The Most Famous

VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from South Korea

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This page contains a list of the greatest South Korean Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 199 Volleyball Players, 1 of which were born in South Korea. This makes South Korea the birth place of the 21st most number of Volleyball Players behind Czechia, and Belarus.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous South Korean Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Kim Yeon-koung (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 40.32, Kim Yeon-koung is the most famous South Korean Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Kim Yeon-koung (Korean: 김연경; Hanja: 金軟景; RR: Kim Yeon-gyeong, Korean pronunciation: [kim.jʌngjʌŋ]; born 26 February 1988) is a South Korean professional volleyball player and a former member of the FIVB Athletes' Commission. She is an outside hitter and the former captain of the South Korean National Team. She announced her retirement from the national team in August 2021. Kim signed a three-year contract with Fenerbahçe in 2011 after playing for Heungkuk Life in South Korea for four seasons and JT Marvelous in Japan for two seasons. She signed another two-year extension with Fenerbahçe and extended it for another season in 2016. She spent the 2017–18 season in the Chinese Volleyball league and came back to Turkey in the following year with Eczacıbaşı VitrA. Despite South Korea finishing in 4th place, Kim was the Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer at the 2012 London Olympics, where she set the Olympic record for most points scored (207), topping the previous record of 204 points by Yekaterina Gamova at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Kim is the first player in the history of Asian volleyball to receive an MVP award in the CEV Women's Champions League. Kim is the first player to have four entries in the list of those to have scored 30 points or more in a single Olympic Games match in volleyball.

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2. Kim Hee-jin (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 0.00, Kim Hee-jin is the 2nd most famous South Korean Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Kim Hee-jin (Korean: 김희진; RR: Kim Hui-jin; born 29 April 1991) is a South Korean volleyball player. She is a member of the South Korea women's national volleyball team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics. The team finished at fourth place in 2012, 2020 and fifth in 2016. Kim has been a member of the Hwaseong IBK Altos since the team's inaugural season, 2010–2011. She was selected with the first overall pick in the NH-Nonghyup V-League 2010-2011 draft by the Altos. She helped her team to the league title and championship title during the 2012–2013 season. In the 2013–2014 season, Kim and her team clinched their second consecutive league title, but lost to the GS Caltex Seoul KIXX in the championship round. In the 2014–2015 season, her team finished second in the league standings but swept the Seongnam Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-pass in the championship round to claim the Altos' second championship title in three years. Kim Hee-jin played a crucial role during the championship round alongside American Destinee Hooker. On April 13, 2015, Kim Hee-jin was selected to the South Korea women's national volleyball team together with fellow Altos members Park Jeong-ah, Chae Seona, Nam Jiyeon, and Kim Yoori.

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3. Yeum Hye-seon (b. 1991)

With an HPI of 0.00, Yeum Hye-seon is the 3rd most famous South Korean Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Yeum Hye-seon (Korean: 염혜선; Hanja: 廉惠善; RR: Yeom Hye-seon; born (1991-02-03)3 February 1991) is a South Korean volleyball player. She was part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics. She was selected as the "Best Setter" in the 2020 Olympics. Her team finished in fifth place in the 2016 Olympics and fourth in the 2020 Olympics. She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. On club level she has played for Daejeon KGC since 2019.

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4. Oh Ji-young (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 0.00, Oh Ji-young is the 4th most famous South Korean Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Oh Ji-young (Korean: 오지영; Hanja: 吳智永; born 11 July 1988) is a South Korean professional volleyball player. She was part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2010 Asian Games. She was part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The team finished at fourth place in 2020. In the summer of 2021 she moved to GS Caltex Seoul KIXX.

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5. Pyo Seung-ju (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 0.00, Pyo Seung-ju is the 5th most famous South Korean Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Pyo Seung-Ju (born (1992-08-07)7 August 1992) is a South Korean volleyball player. She is part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. On club level she played for GS Caltex in 2014.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as South Korean volleyball players born between 1988 and 1992. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living South Korean volleyball players include Kim Yeon-koung, Kim Hee-jin, and Yeum Hye-seon. As of April 2024, 4 new South Korean volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Kim Hee-jin, Yeum Hye-seon, and Oh Ji-young.

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