Suk Jin-wook (

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 ...

: 석진욱; born December 5, 1976) is a retired

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 from

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, who played as an outside hitter for the South Korean men's national team. He was named ''Best Receiver'' at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament, where South Korea ended up in third place and missed qualification for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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. Although he was technically an outside hitter, Suk showed exceptional defensive skills in playing with a libero player in the back row - as an outside hitter he was often named ''Best Receiver'' in domestic and international competitions. Suk is currently the assistant coach with the Ansan OK Savings Bank in V-League.

Honours

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

— Gold Medal * 2003 FIVB World Cup — 6th place * 2003 Asian Volleyball Championship — Gold Medal, Best Receiver * 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament — Best Receiver *

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

— Bronze Medal

References

FIVB biography
1976 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs players Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Sportspeople from Incheon Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean people {{Korea-volleyball-bio-stub