Chang Yoon-hee

In this Korean name, the family name is Chang.

Chang Yoon-hee
Personal information
Full name	Chang Yoon-hee
Nationality	South Korean
Born	(1970-05-22) 22 May 1970 (age 54) Namwon, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
College / University	Korea National Sport University
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	4 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1988–1996 1996–2001 2011 Honam Oil LG Oil GS Caltex Seoul KIXX
National team
1989–1998 South Korea

Chang Yoon-hee

Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  South Korea
World Grand Prix
	1997 Kobe
Asian Games
	1994 Hiroshima	team
	1990 Beijing	team
	1998 Bangkok	team

Chang Yoon-hee
Hangul	장윤희
Hanja	張潤喜[1]
Revised Romanization	Jang Yunhui
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Yunhŭi

Chang Yoon-hee (Korean: 장윤희; born (1970-05-22)22 May 1970) is a retired South Korean female volleyball player. She was part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team.^[2] On the club level she played with Honam Oil, which later became LG Oil and then GS Caltex.

Chang made a strong start to her career by winning the Most Valuable Player of the Year award in 1989.^[1] She was named "best server" at the 1989 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and "best defender" at the 1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. In 1996, she stated that she had no intention of getting married or retiring in the near future.^[3] After the 1996 Summer Olympics, she stepped down from the national team, but continued to play at the club level.^[4] She married national cycling team member Lee Kyung-hwan in April 1997.^[5] Though initially concerned about her ability to balance married life and the demands of volleyball, she returned to the national team again in 1998.^[4] She retired in 2002, and later became a coach for GS Caltex.^[6]

Clubs

• Honam Oil (1994)

Awards

• 1989 World Cup "Best Server"
• 1991 World Cup "Best Defender"

References

1. "89 최우수 배구선수 馬樂吉 張潤喜 선정" [Chang Yoon-hee and Ma Nak-gil chosen as 89 Volleyball MVPs]. Dong-A Ilbo. 20 December 1989. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
2. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - South Korea". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
3. "장윤희 여자배구 '결혼·은퇴,지금은 아니예요'" [Women's volleyball player Chang Yoon-hee: 'no marriage or retirement for now']. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 19 March 1996. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
4. "장윤희, 3년만에 여자배구 대표팀 복귀" [Chang Yoon-hee returns to women's national volleyball team after three years]. Yonhap News. 19 September 1998. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
5. "LG배구간판 장윤희 내달5일 화촉" [LG volleyball star Chang Yoon-hee getting married on 5 April]. Kyunghyang Shinmun. 7 March 1997. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
6. "장윤희, 9년만에 컴백... GS칼텍스 배구 코치에서 선수로" [Chang Yoon-hee makes comeback after 9 years ... from GS Caltex coach to player]. Kookmin Ilbo. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

External links

• Chang Yoon-hee at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)