Kim Yeon-kyung appointed as advisor to Korean women’s volleyball team

Appointed as Korea Volleyball Association national team advisor, partially accompanied by national team training and international matches

Kim Yeon-kyung (35), who retired from the women’s volleyball team, wears the Taegeuk mark again after two years.

The Korea Volleyball Association announced on the 21st that it had appointed Kim Yeon-kyung as an advisor (advisor) for the women’s volleyball team. Kim Yeon-kyung led the women’s volleyball team to the semifinals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and announced her retirement from the national team after the tournament. Kim Yeon-kyung, who was contemplating her complete retirement even in the Pro Byagu V-League that ended the 2022-23 season, decided to extend her active service for another year due to her Heungkuk Life Insurance’s earnest dissuade and her promise to reinforce her power.

The Volleyball Association said that Kim Yeon-kyung, as a representative of Korean volleyball for 15 years from 2006, led the national team to the semifinals at the 2012 London Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. announced that they would be working as With the cooperation of his team, Heungkuk Life Insurance, Kim Yeon-kyung will also partially accompany the women’s volleyball team in training and overseas matches, the association added.

Through the association, Kim Yeon-kyung said, “I am happy to be with the national team again as a member of the Korean volleyball team.”

Kim Yeon-kyung will go with the women’s volleyball team players who will participate in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL) next month and the national team’s training in Turkiye, which will leave on May 22.

Reporter Choi Byeong-gyu