Park Jeong-ah (born 26 March 1993) is a South Korean female

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. 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 ...

. Park was appointed as the new captain of the Korean Women's Volleyball National Team since Kim Yeon-koung stepped back.

Clubs

Hwaseong IBK Altos Hwaseong IBK Altos ( ko, 화성 IBK 기업은행 알토스) is a South Korean women's professional volleyball team founded in 2011. In the 2012−13 V-League season, just one year after the team was founded, the club won both the regular season ...

(2011~2017) * Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass (2017~)

Career

She went to Namsung Women's Highschool. In 2009, she made her first senior national team debut in age 16 at

2009 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup The 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan from November 10 to November 15, 2009. Italy won the tournament with perfect record and Simona Gioli was selected Most Valuable Player. Teams Squads Compet ...

. She currently plays for Korean club Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass since 2017 after her contract with

expired. She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the

2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the competition. Like the previous tournament, the 2010 edition also was held from 29 October to 14 November 2010 in Japan, though the range of venues and locations was modifie ...

. She plays as an Outside Hitter. She played as an Opposite Hitter at the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. At the

2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup The 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from August 22 to September 6 in Japan. The tournament was a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two ranked teams, China and Serbia, qualified for the Oly ...

she played as a Middle Blocker in some matches. Park participated at the

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which took place in

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, playing an important role, being the twelfth best scorer of the competition with 82 points and a 31.19% rate of efficiency.

Individual awards

* '' 2010 Asian Junior Championship — "Best scorer"'' * '' 2011–12 Korean V-League – "New Face Award"'' * '' 2014–15 Korean V-League – "Best outside spiker"'' * '' 2015–16 Korean V-League – "Player of the Round (6R)"'' * 2016 KOVO Cup - "Most Impressive Player (MVP)" * '' 2016–17 Korean V-League – "Player of the Round (1R)"'' * '' 2017–18 Korean V-League – "Finals MVP"'' * '' 2018–19 Korean V-League – "Best outside spiker"'' * '' 2021-22 Korean V-League - "Best Ouside Spiker"''

References

External links

Park Jeong-ah
at KOVO
Park Jeong-ah
at IBK Sports * http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2014/Players.asp?Tourn=WGP2014a&Team=KOR&No=131893 * http://worldoqt.japan.2016.women.fivb.com/en/teams/kor-korea/players/jeongah-park?id=50245 * http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/competition/teams/kor-korea/players/jeongah-park?id=47098 *http://www.zimbio.com/Jeong-Ah+Park/pictures/pro *http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/south-koreas-park-jeong-ah-spikes-the-ball-over-brazils-ana-news-photo/93000097#south-koreas-park-jeongah-spikes-the-ball-over-brazils-ana-tiemi-picture-id93000097 1993 births Living people South Korean women's volleyball players People from Busan Sportspeople from Busan Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Olympic volleyball players of South Korea Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub