Lee Jae-yeong

Lee Jae-yeong (Korean: 이재영; RR: I Jae-yeong; born (1996-10-15)15 October 1996) is a South Korean volleyball player. She played as the Outside Hitter for the South Korea women's national volleyball team.^[1] She is the twin sister of Lee Da-yeong, who was also a member of the South Korea national volleyball team.^[2]

Lee Jae-yeong
Personal information
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 28) Iksan, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Spike	286 cm (113 in)
Block	274 cm (108 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside spiker
Career
Years Teams 2014–2021 Incheon Heungkuk Life 2021–2022 PAOK Thessaloniki
National team
2013–2021 South Korea

Lee Jae-yeong

Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
	2014 Incheon	team
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	team
Asian Championship
	2015 Tianjin
	2013 Nakhon Ratchasima
	2019 Seoul
Asian Cup Championship
	2014 Shenzhen
Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
	2014 Taipei

Career

2014 FIVB World Grand Prix placing in eighth place.^[3] With the club 2014–2015 Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders, Lee ended up in fourth place in the Korean V-League.

Lee played the 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup Volleyball ranking in the sixth place,

She played with her National team the 2016 World Olympics Qualification Tournament ranking in fourth place and qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics, were her team ended up in fifth place. She ranked in sixth place at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup and played the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship qualification.

Personal life

Lee Jae-yeong was born on 15 October 1996 as one of twin daughters to Kim Gyeong-hui and Lee Ju-hyeong. Her mother is Kim Gyeong-hui who played as a setter for the South Korea women's national volleyball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Lee studied in the Jeonju Jungsan Elementary School, the Jinju Gyeonghae Girls' Middle School and the Jinju Sunmyung Girls' High School. Her twin sister Lee Da-yeong is also a national volleyball player.^[5]

In February 2021, several people who went to the same school club as the two sisters posted it online, that the twins had committed school violence. It is said that they also assault and threaten people with weapons, confinement, verbal abuse, and swearing at their parents.

The sisters were both suspended indefinitely by their club after being anonymously accused of bullying online.^[6]

The Korean Volleyball Association also issued a disciplinary punishment that they have been banned from participating in the national team indefinitely as well as permanent expulsion so that they cannot be listed on the list as a volleyball coaches even after retirement.

They have however claimed that many of the bullying accusations made towards them were false, and plan on taking legal action against the anonymous author of the online post.

Club career

• Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders (2014–2021)
• PAOK Thessaloniki (2021–2022)
• Victorina Himeji (2025-)

Team

• Korean V-League
  • Champion (1): 2018–19
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Individuals

• Korean V-League Final "MVP" (1): 2018–19
• Korean V-League "MVP" (2): 2016–17, 2018–19
• Korean V-League "Best 7" (5): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Korean V-League "MVP of the Round" (5): 2014–15 6R, 2015–16 1R, 2016–17 2R, 2018–19 3R,6R
• Korean V-League "Rookie of the Year" (1): 2014–15
• Korean V-League "All-Star MVP" (1): 2018–19
• Dong-A Sports Awards -"Women's Volleyball Player of the Year" (1): 2019

International career

National Team

• Summer Olympics
  • 2016 – 5th
• FIVB World Championship
  • 2018 – 17th
• FIVB World Cup
  • 2015 – 6th
  • 2019 – 6th
• FIVB Volleyball Nations League
  • 2018 – 12th
• FIVB World Grand Prix
  • 2014 – 8th
• FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
  • 2017 – 6th
• Asian Games
  • 2014 – 1st
  • 2018 – 3rd
• Asian Championship
  • 2013 – 3rd
  • 2015 – 2nd
  • 2019 – 3rd
• AVC Cup
  • 2014 – 2nd
• Asian Junior Championship
  • 2012 – 5th
  • 2014 – 3rd

Individuals

• 2014 Asian Junior Championship "Best outside spiker"