Kim Yeon-koung

Kim Yeon-koung
portrait
Date of birth	February 26, 1988
place of birth	Seoul , South Korea
size	1.92 m
position	Diagonal
societies
2005–2009 2009–2011 2011–2017 2017–2018 since 2018	Heungkuk Life JT Marvelous Fenerbahçe Universal Shanghai Volleyball Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
National team
since 2005	A national team
successes
2006 2007 2008 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2016 2017 2017 2017	South Korean Champion South Korean Champion South Korean Champion 3rd place Asian Cup Winner Champions League 4th place Olympic Games 3rd place Asian Cup winner CEV Cup Asian Games winner Turkish Cup winner Turkish Champion 2nd place Asian Cup 5th place Olympic Games Turkish Cup winner Turkish Cup winner 3rd place Asian Cup
As of March 19, 2019

Korean spelling
Hangeul	김연경
Hanja	金 軟 景
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeon-gyeong
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Yŏnkyŏng
See also : Korean name

Kim Yeon-koung (born February 26, 1988 in Seoul , South Korea ) is a South Korean volleyball player .

Kim Yeon-koung played for Heungkuk Life in her homeland from 2005 to 2009 and was three times the South Korean champion. From 2009 to 2011 she played in Japan for JT Marvelous. From 2011 to 2017 she played in Turkey for Fenerbahçe Universal , with whom she won the Champions League in 2012 , the CEV Cup in 2014 and the national double in 2015 and 2017. In 2017/18 Kim Yeon-koung played volleyball in China at Shanghai . Since 2018 she has been active again in Turkey at Eczacibasi Vitra .

Since 2005 Kim Yeon-koung has also played in the South Korean national team . She was recognized as a top scorer at various Asian competitions. In 2012, the diagonal attacker reached fourth place with the national team at the Olympic Games in London and was again recognized as top scorer and MVP. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she finished fifth.

Web links

• Kim Yeon-koung in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olympia: volleyball player Kim Yeon-koung awarded as top scorer and MVP. KBS World Radio, August 14, 2012, accessed August 30, 2012 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Yeon-koung is the first name.