Lee So-young (; born ) is a South Korean

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. She is part of 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 ...

at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The team finished at fourth place in 2020. She participated in the

2014 FIVB Volleyball 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 t ...

. On club level she was rostered to GS Caltex in 2012, before signing for

Daejeon KGC Daejeon Korea Ginseng Corporation ( ko, 대전 KGC인삼공사) is a South Korean professional women's volleyball team. The team was founded in 1988 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Vol ...

in 2021.

Education

*Jeonju Geunyoung Girls High School *Jeonju Keunyoung Middle School

International career

National Team

*Summer Olympics **2020 – 4th Place *FIVB World Championship **2018 - 17th Place *FIVB World Cup **2019 – 6th *FIVB Volleyball Nations League **2019 – 15th Place **2021 – 15th Place *Asian Championship **2019 – 3rd *U23 Asian Championship **2015 – 3rd

Awards

*'' 2014 KOVO Cup – "Most Important Player"'' *'' 2015 U23 Asian Championship – "Best outside spiker"'' *'' 2018 KOVO Cup – "Most Important Player" *'' 2018–19 Korean V-League – "MVP of the Round" (Round 1)'' *'' 2020–21 Korean V-League – "MVP of the Round" (Round 5)'' *'' 2020-21 Korean V-League - "Best outside spiker"'' *'' 2020–21 Korean V-League Finals – "Most valuable player"''

Filmography

TV Show

* Running Man – (guest, 572)

References

External links

Profile
at ''FIVB.org'' 1994 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) GS Caltex Seoul KIXX players Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for South Korea People from Asan Sportspeople from South Chungcheong Province {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub