifth place. He competed in the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, 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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Profile
at ''FIVB.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Kang-won 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Daegu South Korean men's volleyball players 21st-century South Korean people