Kang Young-jun (; born ) is a South Korean male

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player. He currently plays for the

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Career

Clubs

Kang was selected first overall by the Woori Capital Dream Six in the 2009 V-League Draft. Kang was drafted to expansion team OK Savings Bank Rush & Cash in the 2013 V-League Expansion Draft. Kang helped the team to win two consecutive championships serving as the backup opposite spiker to Robertlandy Simon. After the 2016–17 season, Kang was traded to the KB Insurance Stars for

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National team

While attending Inchang High School in

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, Kang was selected for the South Korean junior national team, which won the 2004 Asian Junior Volleyball Championship in

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. At the 2005 Asian Youth Volleyball Championship in

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, Kang played as the starting opposite spiker and helped Team Korea to the gold medal match, where they lost to Iran. He was named the tournament's "Best Spiker". As a senior at

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in 2009, Kang got called up to the South Korean collegiate national team for the

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, where the team finished in 10th place.

Individual awards

National Team

* 2005 Asian Youth Championship – ''Best Spiker''

External links

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at ''FIVB.org'' 1987 births Living people South Korean men's volleyball players Sportspeople from Anyang, Gyeonggi Volleyball players from Gyeonggi Province 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-volleyball-bio-stub