Ryu Eun-hee (; born 24 February 1990 in

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

) is a South Korean

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for Győri Audi ETO KC and the South Korean national team.

Professional career

Ryu played for Busan Infrastructure Corporation in 2019. That year Busan won its first chamionship title in the SK Handball Korea League. Afterwards she transfered to

Paris 92 Paris 92 is a French handball club from Paris. The professional women's handball team is the most successful French handball. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2010. The club was previously named Issy ...

and played in the French Women's Handball First League. In November 2020, Ryu returned to Busan Infrastructure Corporation, because she was concerned about rising COVID-19 cases in France. For the 2021/22 season she transfered to Győri Audi ETO KC. In 2022, she won the Hungarian Championship with ETO.

National team

Ryu became the starting right back of the South Korean national team at the 2009 World Handball Championship where South Korea finished in sixth place. Ryu was named to the team representing

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at the

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held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in

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. Ryu finished her first Olympic tournament ranked third overall in goals (43). Ryu and her team failed to win medals at the 2012 Olympics by losing to

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31–29 in double overtime in the

bronze medal match Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...

. Ryu competed in the

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held in Rio as well but her team finished disappointing 10th.

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