Kim Yeon-koung
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.
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| Nickname | Yaki, Bread Unnie (식빵언니), The God, Asian Gamova, Volleyball Empress/Emperor(배구여제/황제) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1988 Ansan, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 330 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 320 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 (national team), 10 (club) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: June 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 김연경 |
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| Revised Romanization | Gim Yeongyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Yŏngyŏng |
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| Location | South Korea | |||||||||
| Years active | 2019 – present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.23 million | |||||||||
| Total views | 89,452,746 | |||||||||
| Contents are in | Korean | |||||||||
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Last updated: October 28, 2023 | ||||||||||
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.